Are you ready to step into a high-impact compliance role at a company experiencing significant growth and transformation? This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation in the insurance space, where innovation, pace and ambition are part of everyday life.

We’re looking for a Compliance Advisory Business Partner who wants to do more than tick boxes — someone who enjoys partnering with the business, shaping decisions, and helping build a robust, customer-centric compliance culture.

In this role, you’ll be a trusted advisor, working across the organisation to embed good conduct, influence strategic projects, and ensure regulatory excellence as the company scales.

What you’ll be doing

Compliance Advisory & Oversight

• Provide expert, practical regulatory advice across the business and on key strategic initiatives.
• Support projects, product development and process reviews to ensure regulatory alignment.
• Respond to compliance queries from internal teams and distribution partners with clear and timely guidance.
• Interpret upcoming regulatory change, ensuring the business is always prepared.
• Advise on:
• Regulatory perimeter, permissions and third-party arrangements
• Product governance, including fair value and oversight
• Pricing compliance (including GIPP), fairness and model analysis
• Marketing and customer-facing documentation reviews
• Sales practices across all channels and delegated arrangements
• Partner and distributor relationships
• Provide technical input on policy wording, training and competence frameworks.

Regulatory & Governance Support

• Prepare reporting for Board, ExCo and Risk Committee.
• Support the administration of SM&CR and FCA reporting requirements.
• Maintain core compliance documentation, including manuals and regulatory guidance.
• Track actions across governance forums and ensure timely resolution.
• Conduct horizon scanning, offering insights that influence business strategy.

What you’ll bring

• Deep knowledge of FCA regulatory frameworks, including SM&CR, PRIN, ICOBS, SYSC, Consumer Duty and DISP.
• Experience across compliance advisory and enterprise risk within UK general insurance (minimum 5 years).
• Strong understanding of how to apply regulations proportionately in a commercial environment.
• Excellent report writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and educate teams at all levels.
• High professional standards, personal integrity and strong attention to detail.
• Degree-level education and relevant professional qualifications (preferred).

What’s in it for you?

• A genuinely exciting opportunity to join a business on a strong upward trajectory.
• A broad, varied role where you’ll have visibility, ownership and the ability to impact decision-making.
• A culture that values expertise, encourages ideas and supports ongoing development.
• A hybrid working model with 3–4 days in a collaborative, centrally located Manchester office.

If you’re driven, commercially minded and passionate about doing what’s right for customers, this role offers the perfect platform to grow your career and make a tangible difference.