Senior Compliance Officer

Key Responsibilities:

• Have an excellent knowledge of the regulatory requirements and be able to analyse current processes and documentation to highlight areas of improvement and ensure the bank remains compliant as it grows.
• Aid the development and delivery of the strategy. Identifying areas of risk and compliance within the current (and future) processes and working closely with projects and departments to understand and ensure the relevant action is taken to highlight, address and alleviate the risk to the company.
• Oversee regulatory change that impacts the bank and ensure robust processes and training are introduced.
• Work closely with the second line Risk and Compliance areas as directed and develop and maintain an awareness of risk management developments and best practice.
• Support the Head of Customer Compliance by providing reporting to forums and committees on any areas of non-compliance that may be identified in the course of day-to-day duties.
• Ensure that systems-based records are maintained in an accurate and timely manner.
• Provide leadership and direction to members of the Compliance team, ensuring 1-1s and appraisals are carried out in line with Hodge Policies.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures and legislative and regulatory requirements, including, but not exhaustively, those related to GDPR, Money Laundering, Health & Safety, PRA/FCA regulations, employment and other legislative requirements (as applicable).
• Undertake any other reasonable tasks as and when requested by senior management.
• Develop and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Compliance & Risk regulatory and legislative information related to products/services (e.g. PRA/FCA rules, Data Protection, Money Laundering, etc.), as advised by line management.
• Support the risk culture of the organisation by taking personal responsibility for identifying and managing risks.

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

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