Company Description
We’re Together – the market leading property finance experts with an entrepreneurial spirit. Based in Cheadle, South Manchester, we’ve been established since in 1974 and have built a team of over 750 colleagues, who are passionate about supporting individuals and businesses achieve their property ambitions by making finance work for them.
We pride ourselves on our common-sense approach to lending and offer a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders. Our customers are central to everything we do and we work hard to support them to turn challenges into opportunities which make our customers' property ambitions a reality.
We’re looking for great people from all backgrounds and experiences who love working together and putting our customers at the heart of everything we do – and that starts with our brilliantly different team of people.
Job Description
As a Senior Compliance Manager (Advisory), you will be part of a Group Compliance Function which operates across both regulated and unregulated Group entities, providing oversight, assurance and insight in to conduct and compliance matters.
You will provide independent second line of defence compliance and conduct oversight, support and guidance in order to ensure that regulatory requirements, terminology, methods and tools are fully understood and being used in the first line.
As a Senior Compliance Manager (Advisory) we are looking for someone to:
1. Provide the necessary advice and support to the first line, operating within the Compliance Advisory framework, to ensure that both the current and future activity of the company is customer centric and complies with regulatory obligations
2. Ensure that conduct and regulatory risks are appropriately evaluated and escalated to deliver the right customer and operational outcomes.
3. Support the Group Head of Compliance in contributing to the continuous improvement and development of the compliance advisory function.
4. Oversee regulatory change management to deliver the right customer and operational outcomes first time with appropriate systems and controls
5. Provide regulatory and conduct risk opinion on highly complex regulatory and discretionary change projects and programmes.
Qualifications
Essential
6. Significant working knowledge of the regulatory handbooks and associated guides and codes relevant to Together
7. Experience of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime
8. A detailed understanding of regulatory permissions and practical authorisation processes
9. Ability to understand, interpret and apply regulatory standards to internal governance arrangements
10. Previous experience in a senior compliance role
11. A natural appetite and inquisitive mind for horizon-scanning
Additional Information
Benefits working at Together
12. 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
13. Buy & sell holidays
14. Discretionary annual bonus
15. Matched pension contribution
16. Life assurance
17. Critical illness cover
18. Health cash plan
19. Private medical insurance
20. Free access to company holiday homes
21. Travel season ticket loans
22. Ride to work scheme
23. Free local gym access
24. Local bar / restaurant discounts
Together Money embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.
We care that you have a great experience with us at Together, if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we’ll do all we can.
Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.