Head of Compliance Insight & Advice

Gloucester, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

Job Title: Head of Compliance Insight & Advice

Target Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Secondment / FTC - 30th June 2026

Salary Range: £110,000

Location: Eastleigh / Bournemouth / Gloucester, hybrid, once a week office attendance

Closing Date for applications: Thursday 27th November

Head of Compliance Insight & Advice: To effectively contribute to the development and delivery of the Ageas UK Compliance Plan through the leadership of the Compliance Policy, Insight and Advice team. Take responsibility for the identification, communication, training and provision of advice for regulatory topics so that the business is empowered and sufficiently knowledgeable. To harness and utilise technology to create efficiencies and oversight of compliance to regulations, which drive learning and continuous improvement.

Main Responsibilities as Head of Compliance Insight & Advice

• Effectively contribute and support the delivery of the Ageas UK Compliance Plan through leadership of the compliance policy, insight and advice team that is collaborative and galvanised.
• Act as the Claims and Operations Business Partner, utilising the compliance insights and engagement team to support. Engage, influence, provide regulatory advice and challenge.
• Create and maintain a forward thinking strategic team, preparing and implementing effective plans for the development of skills and capabilities that enhance individual contribution and support both the delivery and forward looking compliance agenda.
• Lead and drive the identification, communication, training and implementation of the legal and regulatory change agenda, and contribute to business change through effective planning, prioritisation and provision of compliance SME's. Ensure consistency of approach is taken, where appropriate to do so.
• Effectively utilise regulatory technology to deliver efficiency, 1st line accountability (empowerment) and oversight of compliance with rules, working collaboratively across the compliance team to achieve effective outcomes.
• Work effectively across the compliance team, engaging where required, to meet the demands of the compliance plan.
• Participate in and be an active member of agreed designated committees, providing effective challenge, influence and advice and ensure reporting clearly and succinctly covers all significant compliance related matters which the respective committee needs to be aware of.
• Actively engage with the business and manage responses to regulatory requests, thematic work, and contact, where required, ensuring responses are well thought through and accurate, to deliver clear and complete responses in accordance with the timescales set.
• Take responsibility for the management of compliance policies and guidance, working with the business owners, so that timescales are met, and aligned with Group requirements at all times.

Skills and experience you need as Head of Compliance Insight & Advice

• Highly developed and effective communicator both verbally and in writing, exhibiting good questioning and listening skills
• Have proven experience at working at Senior Management level over a period of 5 years.
• At least 10 years financial services experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in all relevant regulatory topics.
• Excellent leadership skills which inspire and create the culture of delivering success.
• Highly developed influencing skills and the ability to challenge at all levels of Executive and Senior Management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to enable effective communications and working relationships with internal and external customers, regulators and/or suppliers.
• Understanding and ability to interpret FCA and other regulations.

To find out more about this role and for information please contact Janice Batty.

Benefits

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working - Smart gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part time/job shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health - Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth - Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work - Well being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family - Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non pregnant parent/co adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.

Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech - Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

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