Compliance Assurance & Advisory Manager
May 3
🏢 In-office - Edinburgh
Description
• Provide compliance advice and guidance to the wider business on the application and interpretation of rules and regulations applicable in the UK (PSRs, EMRs, MLRs, FCA Handbook, EBA Guidelines etc) to support a “compliance by design” ethos and make it easy for first-line team to understand what action they need to take. • Develop, refine, and embed the existing Modulr compliance assurance approach. • Own the annual compliance assurance plan, taking a risk-based approach to determine the scope, priority, frequency, and nature of assurance that will be undertaken, in collaboration with internal stakeholders including Internal Audit and first-line teams. • Deliver against the compliance assurance plan – taking a proactive and inquisitive approach to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of controls and identify corrective actions. • Communicate the results of compliance assurance through high-quality evidence-based reports, identifying common themes and trends and providing insight to first-line teams that is pragmatic, proportionate and able to withstand challenge. • Ensure corrective actions and remediation actions are agreed and tracked through to resolution. • Develop the targeted mapping of regulatory requirements, compliance evidence, and internal/external assurance. • Line manage the Compliance Assurance Analyst, including development planning, agreeing goals, conducting regular 121s, evaluating performance, coaching, and skills transfer. • Provide high-quality, informative and timely management information to the Executive Leadership Team, Audit, and Risk Committees and Boards to enable them to discharge their regulatory compliance responsibilities. • Contribute to the wider Second Line Risk and Compliance Team activities as required, such as regulatory reporting; championing a strong risk and compliance culture; providing input to RFIs/RFPs and supporting team development.
Requirements
• Great engagement and influencing skills, recognizing the importance of developing strong relationships with stakeholders to achieve results. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the development of structured reports with actionable findings and recommendations. • Ability to coach and develop team members, leading by example to drive high-quality outputs that add business value. • Ideally, an understanding of different compliance frameworks, approaches, and tools that you can adapt to Modulr’s organizational context.
Benefits
• Share Options Incentive Scheme • Company Bonus - the more successful we are together, the more company bonus we offer • Enhanced Pension • Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs • Perkbox - enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + your birthday off - choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones • Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But, we don’t want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels and platforms to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr. • Modulr hands-on - join your colleagues for our company-wide events throughout the year. • Great workspace - Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We have state of the art offices located in WeWork in Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.
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