At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure compliance with UK financial regulations and provide regulatory advice.
- Company: Global private markets investment manager with a dynamic, start-up culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, contract completion bonus, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with mentorship and international exposure.
- Why this job: Join a growing firm and make a real impact in the financial services sector.
- Qualifications: Strong compliance experience in asset management and knowledge of FCA rules.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
Partners Group is a global private markets investment manager, serving over 800 institutional clients. We have USD 185 billion in assets under management and more than 2000 professionals across 24 offices worldwide.
In your role you will be responsible for working closely with Partners Group's Head of Compliance UK in ensuring that Partners Group's two FCA-licensed firms comply with their legal and regulatory obligations under the UK financial services regime. You will work as part of a team of two responsible for the UK and as part of a global team. The UK compliance function is responsible for all aspects of regulatory compliance on behalf of an alternative investment fund manager ("AIFM") and a MiFID investment firm. Your responsibility will entail oversight of the MiFID investment firm. This is a broad role in which you are expected to take ownership for your work. It consists of a mixture between providing regulatory advice, performing hands-on compliance tasks, dealing with policy matters and working on new regulatory implementation projects. Partners Group is a growing, dynamic fund management group, which translates into a challenging working environment with numerous opportunities to expand your domestic and international regulatory knowledge and experience.
Responsibilities:
- Identifying, understanding and interpreting UK financial services legislation and regulation (with a particular focus on public markets regulatory topics).
- Act as a subject matter expert on MiFID entity and provide support for an AIFM entity, including interpretation of requirements and practical application to business processes.
- Maintain oversight Client Money and Assets (CASS) processes.
- Provide day-to-day compliance advice to business teams on regulatory matters affecting investment, distribution activities and financial promotions.
- Advise stakeholders on regulatory change and help coordinate implementation of new or amended regulatory requirements.
- Draft management information reports and assist with the firms' corporate governance.
- Provide guidance on public markets investment activities, including best execution, allocation and market abuse monitoring.
- Support regulatory reporting, filings, and interactions with relevant regulators and external stakeholders where required.
- Complete compliance monitoring reviews and thematic assessments, ensuring issues are identified, escalated and remediated appropriately.
- Develop, maintain and review compliance policies, procedures, and controls.
- Review and update compliance risk assessments.
- Provide guidance and training to employees on compliance policies, regulatory obligations, and conduct expectations.
- Maintain appropriate records and documentation to evidence compliance oversight and decision-making.
What we expect:
- Strong experience in a compliance role within asset management, private markets, investment management, or a similar regulated financial services environment.
- Strong knowledge of the FCA rules and an understanding of MiFID and/or AIFMD is necessary.
- Experience in collaterised loan obligation products is an advantage.
- Familiarity with compliance monitoring, regulatory change management and incident escalation processes.
- Understanding of governance, conflicts of interest, personal account dealing, market abuse and insider information controls.
- Ability to interpret regulation and translate technical requirements into clear, actionable guidance for business teams.
- Team player and collaborative approach with other business teams is a must.
- Self-motivated, proactive, intellectually curious individual with strong desire to learn and succeed.
- A small amount of travel may be necessary but is not a core part of the role.
What we offer:
- Professional, international working environment.
- Challenging, rewarding career within a growing company.
- Collaborative atmosphere, with on-the-job training and mentorship opportunities.
- Competitive compensation package, including contract completion bonus.
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Senior Compliance Officer employer: Partners Group Holding
Partners Group is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work environment in London or Zug where innovation and collaboration thrive. With a strong commitment to employee development, you will have the opportunity to learn from leading private market specialists while being part of a culture that values diversity and recognises results. Join us to advance your career in a global financial institution that combines the agility of a start-up with the resources of a large firm.
