Regulatory Affairs - Senior Manager | S4 | Compliance

The Senior Manager role within the Regulatory Affairs function has a critical part to play in ensuring San UK has an effective framework for managing supervisory inspections and all associated regulatory engagement.

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for leading ECB (European Central Bank) / PRA (Prudential Regulation Authority) regulatory inspections and ad-hoc regulatory reviews, as well as supporting in the process of evidence preparation, self-assessments prior to each review and action management. This role reports directly into the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Shared Services.

The difference you'll make:

• Leading and managing all ECB / PRA regulatory inspections and ad-hoc reviews, including senior stakeholder management and related governance


• Managing all regulatory engagement and correspondence associated with each review


• Leading and supporting the inspection preparation exercise working closely with senior stakeholders to identify any critical issues prior to the review


• Leading the Regulatory Response Team who work closely with senior stakeholders across the Bank, including Risk, Finance, Technology, Business areas and Group, to ensure all regulatory requests and deadlines are met


• Providing support in establishing detailed action plans to address any supervisory findings / recommendations and track these through to conclusion


• Maintaining the supervisory inspection framework adopted for all supervisory inspections
  
  These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:


• Extensive project management experience


• SME knowledge and experience in managing ECB / PRA supervisory inspections


• Ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, with demonstrable experience of delivering in an environment where there are competing priorities


• Experience of successfully managing a high-performing team


It would also be nice for you to have:

• Fluency in Spanish


• Understanding of the wider UK regulatory environment


• Knowledge of Credit Risk and Market Risk with a focus on the systems, process, and data requirements
  
  This permanent role is based in either London or Milton Keynes, with the flexibility to work between these offices.


We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in these locations, it's important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office locations.

We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you're interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion:

At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.


• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.


• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.


• £6,000 car allowance per year.


• Company funded individual private medical insurance.


• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.


• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.


• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.


• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.