Head of Compliance, Homeprotect
+ Annual discretionary bonus scheme
1-5 days a week in office (New Malden, London)
Insurance for unique & at-risk properties
Be an early applicant
Insurance for unique & at-risk properties
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Annual discretionary bonus scheme
1-5 days a week in office (New Malden, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
Homeprotect was founded to provide protection to people underserved by the home insurance industry.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive expertise and leadership experience in compliance and regulatory oversight within insurance
- Thorough understanding of FCA/PRA regulations, Consumer Duty, SMCR, financial promotions, product governance, and financial crime
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and report-writing skills, with a strong understanding of business dynamics and customer outcomes
- Proven experience in delivering compliance programmes, thematic reviews, and monitoring plans
- Strong regulatory engagement experience, including Skilled Person (s166) reviews or FCA/PRA interventions
- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity, regulatory change, and competing priorities
- Exceptional capability for managing and leading people, with the ability to lead, manage, and motivate teams
- Ability to work effectively and lead in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to change
- Coach, mentor, and train staff, as well as other team members, embedding compliance culture across the firm
- Prior experience in home insurance or personal lines insurance
- Relevant professional compliance qualifications (e.g., ICA, CISI, ACII) preferred
- Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance frameworks and controls
- Exposure to regulatory implications of AI and machine learning (if relevant to pricing, underwriting, or claims)
- Experience with FCA or PRA thematic reviews or Skilled Person (s166) reviews
What the job involves
- Compliance Framework:
- Design, implement, and maintain Homeprotect’s Compliance Framework, ensuring alignment with FCA including Consumer Duty, SM&CR, and other regulatory requirements
- Embed compliance culture across the firm, driving awareness, accountability, and consistent practices
- Advise the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Board, and Audit & Risk Committee on strategic and emerging compliance matters
- Regulatory Oversight and Assurance:
- Identify, assess, and monitor enterprise-wide regulatory compliance risks, including conduct, financial crime, data, outsourcing, and product governance
- Lead horizon scanning, regulatory impact assessments, and controls reviews to evaluate potential impacts on the firm
- Develop and maintain compliance risk and control assurance plans and issue logs to support ongoing oversight
- Policy and Control Environment:
- Design, implement, and maintain Homeprotect’s Compliance Framework, ensuring alignment with FCA, PRA, Consumer Duty, SMCR, and other regulatory requirements
- Governance, Reporting and Regulator Engagement:
- Deliver clear, timely, and actionable compliance reports to the CRSCO, Senior Leadership Team, and Audit & Risk Committee
- Present compliance insights and regulatory updates in a format that drives informed decision-making
- Lead engagement with regulators, ensuring risks and issues are escalated, tracked, and addressed in line with Principle 11 obligations
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Homeprotect is run by insurtech group Avantia, which has been around since 2002 and seemingly stayed abreast of the rapid digitisation of the insurance industry. The company leverages big data and machine learning, as well as underwriting from AXA Insurance, to provide home insurance quotes in seconds.
While there is no shortage of insurance marketplaces like this, Homeprotect’s value differentiator is its focus on sourcing affordable quotes for customers with non-standard needs such as at-risk, listed, vacant properties, or properties containing rare valuables.
Having secured major investment from ECI Partners over a series of funding rounds, Avantia has been investing heavily in Homeprotect’s tech and predictive capabilities, which has led to consistent annual revenue increases as the company strives to hold its own in a competitive market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
41% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A genuinely flexible approach to work. We are really supportive of you flexing your hours and location to help you keep everything in your life in balance
- Opportunities to focus on your professional growth whether that’s through training or other personal development opportunities - we want you to build your long-term career with us
- Discounted home insurance for you, your friends and your family
- An in-house wellbeing programme including seminars and workshops from wellbeing coaches and professionals
- Home working starter kit and money to spend on additional equipment you may need
- Charitable giving scheme, so you can donate to our partner charity, or one of your choice
- The opportunity to work alongside brilliant people, because this isn’t something that every organisation can offer!
- Life insurance
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Pension contribution
- Free fruit and really good coffee for the days you come into the office
- Local and national retail discounts
- 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays) and the ability to buy and sell >5 days annually
- Private medical cover
Company HQ
New Malden, UK
Leadership
Mark Eastham
(CEO)Joined as CEO in 2015 after an 11 year spell at Dixon's Carphone, where they rose to become UK General Manager.
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