P / T Compliance Manager

HighPoint; Wrecclesham; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A professional services group seeks a Compliance Manager accountable for governing compliance across multiple entities. The candidate must have experience in managing compliance in legal or financial services, with a strong understanding of current regulations such as GDPR and AML. This role offers flexible hours (part-time or full-time), hybrid working options, and a range of benefits including annual leave and a pension plan.

Benefits

25 days annual leave (FTE)

Auto Enrolment Pension

Perkbox

Hybrid working by negotiation

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance within professional services, preferably financial or legal sectors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in managing audits or implementing internal audits is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a compliance framework across the Group.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Draft and communicate compliance policies to stakeholders.
• Serve as the Data Protection Officer and MLRO.
• Monitor compliance risks and prepare reports.

Skills

Experience managing compliance

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of GDPR, AML, KYC

Report writing experience

Audit management experience

Tools

MS Office

CRM systems

Job description

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

Compliance Manager 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.

Compliance Manager 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.

Thank you for your application however due to the high volume of candidates applying, if you have not heard back from us within 5 days please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.