Associate Director Compliance - (Maternity Cover - Temporary 12 months)
Requisition ID: 47835
Business Unit: Fitch Group
Category: Legal & Compliance
Location: London, GB
Date Posted: Mar 25, 2025
Fitch Group’s Compliance Team is seeking temporary maternity cover for a Director/Associate Director based out of an EU/UK office for a period of up to 12 months.
As a leading, global financial information services provider, Fitch Group delivers vital credit and risk insights, robust data, and dynamic tools to champion more efficient, transparent financial markets.
About the Team
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.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
1. Reporting into the London-based lead for EMEA Regulatory Investigations, the successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the Regulatory reporting and investigation responses to EMEA regulators.
2. Assisting in the management of the relationship between Fitch Ratings and EMEA regulators, including organising information responses to supervisory inspections, examinations and ad hoc requests for information.
3. The successful candidate will often be a first point of contact for compliance matters impacting Fitch Ratings’ operations as well as being a key point of contact between Fitch Ratings and EMEA regulators with respect to communicating information, as well as supporting compliance staff based throughout the region.
4. Act as support for regulatory compliance matters in EMEA (EU, UK and Middle East), particularly fulfilment of regulatory reporting and investigation obligations, and collaborate with other members of the Regulatory Compliance team in relation to compliance issues on a regional and global basis.
5. Act as an investigator for conduct-related internal incidents, liaising with team heads and HR to determine the level of violation and appropriate disciplinary actions.
You May be a Good Fit if:
1. Educated to university degree level or equivalent.
2. 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.
3. Excellent drafting and communication skills with great attention to detail.
4. Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
What Would Make You Stand Out:
1. Experience dealing with regulatory agencies and managing regulatory inspections/examinations in a financial services environment.
2. Previous experience in a Credit Ratings environment (or other similar FCA/ESMA-supervised sector).
3. Exposure to and knowledge of MetricStream or other governance, risk and compliance (GRC) systems.
Why Choose Fitch:
1. Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location.
2. A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity.
3. Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals.
4. Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing.
5. Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively.
6. Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe.
7. Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community.
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 interest 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 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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