Compliance Officer

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100. Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

This role will report to the Senior Compliance Manager at Taylor and Francis (T&F), to help develop and implement key areas of Informa’s overall compliance strategy. The role will provide advice and knowledgeable compliance support for global T&F colleagues, as well as supporting training and engagement and using tracking, monitoring analysis and reporting of key data points to ensure that Taylor & Francis’s Compliance programme successfully manages the division’s exposure to regulatory risk, as part of Informa’s wider Compliance programme. The T&F Compliance programme includes sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, modern slavery, anti-sexual harassment and third party risk, amongst other areas.

Tasks are likely to include:

• Collaborating effectively with the T&F Senior Compliance Manager, the wider Informa Group Compliance team and other global teams and colleagues as needed.
• Helping the business to operate in compliance with sanctions, anti-bribery and other laws and regulations supported by the Compliance team, by responding to questions and providing clear, accurate, current and appropriate advice in a timely manner.
• Managing responses to the T&F Compliance team inbox, escalating issues to Compliance Manager or other teams as required.
• Carrying out screening for sanctions, reviewing screening results and resolving more complex escalations.
• Supporting the T&F Senior Compliance Manager in the delivery of risk-based due diligence on third parties.
• Working alongside the Senior Compliance Manager to engage with T&F colleagues on the importance of regulatory compliance and to communicate the details of applicable laws and regulations, and our related policies and processes.
• Ensuring that T&F’s divisional policies and related guidance are up to date.
• Monitoring compliance with Informa’s Gifts & Entertainment policy.
• Maintaining records of activities so that records are available to internal audit teams and regulators if needed.
• Managing T&F Compliance’s KPIs and metrics in line with Global Compliance requirements.
• Developing and presenting reports and dashboards to senior stakeholders on compliance metrics, programme status and areas of risk or opportunity.
• Assisting with external and internal audits as appropriate.
• Working with T&F’s process improvement teams to map compliance processes as needed.
• Providing reports on the T&F Compliance team’s progress and activities as required by the Business and the T&F Compliance Manager.
• Attending/participating in webinars and conferences to ensure you remain up to date with regulatory changes, industry initiatives, and best practice.

Qualifications:

• A keen interest in and good knowledge of key compliance areas such as ABC, Modern Slavery, Whistleblowing and Sanctions and other compliance obligations.
• Experience of working with screening programmes for Sanctions and/or third party Due Diligence.
• Experience of collaborating effectively with international colleagues.
• Experience in producing qualitative and quantitative reports and presenting the findings.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, and experience in communicating at all levels of an organisation.
• Recognised Compliance and/or legal qualifications, demonstrating commitment to this field.

Skills and Behaviours Required:

• Able to take initiative and prioritise.
• Strong relationship building skills and ability to interact credibly and genuinely with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
• Complex problem solving with the ability to understand the challenge, identify root causes and be able to provide insight and recommendations.
• Ability to interpret policy and apply it to business.
• Attention to detail while maintaining a view of the big picture.
• Understanding the bigger picture and what the regulators are trying to accomplish with the regulation.

Additional Information:

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces, you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely. The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our offices to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time in our office in Milton Park, Abingdon.

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis:

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.