Compliance Officer - Vehicle Leasing

This company provides car and commercial vehicle leasing packages to SMEs and private individuals throughout the UK. Established in 1999, they have built long standing, established relationships with all leading vehicle manufacturers and they are partners with many of the major funders and finance houses. They are passionate about providing the best personal and business contract hire deals for cars and commercial vehicles in the UK. They pride themselves on their outstanding customer service levels and they have been recognised by online customer feedback company Feefo three years running.

The foundation of the business has been built on making sure they have only the best team on board.

They are actively hiring for a Compliance Officer to support their risk, compliance and training plan in monitoring and maintaining their regulatory compliance. This is achieved through a variety of audits, reports, reviews and planning.

Your Job:

- Conduct Thematic Reviews required in line with the Compliance Monitoring Plan, or in light of any concerns raised by the team, management or their customers in line with FCA requirements.
- Act as the regulatory contact for the business.
- Conduct weekly compliance audits against prescribed company procedures required in line with the Compliance Monitoring Plan & FCA guidelines.
- Ensuring that all Statutory Documents are issued in line with regulatory obligations.
- Responsible for the delivery of the Compliance Monitoring Plan and ensuring the monitoring activities are completed in line with the plan.
- Support line managers in the design, operation and improvement of the first line audit activities.
- Ensuring that any actions identified from the audit processes are logged and followed up.
- Become the subject matter expert to advise us on how standards and regulation apply to areas of our business and to make suggestions and recommendations for further improvement.
- Work to develop, refine and implement solutions to meet and exceed compliance requirements.
- Report on business risks and maintain a risk register, ensuring that they are able to identify risk and minimise exposure when needed.

Your Key Skills:

- Eye for detail to undertake audits.
- Comfortable working within a regulated environment, processes and procedures.
- Remains calm under pressure and adapt in an ever evolving business.
- Driven and able to work at pace whilst maintaining accuracy.
- Good communication skills: both written and verbal and excellent Microsoft Office skills.
- Ability to critically analyse data and identify patterns and themes, making sense of the information quickly.
- Comfortable presenting feedback and results to both peers and managers in addition to external regulatory bodies.
- Ability to create and manage relationships across the business.
- Experience of working within a regulated industry, preferably with audit or process review experience.