Senior Regulatory Change Lead – Ireland & UK

EML; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Enhanced parental leave

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Income protection

Cycle to Work

Professional membership

Job summary

EML Payments is seeking a Senior Regulatory Project Manager to plan and deliver regulatory change, remediation and supervisory commitments across our Irish regulated entities, with expanding responsibility for the UK. Reporting to the Director Client & Vendor Management, COO Ireland, this role applies seasoned project management discipline to regulatory agendas.

You will partner with Risk and Compliance, manage distributor oversight, AML/CFT and KYB/KYC controls, and ensure evidence-based,

Qualifications

• 6+ years in project or program management delivering regulatory change.
• Strong knowledge of Irish and/or UK regulatory environment incl. AML/CFT and outsourcing.
• Experience engaging with Central Bank of Ireland or FCA.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of regulatory projects and remediation programs across Irish & UK regulated entities.
• Translate regulatory requirements, supervisory feedback and audit findings into clearly scoped projects with deliverables, milestones, owners and success criteria.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, RAID logs, dependency maps and resource plans, ensuring delivery is accurate, complete and on time.
• Manage scope, change control and prioritisation across concurrent regulatory initiatives, escalating conflicts and trade-offs early.
• Ensure project outputs are embedded into business-as-usual operations, with documented processes, controls and clear handover to accountable owners.
• Ensure delivery remains compliant with applicable laws, CBI/EBA guidance, FCA requirements and Firm policy.
• Lead projects to strengthen Distributor oversight, including uplift of AML/CFT and KYB/KYC controls, contract and T&C updates, and remediation of identified gaps.
• Coordinate delivery of improvements to Distributor MI, service reviews, issue tracking and escalation, working closely with Client Management, Compliance and Distributors.
• Ensure remediation evidence (MI packs, service review records, complaints reconciliation, AML assurance outputs and enforcement actions) is captured and audit-ready at project close.
• Own the plan for delivering regulatory commitments, supervisory actions and audit findings within scope, tracking progress to timely and evidenced closure.
• Coordinate preparation of regulatory submissions, evidence packs and operational responses, ensuring deadlines are met and quality is consistent.
• Act as a senior first-line project contact for regulatory reviews, audits and assurance activity, working in partnership with Risk and Compliance.
• Ensure consistent project approach and delivery standards across Ireland and the UK.
• Establish and run project governance, including steering groups, working groups. Maintain decision logs and clear escalation routes.
• Produce concise, accurate status reporting for Senior Management, Committees and the Board on regulatory project progress, risks and issues.
• Manage a broad stakeholder group across Operations, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Finance, Technology, Client Management and third parties, holding contributors to agreed commitments.
• Act under delegated authority, where required, to represent regulatory projects in regulatory, audit and internal governance forums.
• Support and complement the COO Ireland by providing senior delivery leadership across regulatory change and remediation.
• Contribute to the design of a scalable, repeatable approach to regulatory change delivery.
• Capture lessons learned and drive process efficiency, simplification and automation opportunities identified through project work.
• Coach and guide project contributors, building project delivery discipline across the wider team.

Skills

Regulatory project mgmt

Irish/UK regulation knowledge

Stakeholder management

Planning & risk management

Job description

EML Payments is seeking a Senior Regulatory Project Manager to plan and deliver regulatory change, remediation and supervisory commitments across our Irish regulated entities, with expanding responsibility for the UK. Reporting to the Director Client & Vendor Management, COO Ireland, this role applies seasoned project management discipline to regulatory agendas.

You will partner with Risk and Compliance, manage distributor oversight, AML/CFT and KYB/KYC controls, and ensure evidence-based,