Waystone

Director – Regulatory Intelligence

Waystone

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Ireland

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Lead

About the role

  • Oversee the Group’s external facing regulatory intelligence activity, ensuring that all relevant regulatory developments are identified, assessed, and communicated to clients, prospective clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Ensure that clients, prospective clients and client facing internal stakeholders are regularly briefed in a structured manner on regulatory change through newsletters, insights, and tailored communications.
  • Identify commercial opportunities arising from market and regulatory developments and contribute to the Group’s Product Roadmap and revenue generation strategy.
  • Work closely with local compliance and legal teams to ensure on the ground insight and expertise is harnessed and that local client updates are tailored appropriately.
  • Work closely with the Group Head of Horizon Scanning to agree effective methods of monitoring all relevant market and regulatory developments that may impact the Group’s clients, prospective clients, or delegates (in particular, Investment Managers).
  • Maintain a centralised, easily accessible repository of regulatory updates and insights.
  • Develop and deliver regular (monthly/quarterly) client newsletters summarising regulatory and market changes, tailored by client type and jurisdiction.
  • Create and deliver targeted client briefings, webinars, and thought leadership on significant changes.
  • Partner with Product teams and Business Development and to translate regulatory change into new or enhanced product offerings; seeking opportunities for revenue growth.
  • Coordinate with Compliance and Legal to ensure consistency, accuracy and regulatory compliance in client communications.
  • Support the training and enablement of internal teams to ensure regulatory changes are understood and leveraged effectively in client discussions.
  • Support the Relationship Managers and Key Account Managers including with regulatory updates for use in Board Reports.
  • Provide technical sales support through training the Business Development team in new regulation, new product offerings and changes to existing products.

Requirements

  • An internationally recognised professional qualification.
  • Strong academic background including at minimum a degree in law, business, economics or related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years in professional services, preferably in the funds industry or law firm.
  • Proven success and advancement within a risk, research, legal, compliance or portfolio management team.
  • Networking skills, be highly motivated, and adept at building relationships.
  • Capacity to apply real-world research to the Waystone’s business model.
  • Client-facing background with strong presentation skills.
  • Outstanding time management, organisational skills, oral/written communication skills, critical thinking and attention to detail is required.
  • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment including reporting and providing support to various members of the team.
  • Strong MS Office Skills; CRM software experience required.
Benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
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