Senior Compliance Business Partner

Senior Compliance Business Partner

Location: Flexible on location and office base with visits to all D&G offices as and when required.

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Compliance Business Partner to join our Risk & Compliance team.

In this role, it will be responsible for providing expert technical compliance advice to business functions, supporting adherence to regulatory obligations and internal compliance frameworks. As a senior subject matter expert, and customer champion the role balances strategic guidance with hands-on support in advisory, policy development, and risk assessment activities.

The role acts as a trusted business partner, enabling commercial objectives while ensuring regulatory compliance and reputational integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise in regulatory compliance, conduct risk, and relevant insurance regulation.
• Interprets complex or emerging regulations and translates them into actionable business guidance.
• Applies compliance knowledge to advise on commercial and reputational risk, new products, and distribution strategies.
• Brings insight from regulatory developments, industry trends, and thematic reviews to inform business practice.
• Maintain current knowledge of laws and regulations, across Financial Services, keeping abreast of projected and recent changes, emerging technologies, and industry trends.
• Provides independent compliance advice that influences business and operational decisions across multiple functions.
• Acts as a key escalation point for regulatory interpretation and operationalisation of compliance policies
• Contributes to recommendations on process improvements and policy enhancements.
• Influences senior stakeholders across functions such as Legal, Risk, Audit, Product, Operations and Tech.
• Escalates material or complex issues to senior compliance leadership, supporting resolution and remediation efforts.
• Will represent Compliance at key decision making fora, committees and projects.

Skills And Experience Required:

• Confident, self-starter, with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment
• Strong compliance knowledge to advise on commercial and reputational risks
• Clear written and oral communication skills
• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail, good judgment showing logical decision making
• Advanced Excel skills
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Detailed working and practical knowledge of FCA Handbook including ICOBS, SYSC, PRIN, Consumer Duty and COCON is essential.
• Experience of working in regulated environment, preferably insurance but financial services can be considered
• Business and commercial awareness

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:
• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.