Compliance Assistant Analyst

Make a difference every day!

Invesco is driven by a pure focus on investment. It’s all we do. We focus on doing work that matters and being a firm that gives a voice to every employee. In fact, we make a promise to our clients and each other to create greater possibilities together. We’re looking for people who have fresh perspectives. Who can come together to share ideas, listen and challenge each other to achieve better solutions for our clients.

We have an outstanding benefits package which could include:

• Company-provided healthcare
• A competitive annual leave allowance
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements 
• Generous pension provisions
• Income protection
• Health and wellness benefits
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance

Your Team

The Compliance function is broadly responsible for identifying, assessing, advising, monitoring and reporting on the firm’s compliance risks.  The Investment Compliance team supports the regional Compliance and business/functional teams and has the following key responsibilities:

• Investment Compliance-related oversight of each Invesco fund and client account contracted in their region. 
• Supervision of the adherence by the Investment Teams in their region to investment restrictions at various points in the pre- and post-trade lifecycle.
• Perform contract analysis to establish investment restrictions from source documents for the region. 
• Review and approve the coding and testing of rules in the  Order Management Systems (OMS). 
• Validation of pre-trade violations for local investment teams
• Oversight of the post-trade monitoring performed by the Hyderabad Investment Compliance Team for mandates contracted in the region.
• Supporting local country Heads of Compliance on regulatory topics / engagement
• Investment Restriction breach reporting to external parties/Management committees / Boards as appropriate
• Regulatory Compliance training for Investment teams 
• Participating in regulatory change initiatives / projects / working groups 

Your role 

We are looking for a new Compliance Assistant Analyst with a focus on Regional Investment Compliance and ESG to be based in our EMEA headquarters in Henley-on-Thames. In this role you will support the regional Compliance teams to ensure accounts follow their ESG regulatory and contractual restrictions.

You could also be involved in:

• Supporting the Investment Compliance ESG working group in establishing management information requirements to enable trend analysis, using this to seek opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce risk and continuously improve our control environment.  
• Working closely with the Investment Compliance ESG Lead to document ESG processes and controls, strategic priorities and work together to identify scalable solutions going forward. Collaborate with ESG, Product, Investment and Tech teams to support the IC ESG Lead. 
• Assisting the Regional Investment Compliance Teams with tasks associated with Investment Compliance ESG monitoring. 
• Bringing up potential issues optimally within the Investment Compliance team.
• Maintaining work log for Investment Compliance ESG Team open items. This includes reading emails / meeting minutes to document required actions and assisting the team to ensure they are delivered. 
• Representing IC ESG Team on cross functional calls. Taking and sharing minutes from relevant meetings chaired by the Team.

What you can bring:

• Being part of a team to prioritise and deliver on ambitious timelines
• Used data to analyse trends and identify areas to increase efficiency
• Working in a role where attention to detail has been critical
• Proven experience of learning new systems
• Excel skills including V-Look up and basic macros
• Highly organised and remaining calm under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Delivery focused and results driven
• Appetite for challenge
• Curiosity about financial markets or services

Our commitment to you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone. As part of Invesco’s commitment to ensuring our teams have the broad range of experiences and backgrounds required to promote diversity of thought, and to maintaining a positive, engaging work environment, we champion flexible working.

Please feel free to discuss flexible working options with us.

Our commitment to the community and environmental, social and governance investing

We partner with charitable organisations globally to make an impact in the communities where we live and work. Our people are encouraged to support the charities they feel most passionate about. We are also committed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. We serve our clients in this space as a trusted partner both on specific responsible investment product strategies as well as part of our commitment to deliver a superior investment experience.

Join us

We’re proud to be a firm that achieves more together. One that is focused on doing work that matters. One that gives a voice to every employee. One that genuinely cares. By coming together to share our ideas, listen, and challenge each other’s perspectives, we get to better solutions for our clients.

Our ambition is high. By working smart and supporting one another, we can continuously push ourselves to grow. We all have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business, our industry and our clients’ lives.

Let’s create greater possibilities together!