Compliance Framework and Insights Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced regulatory professional to play a key role in shaping HL's response to the evolving UK financial services regulatory landscape. The role will support and manage HL's regulatory engagement activities, providing strategic insight on emerging regulatory and policy developments, and helping to influence outcomes that support HL's long-term objectives.

Working as part of the second line of defence (2LoD), you will be responsible for monitoring and interpreting regulatory developments, coordinating external engagement with regulators and industry bodies, and supporting the development of consultation responses and policy positions. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Public Affairs functions to ensure HL is well positioned to anticipate, understand, and respond to future regulatory change. This is a highly visible role requiring strong regulatory expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills, and significant experience engaging with regulatory and industry stakeholders.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to the business, helping HL navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment while contributing to wider strategic and policy discussions.

What you'll be doing Regulatory Engagement & External Affairs

• Manage and coordinate HL's engagement with regulators.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key regulatory contacts to support HL's strategic objectives.
• Represent HL at industry forums, working groups, roundtables, and regulatory engagement meetings where required.
• Support senior leaders in external regulatory interactions and prepare briefing materials as required.
• Manage and oversee compliance with the Regulatory Engagement Policy.

Regulatory Policy & Influence

• Lead or coordinate the development of responses to FCA consultations, discussion papers, and calls for evidence.
• Work with business stakeholders to develop clear organisational positions on significant regulatory and policy developments.
• Partner with Public Affairs, Compliance, Legal, and business teams to support HL's regulatory and policy influence agenda.
• Assess proposed regulatory reforms and identify opportunities and risks for the business.

Regulatory Surveillance & Insight

• Produce high quality regulatory briefings, reports, and updates on current and emerging regulatory issues.
• Support our senior leadership, including through governance forums and committees, by providing informed analysis and strategic regulatory insight.

Strategic Regulatory Risk Management

• Partner with business leaders to identify emerging regulatory risks and opportunities.
• Support the development of proportionate responses to regulatory developments and policy changes.
• Escalate significant regulatory developments, risks, and external engagement matters through appropriate governance channels.

Regulatory Change & Business Partnership

• Act as a subject matter expert on regulatory developments and their broader strategic implications.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal and business teams to ensure consistent interpretation of regulatory developments.
• Contribute to strategic regulatory change initiatives and broader Compliance objectives.

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare and deliver concise executive level reporting on regulatory development and engagement and activities, and emerging policy issues.
• Produce briefing papers, presentations, and thought leadership materials for senior management and governance forums.

About you Regulatory Engagement Experience

• Managing regulatory engagement activities within a UK financial services organisation.
• Strong track record of building and maintaining relationships with regulators, policymakers, industry bodies, and other external stakeholders.
• Experience representing organisations in external forums and influencing policy discussions through effective stakeholder engagement.
• Experience coordinating and drafting consultation responses, discussion papers, and industry submissions.

Regulatory Knowledge & Policy Insight

• Strong understanding of the UK financial services regulatory framework, regulatory policy making process, and supervisory environment.
• Excellent knowledge of current and emerging regulatory issues impacting investment, wealth management, or broader financial services markets.
• Proven ability to analyse complex regulatory and policy developments and translate them into practical and strategic business insights.

Partnering & Influencing

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility and influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong collaboration skills with experience working across Compliance, Risk, Legal and business functions.
• Confident communicator capable of constructively challenging and influencing stakeholders.

Strategic Thinking & Risk Management

• Ability to identify emerging regulatory risks and opportunities and assess their potential impact on business strategy and operations.
• Experience supporting teams in navigating complex regulatory environments and developing strategic responses.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the wider political, economic, and regulatory drivers affecting financial services.

Communication & Reporting

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive briefings, policy papers, consultation responses, and regulatory updates.
• Ability to communicate complex regulatory issues clearly and effectively to both technical and non technical audiences.
• Experience presenting to governance forums, and external stakeholders.

Interview process

The interview process for this role will be a two stage interview consisting of competency and technical questions and a task.

Working Schedule

The Compliance Framework and Insights Manager role is a Permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Our office is based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. Hybrid working is available where only 3 days a week is required in the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Health screening programme
• - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients. We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do. For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website.