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About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of an ambitious organisation with significant growth plans both in the UK and internationally. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a major regulatory programme, building and enhancing the risk and compliance framework, and ensuring the business is positioned for scalable, sustainable growth. You will lead a team of six whilst acting as a trusted advisor to the Board and Executive Team on all matters relating to risk, governance and regulation.
Responsibilities
- Lead a significant regulatory authorisation programme and manage regulatory engagement throughout the process.
- Act as the principal regulatory advisor to the CEO, Board and Executive Leadership Team.
- Develop and embed a robust enterprise risk management framework across the organisation.
- Provide oversight of AML, financial crime, sanctions, KYC, Consumer Duty, safeguarding and regulatory reporting activities.
- Drive the development of scalable governance, risk and compliance infrastructure.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Risk & Compliance team.
- Maintain strong relationships with regulators, banking partners, auditors and external stakeholders.
- Support future regulatory, licensing and international expansion initiatives.
- Deliver high-quality Board reporting, management information and governance oversight.
- Promote a culture of compliance, accountability and effective risk management throughout the business.
Requirements
- Significant experience within senior Risk & Compliance positions in FCA-regulated financial services environments.
- Executive-level leadership experience gained within payments, electronic money, FX, banking or fintech sectors.
- Current or previous SMF16 (Compliance Oversight) approval.
- SMF17 (MLRO) approval would be highly advantageous.
- Proven experience securing FCA authorisations, licence variations or leading major regulatory change programmes.
- Strong understanding of Payment Services Regulations, safeguarding, Consumer Duty, operational resilience and enterprise risk management.
- Demonstrable experience building, transforming and leading Risk & Compliance functions.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively at Board level.
- Commercially minded with the ability to balance regulatory requirements with business growth objectives.
Skills
- Risk management
- Compliance
- Regulatory expertise
- Commercial acumen
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing skills
- AML
- Financial crime
- Sanctions
- KYC
- Consumer Duty
- Safeguarding
- Regulatory reporting
- Payment Services Regulations
- Operational resilience
- Enterprise risk management
Location
- Central London
Work Type
- Hybrid working
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Executive-level leadership
- Senior Risk & Compliance positions
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive executive salary and package
Benefits
- Participation in an employee share scheme
About the Company
- FCA-regulated financial services business operating within the payments and FX sector.
- Fast-growing organisation with significant growth plans both in the UK and internationally.
- Ambitious organisation.
- Dynamic and ambitious financial services business.