Compliance Assurance Manager

ENGINEERINGUK; Greater Manchester, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead assurance activities and enhance compliance practices. This role offers the opportunity to motivate a high-performing team while ensuring that the firm meets its regulatory obligations. You'll play a critical role in fostering a positive working environment and driving improvements across the organization. Join a forward-thinking company that values integrity, innovation, and collaboration, and be part of a supportive culture that prioritizes well-being and professional growth. If you are passionate about compliance and want to make a real impact, this role is for you.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Volunteering days

Health membership benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance management and legal functions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Compliance Assurance audit team and manage outputs.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory obligations and improve processes.

Skills

Compliance Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Legal Drafting

Education

Law Society/SRA qualification

Experience in compliance or legal function

Job description

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We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

We are seeking a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead our assurance activities within General Counsel, acting as an ambassador for Irwin Mitchell's compliance obligations and General Counsel's culture and standards. This role involves implementing and embedding best practices in line with the firm's values and strategic plans. The manager will serve as an important client interface across Irwin Mitchell from a compliance assurance perspective.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Ultimate oversight and management of the Compliance Assurance audit team's work output and relevant projects.
• Motivating staff and creating a positive working environment for the Compliance Assurance Team where staff can develop their skills, knowledge, and career paths.
• Day-to-day management of the Compliance Assurance audit team will be a key feature of this role.
• Closely connecting with GCT Compliance Business Partners to drive focussed improvements across the firm.
• Managing work priorities/audits and ensuring successful outcomes/implementation.
• Evaluating and improving the efficiency of processes and procedures
• Ensuring the firm has the correct processes, systems, and controls in place to adhere to its regulatory obligations; resolving complex queries in line with the firm's policies and strategy.
• Playing a key role in the Compliance Assurance team's strategy
• Leading a high-performing team; continuously developing, retaining, and recruiting team members as required, setting clear objectives, and creating personal development plans.

About You

• Law Society/SRA or similar experience.
• Experience in a compliance or in-house legal function.
• Experience working to tight schedules.
• Experience successfully dealing with all levels of internal stakeholders.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Capacity to organise and prioritise workloads.
• Ability to network and proactively build relationships across a range of internal departments.
• Excellent drafting skills.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them:

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook.
• To be approachable and caring.
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives.
• To be efficient in the provision of our services.
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

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