Senior Compliance Officer — Asset Manager

A long-established London-based asset manager with £40bn AUM is expanding its compliance function. They are hiring a Senior Compliance Officer to support the Head of Compliance across regulatory advisory, monitoring, and SMCR matters.

The role

You will act as second-in-line to the Head of Compliance, with broad coverage across UCITS, AIFMD, MIFID II, and the firm’s SMCR framework. The role combines advisory work (supporting the front office on regulatory matters), monitoring (running and refining the second-line compliance monitoring programme), and project work (the firm has several regulatory change projects in flight).

The Head of Compliance is intentionally building a successor; this role offers a clear path to the senior role within 3-5 years.

You’ll need

Five to ten years of compliance experience in UK asset management, with hands-on exposure to UCITS and AIFMD. Strong technical knowledge of FCA rules. Comfortable advising senior business stakeholders. CISI or ICA qualification preferred but not essential.

We’re more interested in the quality of your judgement than the length of your CV. If you’ve been the senior compliance voice on something difficult and got it right, we want to hear from you.

Package

£95,000 — £115,000 base, target bonus 30%, full private healthcare, defined contribution pension at 10% employer. Three days a week in the Mayfair office.

Contact Priya Shah at Hexford Talent in confidence.