Regulatory Affairs Support AssistantApply for this jobLocation: Standard Life House, Edin, Scotland Salary: £15,000 - £20,000 Closing Date: 24-Mar-2010 Introduction and Background A vacancy exists within the Regulatory Affairs Team of the Group Compliance Department. This is a new opportunity which has been established as a result of a newly implemented departmental structure. The role is for a support assistant who will provide research and administrative support to the Regulatory Affairs team to enable them to meet business objectives. Key Responsibilities and Technical Criteria Required • Information gathering and research on regulatory change is carried out to enable the Technical Specialists and Consultants to produce regulatory change analyses, assessments and recommendations. • Draft and compile weekly reports provided to the business to ensure that the business is in a position to fully understand the scope of any change to their operating practices or processes. • Compile and maintain a ''key contacts'' database across the SL Group to enable the Regulatory Affairs Technical Specialists and Consultants to easily identify the appropriate contact within the business so that issues can be resolved quickly and efficiently. • Provide and maintain relevant MI and reporting templates to the Regulatory Affairs team to ensure efficient and consistent reporting is provided for business purposes. • Regularly review administrative processes in line with continuous improvement activity to ensure that the role holder is operating at the highest level of efficiency. • Process and store all relevant documentation for the Regulatory Affairs team to ensure that essential documents are easily accessible as and when required. • Organise communications and events within the team to ensure a high quality service is provided to meet the team's needs. • Other adhoc administrative support provided to the consultants as required to ensure best use of resources. • Minutes of team meetings taken, typed up and distributed to ensure that all team discussion and actions are communicated to the relevant parties in an appropriate and timely manner. Key Personal Criteria Required Essential: • Experience of working in a role within the financial services industry • Demonstrable strong research skills, particularly in terms of online research • Awareness/knowledge of Standard Life products • Awareness/knowledge of financial services terminology • Excellent communication skills • Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite of software Desirable: • Higher Grade (or equivalent) English and Standard Grade (or equivalent) Mathematics Key Personal Criteria Required Achievement Drive: The drive & determination to achieve high standards of excellence and ever-improving results. Preference for Action: Grasping issues that require resolution & ensuring that appropriate effective action is taken. Teamwork: Displaying the ability to contribute co-operatively & successfully, whether on a divisional or cross-divisional basis, in a process managed company Business Knowledge: Having a sound grasp of the Company's plans & operating environment, the factors relevant to one's own role & others within/outside the company. Information Gathering: The ability to seek out relevant data from a range of sources & to identify, analyse & interpret situations, issues & problems logically. Planning and Organising: The ability to develop clear and logical step-by-step plans for self and for others which set out what needs to happen, when, how and by whom. Communicating and Influencing: The ability to communicate effectively and to influence others to act and/or commit support to one's own goals or objectives. Contribution to Results: Understanding the business and financial objectives of the Company and consistently ensuring the most effective contribution to their achievement Customer Focus: Knowing who your customers are, keeping the meeting of their needs at the forefront of the mind & taking responsibility for the service delivered to them. |