Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate

Sellick Partnership

Manchester, Greater Manchester

7 months ago

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Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate

Remote working £55-65k

(Offices London or Manchester)

Financial Services (Start up/ SME)

Sellick Partnership is pleased to be working with a Litigation Funder who is looking for a Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate to join them on a permanent basis. With offices based in London or Manchester and the opportunity to work this role fully remote. This business is heavily backed by investors with a clear 5 years strategic plan, making this a very exciting time to join them.

About the Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate role;

You will combine risk and compliance responsibilities with governance oversight, ensuring that policies, processes and controls align with good practices for a private company
You will be implementing and embedding the risk, compliance and governance frameworks across the Group of Companies.
Play a critical role in shaping the Group's future governance and compliance culture as they prepare for potential listing in the medium term.

As the Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate, you will be responsible for;

Governance duties

Coordinate and manage the Group's governance calendar, including Board and committee meetings. Governance administration such as agenda preparation, tracking issues and actions and minute taking
Take ownership of the Group's Attestation process which includes liaising with the Group's subsidiary CEO's and senior leadership teams where applicable.
Maintain and update Terms of Reference for all governance forums. Ensure decisions and actions are captured, communicated, and followed up effectively.
Support the evolution of governance practices in preparation for future public reporting, continue to develop and enhance governance practices and regulatory expectations with readiness for UK Corporate Governance Code.Risk and Compliance

Maintain, further develop and enhance the Group's risk management framework, ensuring consistent methodologies across subsidiaries.
Continue to identify, assess, monitor and help manage material risks to the Group, including financial, operational, reputational, cyber and regulatory risks.
Maintain and update Group-wide risk and compliance policies
Enhance the regular risk reporting processes for senior management and the Board.
Work with leadership and subsidiary heads to fully embed risk management culture and mitigate identified risks.
Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO), ensuring GDPR compliance, incident management, and staff training where appropriate.
Work with the Group Chief Technology Officer to ensure all information and data security, and cyber risks are managed effectively across the Group.
Take ownership of the Group's Compliance Training Program

As the Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Associate, you will have;

An ambition and drive to work in a fast paced and exciting start up environment
Understanding of corporate governance, risk management and compliance within an audit, financial or legal setting
Knowledge of cyber risks best practice and GDPR/ DP
Excellent drafting skills and organisational skills
Project Management experience
Professional qualification either in risk, compliance, governance or law would be a bonus (e.g. ICSA/CGI, ICA, IRM) or accounting (ACA/CIMA/ACCA).

Benefits of the role include;

Pension Contribution
Private medical cover
Separate health cashback plan
Life assurance
Income protection
Critical illness cover
Discretionary Bonus
25 days hols + Bank holidays

This role has arisen due to an internal move in the business so they are ideally looking for someone who can start on short notice ideally. Please APPLY NOW or contact Chelsey Saxon for more information.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website

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