Compliance Analyst

Company:Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Compliance team at Mercer. This role will be based in Dublin. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

What can you expect:

The Compliance function is responsible for the oversight and management of regulatory risk within Mercer (Ireland) Limited. The function must meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders, including Board of Directors, the Central Bank of Ireland and front -line business units with the aim of ensuring that regulatory risks are appropriately identified, mitigated, managed and monitored.

This role will report into the Chief Compliance Officer and will be an important role in ensuring that the function delivers its annual compliance plan with specific emphasis on Compliance Monitoring, Fitness and Probity. Complaints Management and Data protection.

We will rely on you to:

• Lead execution of the annual compliance monitoring plan to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulatory requirements, and company and local policies.
• Coordinate and respond to Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), managing intake, assessment, timelines, and recordkeeping to meet legal obligations.
• Oversee policies and procedures within the second line of defence to ensure organisation-wide compliance with the Fitness and Probity framework,  the Individual Accountability Minimum Competency Code.
• Review and adjudicate complaints through investigation, documented findings, remediation, recommendations, and outcome reporting.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies and procedures that promote integrity, regulatory risk management, and operational excellence.
• Design and deliver compliance training, preparing materials and tracking completion and effectiveness across the business.
• Build strong relationships with front-line business colleagues to embed a proactive compliance culture and provide practical advisory support.

What you need to have: 

• Third level degree along with LCOI designation (desirable).
• Minimum of 2- 3 years compliance/regulatory experience in financial services, preferably in an investment firm or insurance intermediary/undertaking.
• Experience in conducting Compliance Monitoring reviews.
• Experience in overseeing processes in place for effective Fitness and Probity, Individual Accountability Framework and Minimum Competency Code compliance.

What makes you stand out:

• Strong business presentation, writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a demanding and highly regulated environment.
• Ability to maintain clear lines of communication with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to identify areas to improve efficiency, accuracy and analysis and suggest ways of improvement.

This is a CF2 Role per the Fitness and Probity Framework and subject to the Conduct Standards under the Individual Accountability Framework

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at [email protected] to discuss any specific needs.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.