P/T Compliance Manager

HighPoint; England; Hybrid; Part time

Job summary

A professional services group is seeking a Compliance Manager responsible for managing compliance frameworks, conducting audits, and ensuring regulatory alignment. Candidates should have experience in a legal or financial environment, strong communication skills, and the ability to draft compliance policies. This role offers flexibility with part-time or full-time hours and hybrid working options.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (FTE)

Auto Enrolment Pension

Perkbox

Qualifications

• Experience of compliance in a professional-services sector ideally financial services/accountancy/legal.
• Sound understanding of current regulations in terms of GDPR/AML/KYC and Financial Crime.
• Strong written skills with proven experience of report writing.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain a Group wide compliance framework.
• Conduct regular compliance reviews and audits.
• Draft and update compliance policies.

Skills

Compliance management experience in professional services

Regulatory knowledge (GDPR, AML, KYC)

Excellent communication skills

Report writing and policy development

Experience in audit management

Tools

Integrated CRM systems

MS Office

Job description

Overview

The role is fully accountable for compliance, governance and policy development for a Group with 7 entities in the professional services sector. Essentially, the successful candidate will have experience of managing compliance in a legal, accountancy or financial services environment.

This is a hands on role working closely with the Executive and SLT acting as a trusted advisor on matters including GDPR, AML, risk management and associated training. It offers the opportunity of influence strategically and to shape the compliance culture across the Group.

Hours: Part-Time or Full Time (Min 25-30 hrs per week). Must be able to maintain visibility across the group entities.

Compliance Manager Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (FTE)
• Auto Enrolment Pension
• Perkbox
• Hybrid working by negotiation

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain a Group wide compliance framework.
• Conduct regular reviews and audits of compliance processes and ensure alignment with current regulations eg GDPR/AML/UK MAR
• Draft and update compliance policies in collaboration with operational leads.
• Ensure any regulatory changes are mapped to existing compliance policies and procedures, amend accordingly and communicate to all relevant stakeholders.
• Take accountability for ensuring relevant training programmes are delivered as part of on-boarding of all new employees. Track on learning management systems.
• Monitor and report on compliance risks and breaches.
• Serve in the role of Data Protection Officer for the purposes of GDPR Regulations
• MLRO for Anti Money Laundering regulations. Advise internal stakeholders on high risk or complex KYC files.
• Investigate suspicious activity and report to the National Crime Agency in line with statutory requirements.
• Complete 3rd party risk management questionnaires as required by clients
• Compliance reporting including quarterly board report.

Experience and attributes

• Experience of compliance in a professional-services sector ideally financial services/accountancy/legal.
• Sound understanding of current landscape of regulations in terms of GDPR/AML/KYC and Financial Crime.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong written skills with proven experience of report writing, policies production and development of procedures and standard operating processes.
• Experience of managing audits by external bodies desirable, but not essential provided person has experience of implementing internal audits.
• Competent use of integrated CRM systems, MS Office and specialist platforms.