Quality & Compliance Assurance Lead

Sumer Group; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumer Group seeks a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead the quality assurance monitoring programme and ensure the group meets regulatory obligations. You will provide guidance on internal controls, work with senior leaders, and support hubs nationwide with practical remediation plans.

Based in the UK and willing to travel, you will drive continuous improvement in ethics, regulatory compliance and quality assurance across the organisation, influencing multiple functions and ensuring high

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in a compliance, risk, assurance, or regulatory role (professional services or regulated environment preferred)
• Hands-on experience managing people, maintaining structured processes and involvement in delivering quality assurance programmes.
• Exposure to multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction environments.
• Accountancy qualification preferred but not mandatory

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality assurance monitoring programme across the Group.
• Deliver periodic control assessments, walkthroughs and sample testing across key compliance areas including ISQM testing, non-audit service lines and onboarding, internal cold file reviews and internal functions.
• Identify reporting inconsistencies, control weaknesses and compliance gaps, agreeing practical remediation plans with stakeholders and tracking actions through to completion.
• Produce reports on findings, emerging risks, trends and recommendations for management and governance boards.

Skills

Compliance management

Audit & assurance

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Multi-entity env

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA

Job description

Sumer Group seeks a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead the quality assurance monitoring programme and ensure the group meets regulatory obligations. You will provide guidance on internal controls, work with senior leaders, and support hubs nationwide with practical remediation plans.

Based in the UK and willing to travel, you will drive continuous improvement in ethics, regulatory compliance and quality assurance across the organisation, influencing multiple functions and ensuring high