Compliance Apprenticeship 2025
Location: Swindon
Salary: £23,387
Qualification: Level 3 Compliance and Risk Officer
Start Date: September 2025
Closing date for applications: 23rd March 2025
Insurance is so much more than you think!
Are you looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? If so, an apprenticeship could be the ideal role for you! You’ll find the perfect balance of real life, on the job experience, whilst having time to complete your studies, apply your knowledge and earn qualifications too. With plenty of support around you, including your buddy, you’ll have lots of opportunities to shape your career and to make a difference to our customers at a time when they need us the most.
This is a permanent role, your apprenticeship is just the start of your career with us. We'll continue to cheer you on every step of the way once you’ve finished and will remain committed to help you grow. Working in insurance is so varied, you’ll find that there are so many different opportunities for you to explore. An apprenticeship is the perfect way to fast-track your career!
Your Opportunity
A risk and compliance officer provides advice to various stakeholders within an insurance company on the various legal and regulatory rules they must follow – such as those about data security or preventing money laundering.
Our UK Compliance Apprenticeship is a great opportunity to start a career with one of the world’s top insurance companies.
Your role could involve:
- Identifying and analysing risks and compliance issues
- Undertaking risk analysis to identify areas where risk can be mitigated to ensure we remain fully compliant
- Preparing information in the form of reports for stakeholders
- Undertaking compliance and risk research activities
- Delivering risk and compliance projects
- Supporting regulatory correspondence and requests for information
- Using digital technology in the management of risk and compliance
You’ll work in the Compliance Governance & Operations and Assurance teams, providing administration and technical support to keep our operational processes running smoothly.
The length of the apprenticeship depends on your course and provider. We’ll make sure you get plenty of support for your studies alongside your permanent role.
What can I look forward to?
During your apprenticeship you’ll:
- Develop your analysis and problem-solving skills
- Learn about the legal and regulatory frameworks relative to the insurance industry
- Understand how to plan and organise workloads to meet both personal and team performance targets.
- Identify ways to reduce and mitigate incidents of non-compliance
- Manage records to meet audit requirements
- Identify your own training needs and seek feedback to improve your performance and the service you deliver
- Learn how to keep up to date with relevant legal, regulatory and other changes affecting the industry
- Develop, build and maintaining tools to support our automation and continuous improvement journey
You'll also work with the Compliance team and talk to internal Management and external third parties when needed.
The role is interesting and challenging, giving you the chance to gain broad experience. Working as part of a global business, you’ll help ensure we meet all our legal and regulatory requirements by managing our exposure to all types of compliance risks.
Alongside your day-to-day work, you'll also complete a Level 3 Compliance and Risk Officer Apprenticeship as well as an insurance industry recognised Certificate in Insurance via the Chartered Insurance Institute. This takes 18 months to complete. In addition to investing in your learning, we give you time to study as well as the opportunity to put what you learn into practice.
Your qualification is just the start of your career at Zurich. Once your apprenticeship is complete you will have plenty of opportunities to put your new skills into practice while continuing to develop and grow.
What’s in it for you?
As well as joining a company that is passionate about our people, sustainability and our customers, we also have a competitive rewards and lifestyle benefits package.
You’ll receive:
- £23,387 starting salary
- 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
- Flexible bank holidays for religious/cultural events
- Private medical cover
- 12% company pension contribution
- Annual company bonus
- Discounted gym membership
- Discounted gadget insurance
- Discounted technology offers
What you’ll need:
- Full right to work and reside in the UK - Due to government regulations, we cannot accept applications from those who require a visa to live and work in the UK. You must have the indefinite right to live and work in the UK and have resided here for a minimum of three consecutive years.
- A minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C/4 including Maths and English.
- A professional attitude with a positive ‘can do’ approach to your work
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to build strong working relationships
NB: Due to Apprenticeship funding rules, we can only accept applicants who haven’t completed a qualification in the same field at the same or higher level to the course you are applying for
Are you ready to create a brighter future?
At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business. We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us.
We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion, we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work. You’ll have every opportunity to use your drive and enthusiasm to innovate the future of Zurich. Everybody is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all.
So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.
Please note we are unable to progress your application if you don't meet our criteria listed above. Please ensure you have the right to reside and work in the UK before you apply as we are unable to provide sponsorship. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years in order to apply.
