Head of compliance Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Head of compliance to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that team members follow company guidelines and policies;
- Conduct reviews, assessments, and investigations in accordance with the regulatory and internal/external requirements;
- Ensuring the effectiveness of current compliance framework is fit for purpose;
- Establishment and management of the Group Oversight function to provide 2nd Line assurance of the business with a specific focus on Conduct;
- Alerting the Board to potential non-compliant areas of the business and advise on action to address;
- Promotion of compliance through the business to ensure staff are aware of the regulatory obligations;
- Ensuring compliance complies with all laws and regulations;
- Conduct compliance investigations as and when required and advise on themes and trends;
- Liaise regularly with project stakeholders to ensure achievement of project objectives;
- Reporting to the Board on adherence to compliance processes;
- Ensuring a strong compliance culture is maintained;
- Independently build and maintain constructive working relationships with key senior internal and external stakeholders;
- Developing a proactive, risk-based compliance monitoring system;
- Strengthening the current compliance framework to become the best in class;
- Recruit, engage and retain great employees.
Requirements:
- Ability to remain composed under pressure whilst effectively managing and prioritising a substantial workload;
- Holder of CF10 and CF11;
- Positive and enthusiastic in finding simple solutions to complex problems;
- Strong decision maker and able to lay out contingency plans when faced with uncertainty;
- Has an excellent command of English, both spoken and written;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build relationships at all levels;
- Experience of dealing with regulators and other external bodies;
- Legal qualification is a plus – demonstrated compliance experience shall prevail;
- Excellent research and analytical skills;
- Strong leadership and people management skills;
- Proven track record of delivering operational change and improving standards;
- Project leadership skills and a proven leadership and credibility with directors and senior management;
- Housing Compliance;
- Legal/ Compliance;
- SRA.