About the role

  • Compliance Readiness Manager providing expert compliance support and ensuring adherence to regulations in Group Payments. Overseeing compliance readiness and driving initiatives for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert support to Business areas within Group Payments
  • Manage compliance readiness obligations, including coordination of activities, data collection, quality assurance of responses, and timely submission of internal and external reports
  • Maintain effective oversight, ensuring timely reporting and escalation of compliance issues as required
  • Provide regular readiness status updates to internal stakeholders (senior management, committees) and external parties (regulators, auditors)
  • Influence senior stakeholders across Risk, Compliance, Product, and Delivery Labs to gain effective insights
  • Design and execute high-quality risk assessments, compliance testing, and gap analyses to monitor adherence to regulatory obligations and internal policies
  • Lead governance activities for stakeholder meetings
  • Empower and mentor junior colleagues, contributing to a high-performing, engaged, and successful team culture
  • Champion automation initiatives, driving both Control and Process Automation within the Group Payments Performance Office and across the wider Group Payments teams

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of compliance frameworks and payment regulations
  • Familiarity with change management methodologies and agile delivery
  • Experience and technical knowledge of payment systems
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, particularly with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation for internal and external audiences
  • Experience with data analytics to support compliance monitoring and reporting
  • Analytical, detail-oriented, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Job title

Compliance Readiness Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£61,344 - £68,160 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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