Manchester or London
Vario is Pinsent Masons’ market-leading alternative legal services provider, offering a unique blend of Flexible Services, Consulting & Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).
Job Description
Regulatory Conduct Director
Manchester or London
Vario is Pinsent Masons’ market-leading alternative legal services provider, offering a unique blend of Flexible Services, Consulting & Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS). We are recruiting a Regulatory Conduct Director to lead the Conduct Risk service offering within the firm’s captive Financial Regulatory consulting function, ensuring integration of legal and regulatory expertise across major engagements. This includes Skilled Person Reviews (s166), remediation programmes, conduct‑risk transformation, governance uplift, product governance, culture and behaviour reviews, and customer‑outcome remediations.
The Director advises Boards, senior executives and regulators, ensuring pragmatic, commercially sound solutions aligned to FCA/PRA frameworks. Working closely with the Head of Financial Regulatory Consulting, they support business development, global expansion, proposition shaping and drive cross‑practice collaboration to build a market‑leading advisory capability.
Key Responsibilities
* Regulatory/Remediation consulting service, integrating with legal teams for end‑to‑end delivery
* Provide senior advisory support to Boards, regulators and executives on conduct frameworks, governance, culture, and customer outcomes
* Oversee major regulatory programmes including s166 reviews, remediation initiatives, and regulatory investigations
* Ensure all engagements meet regulatory standards, including documentation standards, governance structures, evidencing, and audit readiness
* Manage multi‑disciplinary teams delivering complex regulatory change
* Shape thought leadership on emerging conduct‑risk and regulatory market trends
* Lead client‑development activities and contribute to revenue growth
* Engaging in pricing, bid preparation and contract negotiations
* Collaborating with Vario services and FS Legal teams to ensure consistency in the global approach and to leverage our full capabilities
Requirements
* Extensive experience in conduct risk, regulatory advisory, compliance, remediation, or regulatory transformation across FS consulting, regulated firms or regulatory bodies.
* Deep understanding of FCA and PRA supervisory expectations, priorities and enforcement themes
* Proven experience overseeing s166 Skilled Person Reviews and major regulatory remediation programmes
* Demonstrated advisory experience with Boards, SMFs and senior leadership
* Strong background in governance, culture, product oversight, and customer‑outcome frameworks
* Experience preparing regulatory‑quality evidence and managing supervisory engagement
* Commercial experience contributing to the growth of a regulatory advisory practice
What We Offer
* Flexible, agile working – including the option to work from home, subject to business needs
* Up to five days’ paid carers’ leave to support your caring responsibilities
* 25 days’ annual leave, with the ability to purchase or carry over an additional five days
* A contributory pension scheme (up to 5%)
* Private healthcare cover
* Life assurance at four times your base salary
* Access to interest‑free loans for season tickets, gym membership, and rental deposits
* Cycle to work scheme
Our strength lies in our differences.
We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.
Our in‑house recruiter, Victoria Greaves, would be happy to have an informal chat about this role, provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format, and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing careers@pinsentmasons.com.
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