About this role
Compliance Advisory Manager required for a leading financial services business, supporting its institutional and professional client trading business.
This is a hands-on advisory role, working closely with trading desks and wider business stakeholders to provide practical regulatory advice in a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day regulatory advice to trading and business teams.
- Advise on institutional and professional client activity, including client categorisation and conduct requirements.
- Support new products, platform developments and business change.
- Review and advise on Financial Promotions.
- Provide guidance on regulatory developments and their impact on the business.
- Work closely with Trading, Risk, Legal and Operations.
What we're looking for
- Strong Compliance Advisory experience within a trading environment.
- Experience supporting institutional, professional client, Prime or DMA-related business.
- Good knowledge of COBS, CASS, MAR, MiFID II and EMIR.
- Strong understanding of trading and investment products.
- Comfortable working directly with trading desks and advising on real-time issues.
- Commercial, pragmatic and able to operate at pace.
London – 3 days per week in the office.
About compliance & regulatory roles for ex-police
Compliance, AML and regulatory roles. Working to PACE, RIPA and CPIA is a stronger regulatory grounding than most civilian applicants can offer — firms increasingly recognise this.
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- Working to legislation & regulation
What compliance & regulatory roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Compliance analyst | £32,000–£42,000 |
| Compliance / AML officer | £40,000–£55,000 |
| Compliance manager | £55,000–£80,000 |
| Senior manager / head of compliance | £80,000–£120,000+ |