Head of Compliance (PCF 12)

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for the CBI and other EU authorities. The individual manages all regulatory engagements, notifications, and filings with transparency and high professional standards.

• Strategic Oversight: Defines and executes the compliance roadmap. Oversees the firm’s compliance framework, policies, and controls to satisfy the European and Irish regulatory requirements.

• Board and Senior Management Advisory: This person provides the Board and Executive team with clear guidance on the firm’s regulatory requirements, engagements with regulators and the compliance implications of business and product developments.

• Compliance Monitoring and Reporting: Oversees second-line compliance monitoring programs to provide independent assurance that controls are functioning effectively. The individual ensures the Board receives accurate and timely reports on the firm’s compliance.

• Governance and Policy Management: Maintains and enhances the firm’s suite of compliance policies, ensuring they are approved by relevant committees and distributed to relevant stakeholders.

• Regulatory Reporting Oversight: Oversee the firm’s regulatory reporting schedule, ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of all submissions to the CBI and other relevant authorities.

• Training & Compliance Culture: Develops and oversees a comprehensive compliance training program for all staff. This person ensures that the organisation maintains a high level of regulatory awareness, specifically regarding conduct risk, AML, and safeguarding responsibilities, embedding a "culture of compliance" across all business units.

About you

• Regulatory Engagement: You possess a demonstrable track record of successfully managing direct relationships with national competent authorities (e.g., the CBI or FCA). This includes a sophisticated ability to lead regulatory inspections, handle complex inquiries, and maintain a transparent, professional, and credible dialogue with regulators even during challenging discussions.

• Governance: You act as a trusted advisor to the Board and Senior Management Team, providing constructive challenge and expert guidance to ensure business objectives are achieved within the firm's regulatory risk appetite.

• Compliance Lifecycle Management: You have a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive compliance program for a financial services business. This includes demonstrable expertise in overseeing regulatory engagement, compliance monitoring, policy lifecycles, regulatory reporting, regulatory horizon scanning and firm-wide training initiatives. We are seeking a competent leader who has successfully managed the operational complexities of a full-scale compliance function within a regulated environment.

• Regulatory Knowledge: You possess a comprehensive understanding of the relevant regulatory requirements for payment services, including the Payment Services Directive (moving toward PSD3/PSR), Safeguarding standards, DORA, F&P Standards, AML/CTF, and Consumer Protection frameworks.

• Team Management: You have previous experience managing a team with varying seniorities, and motivating a team to deliver objectives to support company performance.

• Experience: Exposure to senior compliance, risk, or regulatory experience, preferably within fintech, payments, or banking. Previous PCF approval was preferred.