Senior Compliance Analyst

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a specialist cross-border payments and FX company, helping customers by combining its own technology, insights, experience and industry connections with the best technology and banking service infrastructures available.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager in management of the Compliance function.
• Leading thematic Monitoring reviews across key risk areas to identify control weaknesses and drive continuous improvement
• Experience in horizon scanning for emerging regulatory developments, assessing their potential impact on the business and ensuring timely communication and implementation of required changes
• Reviewing and challenging first-line controls to ensure they are robust, effective, and aligned with regulatory expectations
• Overseeing the completion and quality assurance of compliance monitoring activities performed by junior team members
• Supporting regulatory engagement, including drafting responses to information requests and participating in supervisory interactions
• Contributing to the design and implementation of compliance frameworks, including risk assessment methodologies
• Supporting the compliance team with the on-going implementation of the organisation’s compliance and financial crime framework.
• Supporting and overseeing the implementation of our compliance monitoring programme, ensuring it remains up to date throughout the year
• Ensuring policies and procedures are kept up to date
• Management of staff training material; ensuring that all staff have completed their training
• Liaising and responding to requests from Account Managers and the Operations teams and providing supporting with any ad-hoc compliance queries.
• Supporting the Head of Compliance with any ad-hoc duties including regulatory research, managing complaints, new industry reviews, risk assessments, regulatory reporting etc.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Strong Compliance monitoring and/or Generalist compliance experience
• Significant experience within a Financial Services Compliance function, ideally with exposure to FX and payments
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to assess complex data, identify risks, and provide clear, actionable insights
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands and deliver to deadlines
• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills, capable of engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels

For further information please contact Hannah Tabatabai