About the Role
Partners Group is seeking a compliance professional to work closely with the Head of Compliance UK, ensuring the firm's FCA-licensed entities adhere to UK financial regulations. This role involves providing regulatory advice, performing compliance tasks, managing policies, and implementing new regulatory projects within a dynamic fund management group.
Responsibilities
- Identify, understand, and interpret UK financial services legislation and regulation, focusing on public markets topics.
- Act as a subject matter expert on the MiFID entity and support the AIFM entity, applying requirements to business processes.
- Maintain oversight of Client Money and Assets (CASS) processes.
- Provide daily compliance advice to business teams on investment, distribution, and financial promotion regulations.
- Advise stakeholders on regulatory changes and coordinate the implementation of new requirements.
- Draft management information reports and assist with corporate governance.
- Provide guidance on public markets investment activities, including best execution, allocation, and market abuse monitoring.
- Support regulatory reporting, filings, and interactions with regulators and external stakeholders.
- Complete compliance monitoring reviews and thematic assessments, ensuring issues are escalated and remediated.
- Develop, maintain, and review compliance policies, procedures, and controls.
- Review and update compliance risk assessments.
- Provide guidance and training to employees on compliance policies, regulatory obligations, and conduct expectations.
- Maintain records and documentation to evidence compliance oversight and decision-making.
Requirements
- Strong experience (5-8 years) in a compliance role within asset management, private markets, investment management, or a similar regulated financial services environment.
- Strong knowledge of FCA rules and understanding of MiFID and/or AIFMD.
- Familiarity with compliance monitoring, regulatory change management, and incident escalation processes.
- Understanding of governance, conflicts of interest, personal account dealing, market abuse, and insider information controls.
- Ability to interpret regulation and translate technical requirements into clear, actionable guidance.
- Team player with a collaborative approach.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and intellectually curious individual.
- Willingness to travel occasionally.
Skills
- MiFID
- AIFMD
- FCA rules
- Client Money and Assets (CASS)
- Best execution
- Market abuse monitoring
- Regulatory reporting
- Compliance monitoring
- Risk assessment
- Policy development
- Employee training
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5-8 years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation package
Benefits
- Contract completion bonus
About the Company
- Partners Group is a global private markets investment manager with over 800 institutional clients and USD 185 billion in assets under management.
- We have over 2000 professionals across 24 offices worldwide.
- Partners Group is a growing, dynamic fund management group.
- We offer a professional, international working environment.
- We offer a challenging, rewarding career within a growing company.
- We offer a collaborative atmosphere with on-the-job training and mentorship opportunities.
