The Scottish National Investment Bank

About the Company

The Bank was launched in November 2020 as a development investment bank for Scotland, delivering patient, mission impact investment to the Scottish economy. We provide patient (long term) capital to businesses and projects throughout Scotland to support the development of a fairer, more sustainable economy. The Bank's ambition is to not only invest its allocated public capital, but to encourage additional private capital to invest alongside it, to support the delivery of our missions:

- Net Zero: Address the climate crisis, through growing a fair and sustainable economy
- Place: Transform communities, making them places where everyone thrives
- Innovation: Scale up innovation and technology, for a more competitive and productive economy

The Bank is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or the Prudential Regulatory Authority. Scottish Investments Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA (FRN: 942392) but does not provide any investment advice or personal recommendations.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

The Scottish National Investment Bank

Job Title

Senior Associate - Compliance

Job Description

**Job Title:** Senior Associate – Compliance **Role Summary:** Support the Head of Compliance in delivering regulatory compliance, conduct risk management, and ethical culture across a UK‑regulated financial services organization. Provide advisory services, monitoring, reporting, training, and operational compliance support on a 12‑month fixed‑term basis. **Expectations:** - Deliver accurate, timely compliance advice to business units. - Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of financial services regulations and communicate changes. - Produce high‑quality monitoring, assurance and management information for senior committees. - Ensure effective training delivery and record‑keeping. - Manage sensitive information with discretion and meet tight deadlines. **Key Responsibilities:** - Assist in developing and maintaining compliance infrastructure, processes and controls. - Provide day‑to‑day regulatory advice; liaise with internal teams, external advisers and industry bodies. - Track emerging regulatory developments and issue appropriate communications. - Administer the Compliance Monitoring Plan, conduct reviews and sampling, and report findings to Executive Committee and Board‑level committees. - Prepare monthly/quarterly compliance MI for ExCo, Board, and Risk Management & Conflicts Committee. - Maintain compliance registers (Conflicts of Interest, Breaches, Complaints). - Design, administer and deliver regulatory and enterprise risk training (including induction) using VinciWorks platform; maintain training records. - Support financial crime prevention compliance, including policy maintenance, BWRA/RCSA components and MLRO Annual Report. - Manage personal account dealing, securities trading records, Information Barriers and Restricted List. - Review and approve marketing and promotional materials for compliance with Financial Promotions and Communications policies. - Conduct “four‑eyes” quality control checks on Investment Origination and Portfolio KYC files, escalating issues as needed. **Required Skills:** - Proven experience in a compliance role within a UK‑regulated financial services firm. - Strong written and verbal communication; ability to engage with diverse stakeholders. - High attention to detail; methodical and organized work style. - Capability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines under pressure. - Discretion in handling confidential information. - Self‑motivated, proactive, able to work independently and collaboratively. - Familiarity with investment management or investment banking environments (desirable). **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business, or related field (or equivalent professional experience). - Relevant compliance or regulatory certifications (e.g., ICA Diploma in Compliance, ICA Advanced Certificate, or equivalent) preferred but not mandatory.

Edinburgh, United kingdom

On site

Senior

24-02-2026

Company Name

The Scottish National Investment Bank

Job Title

Senior Associate - New Business

Job Description

**Job Title** Senior Associate – New Business **Role Summary** Lead the initial assessment, coordination, and progression of inward investment enquiries, ensuring each opportunity aligns with the organisation’s investment strategy. Serve as the first point of contact, prepare decision‑support papers, maintain accurate records, and report trends to senior leadership. **Expectations** - Manage inbound investment enquiries efficiently and professionally. - Assess strategic fit, gather necessary information, and recommend approvals or declines. - Produce and present New Business Forum papers; maintain accurate CRM records. - Generate and analyse enquiry volumes, trends, and outcomes for executive reporting. - Coordinate the investment pipeline with senior originators and leadership. - Build relationships with external stakeholders and represent the organisation at events. - Line‑manage a junior associate, coaching and developing the team. - Drive continuous improvement of new‑business processes and systems. **Key Responsibilities** - Act as first point of contact for all new inward investment enquiries. - Evaluate each enquiry’s strategic fit against mission and investment strategy. - Proactively collect applicant information to support early‑stage assessment. - Prepare and present risk, impact, and recommendation papers for the New Business Forum. - Record all enquiries, communications, and decisions in the CRM system. - Produce management information on enquiry volumes, trends, and outcomes for CEO, Executive Team, and Board. - Coordinate pipeline prioritisation with senior originators and investment leadership. - Build and maintain relationships with external market stakeholders, especially enterprise agencies. - Represent the organisation at external events, sharing insights on missions, impact, and investment approach. - Collaborate with internal teams (Impact, Market Creation, Partnerships & Engagement) for sector and theme insights. - Line manage one New Business associate, providing coaching, support, and on‑the‑job development. - Contribute to the continuous improvement of new‑business processes, systems, and ways of working. **Required Skills** - Experience assessing and validating investment enquiries within banking, investment, or financial services. - Sound understanding of debt and/or equity investments and decision‑making processes. - Excellent written and verbal communication; confidence in engaging prospective clients and delivering sensitive decline decisions. - Highly organised with demonstrable administrative skills; ability to manage multiple enquiries concurrently. - Proficiency in CRM systems; Salesforce experience highly desirable. - Proactive, hands‑on, and collaborative work style. - Alignment with the organisation’s sustainability mission and desire to support economic and environmental ambitions. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or a related field. - No mandatory certifications required; relevant investment or banking experience and knowledge of ESG frameworks are advantageous.

Edinburgh, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

24-02-2026