Assurance Specialist

Conduct Regulation Assurance Specialist:

• Join an award-winning company - including “Which?” Insurance Brand of the Year 2024 and Gallup’s Exceptional Place to Work 2023
• Contribute to the delivery of a robust risk-based Conduct Regulation Assurance Plan which provides meaningful assurance to the Board
• Hybrid role with 80% homeworking and 20% in Stratford-upon-Avon

About the role:

Join a pivotal team at NFU Mutual dedicated to ensuring compliance with FCA conduct regulations, promoting the best possible outcomes for our customers. The Conduct Regulation Assurance Team is part of Group Compliance within the Risk Division and collaborates closely with various business units to provide assurance on conduct risks, and maintain high standards of regulatory adherence.

Our team takes pride in offering a supportive and dynamic environment, where professional growth and cross-departmental collaboration are encouraged.

Building strong, lasting relationships with the Compliance Department, Risk Division colleagues, business stakeholders, and professional bodies is essential to enhance the value of assurance work. You will also manage short-term projects and activities to meet specified standards and outcomes. Join our dedicated second line conduct assurance team.

This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work-life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home.

About you:

Leveraging your technical and non-technical expertise, you will conduct assurance reviews, assess risks, and deliver actionable insights to improve outcomes.

In this role, you’ll work on high-profile projects, manage assurance initiatives, and contribute to compliance frameworks by identifying risks, solving problems, and offering recommendations. You’ll engage with various stakeholders, build strong relationships across the business, and communicate findings through impactful verbal presentations and written reports.

You’ll have a strong technical understanding of second line assurance/ third line audit, risk and compliance management. You are knowledgeable about the FCA Handbook and conduct regulation, and you have a good understanding of the FCA approach to both policy and supervision.

To join our team you’ll also have:

• Knowledge and experience of the FCA Handbook and conduct regulation.
• Strong understanding of the FCA approach to policy and supervision.
• Digital literacy, with the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information.
• High degree of confidence with data with the ability to explore, understand, work with, analyse and communicate data in a meaningful way
• Strong story-telling skills, to be able to crunch complex concepts into clear actionable conclusions.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards:

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary of up to £63,000 depending on experience
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual:

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.