Compliance Manager, Director

Requisition ID: 47655

Business Unit: Fitch Group

Category: Legal & Compliance

Location: Frankfurt, DE

Date Posted: Feb 5, 2025

Compliance Director

Fitch Group’s Compliance team is currently seeking a Compliance Manager / Director based out of an EU/UK office.

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.

The team is responsible for ensuring general compliance with applicable credit rating agency regulations, fulfilling various regulatory reporting obligations, reviewing Fitch Ratings’ policies and procedures to ensure they are designed to effectively address regulatory requirements, and handling conduct-related internal investigations and complaints.

What We Offer:

• We provide opportunities for career growth and professional advancement within our organization, enabling team members to achieve their career goals.
• Hybrid working week scheme plus flexibility to work from a different location for up to four weeks a year.
• We embrace diversity and appreciate authenticity encouraging an environment where employees can be their true selves. Our inclusive and progressive approach helps us to keep a balanced perspective.
• The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with EMEA regulators, as well as senior members of the Compliance leadership team and internal stakeholders throughout the EMEA region, and will have exposure to the full range of compliance activities impacting Fitch Ratings’ activities in EMEA.

We’ll Count on You To:

• 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.
• 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.
• Act as key 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.
• Assist 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.

What You Need to Have:

• Educated to university degree level or equivalent.
• 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.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Legal qualifications.
• Experience dealing with regulatory agencies and managing regulatory inspections/examinations in a financial services environment.
• Previous experience in a Credit Ratings environment (or other similar FCA/ESMA-supervised sector).
• Exposure to and knowledge of MetricStream or other governance, risk and compliance (GRC) systems.

Why Fitch?

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.

Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.

We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our journey.

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.

For more information please visit our websites.

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 interests 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 Group 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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