Head of Risk & Compliance

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Get To Know Us: As Head of Risk & Compliance, you will provide strategic leadership and direction across Risk, Compliance and Governance for our Platform Solutions business. You will play a key role in supporting the CEO, Board, senior leadership and business teams, ensuring we maintain the highest standards of regulatory compliance, governance and risk management. This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for fostering a strong risk and compliance culture, maintaining effective relationships with regulators and industry bodies, and ensuring the business continues to operate within applicable regulatory, legal and corporate requirements. Why You Will Love It Here! Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career What You Will Get To Do: Provide strategic leadership and direction for Risk, Compliance and Governance across the Platform Solutions business. Represent and report on risk and compliance activities, key issues and escalations to the Risk Management Committee, Executive Committee and Platform Solutions Boards. Provide trusted advice and challenge to Board members, the CEO and business leaders on Risk, Compliance and Governance matters. Ensure timely and accurate regulatory reporting to the FCA and maintain an open, transparent and constructive relationship with regulators. Ensure effective corporate governance is maintained in line with current regulatory requirements and best practice. Oversee risk and compliance control frameworks, including compliance monitoring programmes, risk assessments and operational oversight. Identify trends, significant control weaknesses and regulatory issues, ensuring appropriate escalation and timely agreement of remedial actions. Provide advice on FCA, HMRC and relevant UK legislative and regulatory requirements, including supporting the business through regulatory change. Support new business and new product initiatives by providing pragmatic, commercially aware and compliant risk and compliance advice. Ensure material risk and compliance issues are escalated promptly to the CEO and Board. Lead and develop the Risk & Compliance team, ensuring appropriate responsibilities are delegated according to capability and experience, with effective oversight of delegated activities. Promote a strong risk, compliance and governance culture, driving accountability and ownership across the business. Coordinate the development, implementation and ongoing review of policies and procedures to reflect legal, regulatory and business changes. Ensure appropriate risk and compliance training requirements are identified and addressed across relevant business areas. Support the business in developing practical action plans to address issues identified through internal and external monitoring and reviews. Maintain appropriate governance databases and registers, including gifts and benefits and personal account dealing, using these to identify trends and potential training requirements. Ensure data protection and data security remain key priorities across the business. Oversee financial matters relating to Risk & Compliance in line with statutory and corporate