Compliance and Risk Lead

Get Ground
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Hands-on execution","Attention to detail","Prioritization","Communication","Solutions orientation"]

Own the day-to-day compliance monitoring programme and help build the frameworks that keep the business operating with integrity as it scales. Lead a small compliance and risk team, maintain compliance policies, and support FCA interactions and board reporting. Drive operational and regulatory risk identification, assessment, and reporting, and support AML/financial crime activities including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC, and SAR processes.

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2 months ago

Compliance and Risk Lead

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Job Summary

Own the day-to-day compliance monitoring programme and help build the frameworks that keep the business operating with integrity as it scales. Lead a small compliance and risk team, maintain compliance policies, and support FCA interactions and board reporting. Drive operational and regulatory risk identification, assessment, and reporting, and support AML/financial crime activities including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC, and SAR processes.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own delivery of the compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting.
  • •Develop and manage a compliance and risk team as the business scales.
  • •Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls; translate regulatory developments into actionable guidance.
  • •Support operational and regulatory risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and risk reporting.
  • •Support AML and financial crime operations with the MLRO, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC reviews, and SAR processes.

Key Requirements

  • •Solid experience in a compliance role within an FCA-regulated firm, ideally in fintech, payments, mortgages, or property finance.
  • •Working knowledge of FCA regulations including Consumer Duty, AML, and KYC requirements.
  • •Experience running or supporting a compliance monitoring programme.
  • •Familiarity with financial crime controls, including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening.
  • •Strong written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Experience:FintechPaymentsMortgagesProperty financeWealthtechProptech
Skills:Hands-on executionAttention to detailPrioritizationCommunicationSolutions orientation

Company Brief

Get Ground
GetGround is a UK property-investment platform that helps investors form and manage UK limited companies for buy-to-let investing, offering accounts, bookkeeping, tax filing and property investment tools to simplify landlord administration.
Industry: PropTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2018
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