Senior Director Compliance

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Senior Director Compliance

Fitch Group is currently seeking a Senior Director based out of an EU/UK office.

The Regulatory Compliance team is primarily responsible for managing Fitch Ratings' interaction with regulators across EMEA, including required regulatory reporting and supervisory inspections and examinations.

The team is responsible for ensuring general compliance with applicable credit rating agency regulations, fulfilling various regulatory reporting obligations, reviewing Fitch Ratings' policies and procedures to ensure they are designed to effectively address regulatory requirements, and handling conduct-related internal investigations and complaints.

What We Offer:

• We provide opportunities for career growth and professional advancement within our organization, enabling team members to achieve their career goals.
• Hybrid working week scheme plus flexibility to work from a different location for up to four weeks a year.
• We embrace diversity and appreciate authenticity encouraging an environment where employees can be their true selves. Our inclusive and progressive approach helps us to keep a balanced perspective. Fitch is also committed to supporting its employees by advancing conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion.
• The successful candidate will be a point of contact with respect to regulatory reporting matters externally with EMEA regulators. As such, the role offers the successful applicant an opportunity to work with EMEA regulators, as well as senior members of the Compliance leadership team and internal stakeholders in all areas of the business globally.

We'll Count on You To:

• Reporting into the London-based Head of Compliance - EMEA, the successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring accurate and timely scheduled and ad hoc reporting is submitted to regulators.
• Regulatory reporting requirements continue to expand and the role will entail implementing processes to ensure this new reporting is fulfilled on an ongoing basis.
• The candidate will be responsible for liaising with diverse internal stakeholders throughout the organisation in order to fulfil this reporting within regulatory deadlines and conducting checks to ensure their accuracy prior to submission.
• The candidate will lead a small team of one/two others who will both assist the candidate with these activities, as well as provide support to other areas of EMEA Regulatory Compliance, notably with requests for information from and investigations by EMEA regulators.
• The successful candidate will act as lead liaison with EMEA regulators with respect to queries and follow up on reported information. This includes collection, compilation and management of reporting and review of internal submissions for adequacy and appropriateness.

What You Need to Have:

• Educated to university degree level or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a Credit Ratings environment (or as a minimum in another similar FCA/ESMA- supervised sector)
• Highly organised and efficient, with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines with a high degree of flexibility and excellent time-management skills.
• Excellent drafting, review and communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Legal qualifications would be an advantage, but are not a requirement.
• Experience in compliance matters associated operational resilience, particularly from a digital perspective
• Prior experience of dealing with regulatory agencies and managing regulatory inspections/examinations/reporting in a financial services environment
• Exposure to and knowledge of MetricStream or other governance, risk and compliance (GRC) systems.

Why Fitch?

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.

Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.

We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our journey.

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.

For more information please visit our websites:

www.fitchratings.com | www.fitchsolutions.com | www.fitchlearning.com

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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