Compliance and Risk Lead

Getground; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GetGround is seeking a hands-on Compliance and Risk Lead to own day-to-day regulatory obligations and build scalable compliance frameworks. You will lead a small team, ensure policies and controls evolve with regulation, and manage regulatory relationships including FCA interactions.

Ideal candidates bring FCA-regulated fintech experience, AML/KYC knowledge, and a proactive approach to embedding risk considerations across product and engineering decisions.

Qualifications

• Own the delivery of GetGround's compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting
• Develop and manage a high-performing compliance and risk team as GetGround scales
• Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls as regulations evolve
• Support management of regulatory relationships, including FCA interactions and reporting
• Track regulatory developments and translate them into clear guidance for business
• Assist with board and senior leadership compliance reporting
• Identify, assess, and monitor operational and regulatory risks
• Maintain the risk register and prepare risk reporting for senior leadership
• Embed risk considerations into day-to-day decisions
• Develop and maintain risk policies and frameworks
• Support MLRO with AML and financial crime operations
• Conduct and review KYC processes, escalating complex cases
• Assist with SAR filing and maintain financial crime records
• Help ensure financial crime controls stay fit for purpose
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to review features for compliance
• Review customer-facing content and regulated communications
• Deliver compliance training and awareness across the business
• Be the first point of contact for compliance queries
• Experience in FCA-regulated fintech, payments, mortgages, or property finance
• Knowledge of AML, KYC and consumer protection requirements
• Experience running or supporting a compliance monitoring programme
• Familiarity with financial crime controls and AML processes
• In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of GetGround's compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting
• Develop and manage a high-performing compliance and risk team as GetGround scales
• Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls as regulations evolve
• Support the management of regulatory relationships, including FCA interactions and reporting
• Track regulatory developments and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business
• Assist with the preparation of board and senior leadership compliance reporting
• Identify, assess, and monitor operational and regulatory risks across the business
• Maintain the risk register and assist with preparing risk reporting for senior leadership
• Work with teams across the business to ensure risk considerations are embedded into day-to-day decisions
• Help develop and maintain risk policies and frameworks as the business grows
• Support the MLRO with day-to-day AML and financial crime operations, including transaction monitoring
• Conduct and review KYC processes, escalating complex cases as appropriate
• Assist with SAR filing processes and maintain accurate financial crime records
• Help ensure GetGround's financial crime controls remain fit for purpose as the business grows
• Work with Product and Engineering teams to review new features and products for compliance implications
• Support the review of customer-facing content, marketing materials, and regulated communications
• Deliver compliance training and awareness across the business
• Be the first point of contact for compliance queries from across the business

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Compliance monitoring

Fintech/regulatory

AML/KYC expertise

Financial crime controls

Communication skills

Risk management

Team leadership

Job description

We're looking for a Compliance and Risk Lead to be the hands-on engine of GetGround's compliance function, owning the day-to-day delivery of our regulatory obligations and helping build the frameworks that keep us operating with integrity as we scale.

The Opportunity

GetGround operates at the intersection of fintech, proptech and wealthtech, a business with a complex and growing regulatory footprint. With £2Bn+ in assets on platform and 30,000+ users across 70 countries, our compliance obligations are significant and expanding.

This is a role with real ownership and some people management responsibility. You'll be doing the work and leading a small team to help deliver it. You'll be the person who makes compliance and risk happen at GetGround.

What You'll Be Doing

Day-to-Day Compliance

• Own the delivery of GetGround's compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting

• Develop and manage a high-performing compliance and risk team as GetGround scales

• Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls as regulations evolve

• Support the management of regulatory relationships, including FCA interactions and reporting

• Track regulatory developments and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business

• Assist with the preparation of board and senior leadership compliance reporting

Risk

• Support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of operational and regulatory risks across the business

• Maintain the risk register and assist with preparing risk reporting for senior leadership

• Work with teams across the business to ensure risk considerations are embedded into day-to-day decisions

• Help develop and maintain risk policies and frameworks as the business grows

Financial Crime and AML

• Support the MLRO with day-to-day AML and financial crime operations, including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening

• Conduct and review KYC processes, escalating complex cases as appropriate

• Assist with SAR filing processes and maintain accurate financial crime records

• Help ensure GetGround's financial crime controls remain fit for purpose as the business grows

Business Partnership

• Work with Product and Engineering teams to review new features and products for compliance implications

• Support the review of customer-facing content, marketing materials, and regulated communications

• Deliver compliance training and awareness across the business

• Be the first point of contact for compliance queries from across the business

About You

You're a hands-on compliance professional who knows how to get things done in a fast-moving, regulated environment. You bring:

• Experience in a compliance role within an FCA-regulated firm, ideally in fintech, payments, mortgages, or property finance

• Good working knowledge of regulatory frameworks, including AML, KYC, and consumer protection requirements

• Experience running or supporting a compliance monitoring programme

• Familiarity with financial crime controls and AML processes

• A practical, solutions-oriented approach; you find ways to make compliance work for the business

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once

• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Highly desirable:

• Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products

• Exposure to MLRO support or deputy MLRO responsibilities

• In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech

We know that great candidates don't always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we'd encourage you to apply anyway.

What we are building:The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally.

Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law.

• 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male

• 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries

• Our work on Design Accessibility

• Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride

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