Compliance Manager - Markets Compliance in London

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs.

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives.

This is an opportunity to join LSEG's Markets Compliance function as the trusted compliance partner to one of the Group's most visible businesses – the London Stock Exchange. You will advise a fast-paced, commercially driven business, work closely with senior leaders, and help the business move forward with confidence, while operating within the rules in a highly regulated environment. The role has a particular focus on the Private Market areas of the LSE, including the new Private Securities Market.

You will join a team of five, covering compliance for the London Stock Exchange. The team sits within the Markets Compliance part of a wider Group Compliance function of more than 100 professionals. It is a well-supported team with low turnover and a trusting, outcome-focused culture.

What You'll Do:

• Provide day-to-day compliance advice to the London Stock Exchange businesses, focusing on Private Markets.
• Partner with commercial, business development, product and sales-focused stakeholders to support business initiatives from a compliance perspective.
• Prepare compliance briefing notes for senior leadership.
• Apply FCA rules and the wider regulatory framework for trading venues to business requirements.
• Provide clear, confident challenge to stakeholders when required.
• Own your workload end to end, delivering to a high standard with autonomy.
• Lead on Horizon Scanning for the Digital and Securities Markets part of the Group.

What You'll Bring:

• Essential: Several years' experience, ideally within markets compliance. Working knowledge of the regulatory framework governing trading venues and exchanges. A strong sense of ownership – able to take on a task and deliver it to a high standard independently. The confidence and resilience to influence, challenge and advise senior stakeholders.
• Desirable: Private markets experience – for example, private equity, venture capital, private credit or private funds. Primary or capital markets experience. Working knowledge of REC.

Why Join Us:

• High visibility: support one of LSEG's most prominent businesses, with regular exposure to senior leadership.
• Supportive culture: a well-supported team where you are trusted to get on with it.
• Balance and flexibility: hybrid working and an environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance.
• Career growth: clear room to progress and move internally across a Compliance function of more than 100 people, and a wider organisation of 26,000 colleagues.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.