We are looking for an experienced Compliance & Risk Monitoring specialist to join our clients existing team in Bracknell to assist with the support of a new and growing compliance team to support a new project. 

Role Summary
The role of Compliance & Risk Monitoring Specialist will be within the clients Risk and Compliance Department providing second line of defence to the business and reporting into the Section Manager. Responsibilities will include regulatory compliance advisory, thematic and transactional monitoring, risk management, internal and external audit activity and creating and maintaining policies, processes and procedures. 

This role will require the successful candidate to be on site for full time for training before moving to a hybrid basis of working 50% in office (example - 2 days one week, 3 days the following). 

The regular office hours are 08:00 - 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 - 13:00 on a Friday. 

What you'll be doing:

Supporting the department in ensuring that client meets its legal and regulatory obligations
Conducting monthly transactional monitoring of key operational areas, for example, Data Subject Access Requests, breaches and financial promotions
Conducting thematic monitoring reviews and producing a detailed report of findings
Analysing incident and breach forms submitted by business areas, requesting further information where required and uploading to the Riskonnect platform.
Assisting in the development and maintenance of the client's regulatory business policies and procedures.
Collating and distributing internal reports
Responsible for creating MI and slides for the monthly committee including watchlist and regulatory change
Responsible for reporting key activity to the Head of Risk and Compliance for submission to Steering Committee
Maintaining and tracking various departmental and company-wide logs, for example, the training, and legal advice log
Shared responsibility for risk management activity
Horizon scanning to identify regulatory announcements and upcoming changes and writing briefing notes covering key regulatory updates and announcements for senior management
Distributing policies to relevant associates and logging attestations for reporting
Maintaining and tracking the reporting calendar to ensure reports are submitted before the deadline and requests for data are provided to relevant business areas in good time
What we'd like from a Compliance & Risk Monitoring Specialist:

Have worked in a regulated financial services firm
Have a basic understanding of the regulatory framework including financial regulators
Be able to demonstrate a highly organised and accurate approach to work
Strong analytic and interpretive skills
Effective communicator at all levels.
Core hours: 08:00 - 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 - 13:00 on a Friday.
Location: Bracknell - Parking on site
Training: Full time on site for 4 weeks 

To apply for this role as Compliance & Risk Monitoring Specialist, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV. 

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