Compliance & Conduct Business Partner (12m FTC)
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1. Flexible hybrid working Our award-winning approach gives you the flexibility to work from home and from the office. Collaboration matters to us, so youll spend at least 8 days per month based in our Cardiff office.
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Are you passionate about shaping great customer outcomes and helping an organisation navigate an evolving regulatory landscape? Were looking for a Compliance & Conduct Business Partner to join our Compliance & Conduct team and play a pivotal role in ensuring we operate with integrity, transparency, and a forwardlooking approach to regulation.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on collaboration, strategic thinking, and working with others to make meaningful change.
About the role
As a subject matter expert, youll be at the heart of emerging regulatory and conduct developments. Youll interpret complex regulatory change, assess its impact, and partner with teams across the Society to ensure we proactively meet our compliance obligations while keeping our customers needs front and centre.
Youll build strong relationships with internal partners at all levels, offering guidance, challenge, and assurance throughout strategic initiatives and major projects. Your insight will help shape our approach to culture, conduct, and customer outcomesensuring we continue to meet high standards and maintain positive regulatory relationships.
What youll be doing:
6. Assess emerging regulation, regulatory expectations and industry developments, providing early insight and shaping Principalitys approach to regulatory and conduct change.
7. Business Partnering with allocated key business areas, project teams and senior stakeholders to support, challenge and provide second-line assurances on regulatory and conduct requirements throughout the change lifecycle.
8. Providing expert advice which is pragmatic and tailored to key business areas, translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, proportionate and deliverable outcomes.
9. Supporting effective governance and oversight of regulatory change, including contributing to high-quality Executive and Board-level papers and decision-making.
10. Championing good customer outcomes and conduct standards, supporting Principalitys open, constructive and transparent engagement with regulators.
What youll bring
Were looking for someone who can combine or deep expertise with strong communication and relationship-building skills:
11. You will have at least 5 years experience operating in a senior second-line compliance role, or leading and delivering complex regulatory change within a regulated financial services environment.
12. Experience supporting senior leaders and contributing to governancelevel discussions.
13. An understanding of key financial services products (e.g. mortgages, savings, protection).
14. Confidence assessing complex regulatory change and turning insight into action.
15. Strong business partnering skills with the ability to build trust, influence effectively, communicate clearly and provide objective independent challenge.
16. A commitment to delivering fair customer outcomes and helping shape a healthy culture.
Youll join a supportive, knowledgeable team and work closely with colleagues across the Society. We value new ideas, continuous improvement, and a proactive approach to change. In return, we offer a workplace where everyone's contribution is recognised and respected.
If this sounds like the right next step for you, wed love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us shape a responsible, customerfocused future.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.
If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and where colleagues feel a sense of belonging Nigel Taylor Head of Brand, Impact & Communication. But dont just take our word for it, see what our colleagues say about working here too; Careers (principality.co.uk)
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