Job Description Summary

Job Description

Compliance Officer

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh (typically 3 days in the office per week, 2 from home) 

Closing date: 24th October 2024

Aegon Asset Management is a leading global investor, our employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We advise on assets for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

Our people are our greatest asset, and we want Aegon Asset Management to be a place where they can bring their authentic self to work and do all they can to deliver on our strategic promises to our customers. 

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter.

We are seeking a highly skilled Compliance Officer to join our UK Risk and Compliance team. Reporting to the UK Head of Risk and Compliance, you will be required to inform and support the delivery of the annual Aegon Asset Management UK Compliance Programme.

Maintaining an excellent standard of documentation with respect to all your compliance activities to provide a clear audit trail will be a crucial part of the role. We are looking for someone who can drive improvements in the compliance programme to keep abreast of market standard.

As our Compliance Officer you will be responsible for a range of activities including:

• Assess and offer solutions on core compliance matters

• Attend internal business meetings as a compliance representative

• Support Compliance policy review schedule and effectiveness assessment

• Compliance Policy Oversight, e.g. Code of Ethics, Conflicts of Interest, Market Abuse

• Conduct Compliance Training for the 1st line

• Maintain ongoing SMCR oversight.

• Oversee Regulatory Reporting.

• Support and provide a compliance risk view onboarding new clients, product initiatives.

You will work closely with the Aegon Asset Management Compliance units globally to drive best practice in 2nd line oversight of the business.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:  

• Sound knowledge of relevant UK regulation (knowledge of US regulation is advantageous).

• Knowledge of the asset management business.

• Relevant compliance experience.

• Experience compiling information for regulatory examinations and audits as directed.

• Ability to form close working relationships across the business.

• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels across the organisation.

What’s in it for you? 

• A competitive salary, depending on the experience you can bring

• A non-contributory pension between 9%-13%

• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance

• 27 days leave per year (plus bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our staff live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. 

We serve a diverse, ever-changing world. It's tough, but we work tirelessly to leave things better than we find them. If that sounds like the sort of place you'd like to work, hit the "Apply" button.

The legal bits 

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references. 

Additional Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age