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About the Role
This is a new role in our Regulatory Compliance team, part of Zinc's wider Risk function. You will own the interpretation of the regulation behind our checks, so that our product, customers and commercial teams can rely on clear, defensible answers. You'll work closely with Legal, Product, InfoSec and our commercial teams, and extend the team's reach through fractional specialists and external counsel. You'll start hands-on as an individual contributor, with room to grow as we expand our regulated-sector and international coverage.
Responsibilities
- Own the interpretation of regulations including Right to Work, FCA, CQC, Ofsted, BS7858, BPSS and public sector vetting, and their application to the product.
- Advise on sector vetting requirements such as fitness and propriety, SM&CR, KCSIE, EYFS.
- Lead on international frameworks including global criminal record and right to work checks, GDPR in a screening context, and support on US FCRA and state law.
- Address complex regulatory questions from sales, account management, and customer success teams, and provide regulatory input for tenders and RFPs.
- Review the product, including new features, checks, and user flows, from a regulatory perspective and translate new legislation into product requirements.
- Monitor regulatory developments across the UK, EU, US, and APAC and create practical guidance for commercial teams.
- Manage fractional regulatory experts and external counsel in collaboration with the Head of Regulatory Compliance.
Requirements
- A regulatory or compliance background with experience interpreting regulation in legal practice, in-house, at a regulator, or in a compliance function.
- Ability to provide clear, defensible views in plain English and know when to escalate or decide.
- Capacity to quickly understand new regulatory frameworks and become effective rapidly.
- Comfortable reading legislation, statutory guidance, and regulator publications.
- Commercially minded with an understanding that compliance must be practical.
- Pragmatic about risk, understanding that not all regulations have the same impact.
- Collaborative approach, working effectively with Product, Legal, and commercial teams.
- Experience across more than one sector is a strong plus.
- Experience in background screening, HR tech, or recruitment is a bonus.
- Knowledge of DBS, right to work, FCA regulation, or UK GDPR in an employment context is a bonus.
- Experience managing external advisers is a bonus.
Skills
- Regulatory interpretation
- Compliance
- Plain English communication
- Regulatory framework analysis
- Legislation reading
- Statutory guidance interpretation
- Commercial acumen
- Risk assessment
- Collaboration
- Simplification of complex information
- Background screening
- HR tech
- Recruitment
- DBS checks
- Right to Work checks
- FCA regulation
- UK GDPR (employment context)
- External adviser management
Location
- Zinc - London
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Individual contributor
- Room to grow
Salary/Compensations
- £80,000 / year
Benefits
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
- £1200 annual benefits allowance
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat abroad
- 30 days to Work from anywhere
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave
- Statutory pension with NEST
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to Spill Therapy
- Company socials, quarterly team socials
- Free Monday lunches
- Nursery workplace benefit scheme
- Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
- Celebrated Zinc anniversaries
About the Company
- Zinc screens candidates across the UK, EU, US and APAC for employers in regulated and unregulated sectors, from financial services and healthcare to education, security and the public sector.