Senior SMCR Advisor

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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable SMCR Advisor to join our team and play a pivotal role in the administration and governance of all three SMCR regimes across the organization.

As the Subject Matter Expert for the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), you will be responsible for the comprehensive administration of all three SMCR regimes on behalf of HL Group. You will also provide critical support to all regulated colleagues and play a key role in enhancing the colleague experience year on year.

In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to both the SMCR Manager and senior leadership, ensuring effective implementation, ongoing compliance, and best practice across HL.

What you'll be doing

• Administration support for the Senior Managers Regime; updates to MRM, SORs and delegation maps and F&P support for SMF and NED populations
• Analysis of Reasonable Steps documentation for SMFs and port of call for queries from the business
• Management of relationships with Compliance Monitoring and Audit teams
• Management of the team mailbox, including first port of call to answer queries and to escalate effectively
• Management of the SMCR portal, ensuring documentation remains accurate and fit for purpose
• Assessment of cases against the Conduct Rule breach framework, including monthly controls testing and reporting of themes
• Responsible for REP008 annual submission of Conduct Rules per entity using RegData
• Drafting changes to SMCR and associated e-learning modules annually
• Assisting team members with administration of all certification Regime processes; including on-boarding F&P, annual F&P, regulated references, dispensations and management of the FCA Directory using FCA Connect
• Initial assessment of new roles against certification criteria before escalation to Manager
• Assist in relationship with 3rd party Vero Screening to screen our SMF/certified colleagues

About you

• Experience of working in an SMCR role within a commercial organisation and liaising with all levels of stakeholder.
• An aptitude for learning new systems will complement your thorough knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft applications.
• An effective and engaging communicator, able to present complex information in simple context, adapting your style to suit your audience
• Able to work in a team or alone and effectively collaborate to achieve common goals plus the ability to self-manage competing workloads & effectively prioritise
• Operate professionally with discretion, able to manage sensitive data appropriately

Interview process

This will entail a 1-2 stage interview process including competency-based questions.

Salary

Offering Virca £32,000-£40,000 dependent on experience plus discretionary bonus and additional benefits

Working Schedule

This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is a permanent role, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern allowing flexibility of working from home and working in the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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