Manager, Regulatory Compliance Risk, Audit, and Compliance London

Checkout Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic fintech firm as a Regulatory Compliance Manager, where your expertise will shape the future of operational compliance. This role is perfect for a compliance specialist passionate about the payments industry, eager to collaborate and innovate within a fast-paced environment. You'll lead initiatives that ensure adherence to regulatory requirements while fostering a culture of compliance across the organization. If you thrive on challenges and have a knack for problem-solving, this opportunity offers you the chance to make a significant impact in a company dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive team. Your contributions will help drive the digital economy forward.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in regulatory compliance within payments and fintech.
• Experience with Compliance Monitoring, Consumer Duty, and Regulatory Mapping.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational compliance work and maintain company policy.
• Enhance processes for regulatory compliance oversight and assurance.

Skills

Regulatory Compliance

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Education

Experience in Payments and Financial Technology

Experience with ACPR

Job description

• CKO Department: Risk, Audit, and Compliance

Company Description

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. Join us to build the digital economy of tomorrow.

Job Description

As a Regulatory Compliance Manager you will take the lead in all things operational compliance work, help to maintain our overall company policy, and lead on assisting various business areas on understanding and embedding regulatory requirements. The role will suit a generalist operational regulatory compliance manager/officer looking to join a fast-paced, growing payments financial technology company.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Ensuring appropriate internal guidance and advice is delivered in accordance with FCA, PSR and other regulatory requirements (FOS, PSD2).
• Assist colleagues in our Paris office by providing practical assistance relating to the adherence of requirements relating to the ACPR and other European regulatory expectations.
• Enhancing our processes across a variety of functions to ensure appropriate oversight of business activities.
• Reviewing, developing and embedding collaborative regulatory compliance oversight and assurance.
• Drafting / embedding regulatory compliance policies and procedures such as Complaints, Consumer Duty, Vulnerable Customers, and collaborating with stakeholders across the business to agree content, minimum standards and controls - including providing training.
• Conduct ongoing horizon scanning and where necessary be involved in completing other regulatory initiatives such as reporting, notifications and engagement.
• Reviewing and challenging business proposals to ensure that there has been adequate consideration of regulatory requirements, and evidencing appropriate actions to ensure delivery of fair customer outcomes.
• Working with the business to embed the regulatory compliance initiatives and programmes.
• Assisting in the delivery of timely responses to external audit and external regulatory enquiries particularly FCA reporting.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• A Regulatory Compliance specialist with at least 5 years background and experience in payments and financial technology within the UK. It’s a distinguished positive if you have had experience with the ACPR additionally.
• Experience in a wide range of regulatory compliance topics such as, but not limited to, Compliance Monitoring, Consumer Duty, Horizon Scanning, Regulatory Mapping, Engagement, Notifications and Reporting, Complaints, Financial and Operational Resilience, Outsourcing and Safeguarding.
• An ability to apply rules and regulations in a way that is user-friendly for a varied audience, and how to seek early engagement for regulatory compliance initiatives and programmes.
• Experience of working in a regulatory compliance team in a scale-up environment is encouraged, as is exposure you’ve had to authorisation in different jurisdictions.
• Curiosity about working with an e-money and payments business, ideally one passionate about merchant acquiring, and an enthusiasm for innovation in technology.
• A standout colleague with excellent people skills who can effectively and efficiently collaborate, building relationships with colleagues throughout the business.
• An analytical mind able to “see” the complexities of procedures and regulations but then simplify issues for others.
• A pragmatic, commercial and creative approach to problem solving and decision-making.
• The highest standards of ethics and professional integrity.

Additional Information

Apply without meeting all requirements statement

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

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