Regulatory Compliance Associate

The role

You’ll be someone who enjoys driving processes through from design to conclusion, taking a proactive approach to managing regulatory obligations across our licences and regulated entities. You will have a great head for project management and organisation. Be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, knowing when to seek guidance from senior stakeholders to gather the input you need to support the Regulatory Compliance Team’s overall deliverables.

While the role sits within the Regulatory Compliance team, you will also have opportunities to support wider Compliance and Risk initiatives across the business as needed. You’ll play a key role in coordinating regulator interactions and supporting critical projects, facilitating entry into new markets at a cutting-edge, dynamic, and high-growth fintech company.

We’re approaching ‘Risk’ in Financial Services in a new way.

• We are ready to serve everyone, if we wanted to - we ensure Risk does not constrain the business but empowers it to achieve its goals.
• We aim to automate as much as we can- we don’t like inefficiencies, nor do we believe that real risk mitigation is achieved by throwing people at the problem; and
• We create the best possible customer experience - we want our customers (both internal and external) to look forward to going through our processes.

The Risk teams are at the forefront of GoCardless’ expansion. We must ensure that GoCardless adopts, implements and maintains forward-thinking and appropriate processes and controls, often encountering new challenges or issues that require innovative solutions.

What excites you

• Conducting regulatory assessments with a view to identifying regulatory risks and the path to compliance.
• Coordinating and supporting licence and permission variation activities. 
• Assisting with regulatory reporting to the regulators (FCA, PSR, ASIC, FMA, HMRC) and notifications and acting as a custodian to keep records of all correspondence between regulators or external advice providers.
• Supporting with regulatory examinations and audit processes.
• Supporting in the delivery of our Consumer Duty Program.
• Conducting horizon scanning and updating the regulatory obligations register. 
• Supporting with regulator engagement where appropriate, including coord