Compliance Officer

Aspire Recruitment; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic business in compliance is seeking an experienced Compliance Officer in Liverpool. You will oversee customer onboarding, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards while minimizing operational risks. The role requires at least 3 years in compliance or financial crime roles and offers a competitive salary of £28,000–£35,000 depending on experience, with ample development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Supportive professional environment

Development opportunities

Exposure to compliance activities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in compliance, due diligence, customer management, or financial crime roles.
• Strong understanding of compliance related systems.
• Confident communicator able to work with non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct full Customer Due Diligence (CDD) on new customers.
• Perform Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for marketing activities.
• Ensure KYC and AML requirements are met.
• Support the company’s mystery shopper programme.
• Refine compliance frameworks and monitoring processes.

Skills

Compliance related systems

Strong communication skills

Risk based approaches

Customer conduct regulations

Job description

Compliance Officer

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 (depending on experience)

Location: Liverpool City Centre

Type: Full-time, Permanent

Are you an experienced Compliance Officer looking to progress your career in Compliance? This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic business where you’ll play a pivotal role in overseeing customer onboarding within an FCA Regulated car finance CMC. You will act as a steady gatekeeper in the support of a smooth, transparent and fair customer journey whilst safeguarding the business any operational or regulatory risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting full CDD (Customer Due Diligence) on new customers which will include: risk profiling, assessment of documentation and identity verification.
• Performing Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for low to high risk marketing activities, including doing deeper investigations into the customer journey and then identify any patterns or unusual behaviour.
• Ensuring all KYC and AML requirements are fully met in line with regulatory standards and internal procedures.
• Supporting with the designing and undertaking of the company’s mystery shopper programme with the end goal of assessing quality and compliance of customer interactions.
• Supporting the development and refinement of compliance frameworks, risk assessment tools and monitoring process.

About You

• Minimum of 3 years in compliance, due diligence, customer management or financial crime roles.
• Strong understanding of compliance related systems, including: KYC, data protection and customer conduct regulations.
• Aware of risk based approaches and customer service compliance issues.
• Confident communicator able to work with non-finance stakeholders.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary of £28,000–£35,000 depending on experience.
• Supportive, professional environment with development opportunities.
• Exposure to a broad range of compliance related activities in a growing organisation.

If you’re a motivated Compliance professional looking for your next step, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable, well-established company that truly values its people and is committed to their ongoing development.