Head of Regulatory Affairs - London, United Kingdom - Aldermore Bank PLC

Aldermore Bank PLC
Aldermore Bank PLC
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Aldermore Group - why we exist

Let us tell you a bit about us


We're Aldermore - the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade.

With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying "yes" to our customers.

We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.


Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity


This role will be required to work collaboratively with a relationship management approach with our senior and key business stakeholders, which includes our SMFs, Board members and our parent (First Rand).

You are responsible for leading and overseeing the implementation of an appropriate regulatory affairs strategy for the Group. Covering regulatory engagement, horizon scanning and regulatory change. The role holder is expected to implement a best in class approach to engagement and change.

This will involve complex navigation under pressure to meet external stakeholder expectations, keeping senior leaders consistently abreast of regulatory matters and ensuring BAU engagement and communication between the regulator and the business, is of a consistent tone, approach, timely, accurate and complete.


The role is also responsible for implementation and oversight of a robust control framework surrounding regulatory returns, interactions and requests.

You will lead on risk governance, which will include ERC/BRC management of agendas etc. You will be required to facilitate regulatory meetings ensuring they are appropriately organised, well-prepared for and follow up with appropriate actions/minutes

  • To act as an ambassador of the Bank's vision to; Back more people to go for it in life and in business._

What will your day look like?

  • Facilitating communication between the business and the regulatory authorities.
  • Providing updates and briefings to stakeholders on regulatory engagement matters.
  • Ensuring high standards of communication with our regulators are met and that any regulatory expectations are appropriately cascaded to stakeholders and wellmanaged.
  • Working with stakeholders across compliance, legal, SMCR approved and certified functions to ensure that regulatory matters and notifications are appropriately managed. You will be part of the Compliance function, and ensure that regulatory engagement matters are appropriately communicated within the team for awareness and oversight.
  • You will have a high attention to detail, possess exceptional standards of communication and excellent record keeping.
  • You will have an appropriate level of expertise in regulatory communication within financial services, and a strong understanding of regulatory rules and requirements.
  • You will ensure that stakeholders are briefed on regulatory requests and communications, you will oversee their satisfactory completion, and you will ensure that sufficient notice is provided to the business of requests, and communications.
  • You will oversee that responses are provided to regulators on time and to a high quality.
  • Provide relevant feedback to first line Commercial Directors, Business Unit Heads, risk supporters and / or SMEs, and may have to report/present at the relevant risk forums or committees.
  • Work with the wider compliance team on initiatives, projects, collaborating to improve and mature the approach to the compliance and conduct risk management framework.

What do we expect from you?

  • Maintain an up to date knowledge of internal policies & procedures as well as the appropriate trade, market and regulatory developments.
  • Support in analysis and production of thematic and BAU management information ensuring these are timely, accurate and relevant to the risks of the business.
  • Provide effective communication between second and first line risk teams in order to raise exceptions and ensure these are acted upon.
  • Support and help to embed a robust risk culture through the business.
  • Ensure contribution to the team and colleagues.
  • Manage and develop reporting relevant to the role.
  • Maintaining a good understanding of current Bank relevant risks / issues / events enabling constructive challenge and informative reporting.
  • Sound knowledge of Office products, especially Excel.
  • Sound reporting skills ability to translate data into information.
  • Demonstrate a rational, pragmatic, disciplined and methodical approach to delivery.
  • Experience of working within a risk or control area within financial services.
  • Strong awareness of operational risk and control environment execution within a financial servi
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