Risk & Compliance Associate — Hybrid & Global Impact

Starling; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance with Vitalty

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension scheme

Perkbox membership

Volunteering days

Job summary

Engine by Starling is seeking a Risk & Compliance professional to join the Risk & Compliance Team, ensuring we identify, assess and mitigate risk across our SaaS platform. You will work with InfoSec and Legal to align with UK regulations and our Policies while supporting compliant SaaS delivery.

You will build strong relationships with stakeholders, maintain risk registers, run due diligence, sanctions screening, and keep management information up to date as we scale global banking solutions.

Qualifications

• An understanding of operational risk, compliance, due diligence and internal controls.
• Able to take ownership and progress tasks to completion.
• Able to communicate at all levels with the ability to convey findings, impacts and recommended resolution.
• Ability to prepare management information, maintain registers and accurately document meeting minutes.
• Sound interpersonal skills and experience in engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage recurring compliance activities.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the team to identify potential risks to the organisation
• Support the identification, assessment and monitoring of risks across Engine, including assisting with Risk and Control Self-Assessments, maintaining the risk register and tracking associated actions.
• Support in the arranging of Engine Committees and the production and collation of Management Information for Engine and Group Committees and the Engine Board
• Undertake periodic horizon scanning, identifying potential risks or changes and escalating relevant matters to Risk and Compliance team and key stakeholders as appropriate
• Support client due diligence activities, including collecting, reviewing for completeness and maintaining client due diligence and KYB documentation, and coordinating periodic information
• Perform routine sanctions and initial client screenings, documenting results, monitoring exceptions, and escalating potential issues in accordance with established procedures.
• Assist with initial third party risk assessments, including gathering due diligence information, documenting findings and tracking outstanding actions.
• Monitor mandatory compliance training requirements including onboarding training, refresher training, PCI training and policy attestations.
• Maintain key compliance registers, including Gifts & Hospitality and Conflicts of Interest is current and relevant matters are escalated appropriately.
• Working closely with other departments and teams across Engine to support risk management, compliance activities, assurance reviews and the effective operation of the Risk & Compliance Framework
• Providing support to other team members on risk management matters

Skills

Operational risk

Compliance

Due diligence

Internal controls

Ownership

Communication

Management information

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Engine by Starling is seeking a Risk & Compliance professional to join the Risk & Compliance Team, ensuring we identify, assess and mitigate risk across our SaaS platform. You will work with InfoSec and Legal to align with UK regulations and our Policies while supporting compliant SaaS delivery.

You will build strong relationships with stakeholders, maintain risk registers, run due diligence, sanctions screening, and keep management information up to date as we scale global banking solutions.