Head of UK Compliance - Payment Services

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Job description

A leading Payment Services business is looking for a Head of UK Compliance to join their London office to take responsibility of a wide range of compliance duties. The successful individual will have people management experience both for direct reports and liaising with senior managers across the business and will in time hold the SMF 16 function. Please note SMF 17 is held by a different individual so this will only be holding one of the functions.

Salary: £100K-£130K + Bonus & Benefits

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of the Compliance and Risk assessment framework for the London office.
• Design and delivery of risk and compliance frameworks.
• Assist in the deployment and operation of the Bank's Compliance program including but not exclusively regulatory change, risk and compliance assessments.
• Act as designated point of contact with local regulatory bodies.
• Facilitate, participate and consult in the execution of the Second Line of Defence assurance and monitoring programs.
• Provide advice, guidance and training to staff across the business.
• Preparation and delivery of Compliance reports.
• Monitoring developments on local legal/regulatory websites for potential regulatory compliance obligations/issues.
• Assist in ad hoc projects as and when required.

Job Requirements:

• At least 5 years Compliance experience working within a similar Payment Services firm. Ideally the individual will have already held SMF16 however candidates looking to step into this will be considered.
• Strong knowledge of relevant regulations including PSD 2, MiFID II & CASS.
• Degree educated, ideally within Law, Business or Finance.
• Essential this individual has excellent communication skills both written & verbal.

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