James Stevens Associates are delighted to be working with a wonderful Housing provider that are now looking for a Compliance Manager (Hybrid) to help drive regulatory compliance across a range of departments.

• Role: Compliance Manager (Hybrid)
• Salary: £55,401
• Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home.
• Offices: Hemel Hempstead
• Experience: Housing experience very desirable but non essential

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE

• Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year including bank holidays, rising with service to 35 days
• Ability to work from home two days per week by agreement
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• Free staff car park facility
• Discretionary annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus of 1.25%
• Employee health and wellbeing programmes & access to onsite gym facilities

Job Overview Compliance Manager (Hybrid)

• To develop and maintain systems to identify compliance requirements, performance against standards and track the performance of any remedial actions required.
• To identify and assess evidence of the organisations compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements across the business; monitoring and reporting on compliance.
• To make recommendations on changes required to strengthen the Association's internal controls and approach to compliance and risk management.
• To contribute towards the maintenance and development of the Association’s risk management systems and business assurance framework.
• To conduct audits and provide compliance advice and support across all functions of the business.
• To support compliance with Data Protection law through the provision of advice, logging and monitoring issues, and signing off Data Subject Access Requests.

Key Duties Compliance Manager (Hybrid)

Manage and develop, as appropriate, systems for identifying, checking and demonstrating effective controls and compliance with all legal and regulatory responsibilities relating to the governance and management of the organisations services; including health and safety, data protection and security, and financial and regulatory reporting.

Be the Association’s expert on compliance and business assurance, working collaboratively with Directors and Senior Managers to provide support and advice.

Keep up to date with legislative, regulatory, and best practice requirements and changes, assessing the risks and potential impact on the organisation and advising staff and Board members as appropriate.

Support the Head of Governance to maintain the Association’s Risk Registers and Risk Maps and conduct the regular review and development of those registers/maps.

Drive and support the further development of appropriate controls to manage and, where appropriate, minimise risk to the Association’s operations and viability (including risk of theft and fraud).

Develop the Associations business assurance framework to demonstrate appropriate first, second, and third line assurance on all key risks.

Work with external advisers, consultants, regulators, commissioners, inspectors etc., where necessary, to improve controls and compliance and to demonstrate third party oversight and assurance.

Promote and support an appropriate culture within the Association to identify, assess and manage compliance.

Share relevant lesson learnt and good practice across the organisation.

Provide briefings, guidance and training on compliance and business assurance.

Prepare and present reports to managers, committees, and the Board, as required.

Deputise for the Head of Governance & Company Secretary as the Association's Data Protection Officer.

Support the Head of Governance & Company Secretary to manage the Internal Audit programme.

Support the Head of Governance & Company Secretary to manage the insurance contracts.