Kind Consultancy is working with one of the UK market leaders in payroll and payments, which is currently seeking a Governance and Compliance Manager to join them on a 12-month fixed term contract, paying a competitive salary, predominantly remote requiring travel to their Birmingham office a couple of times a month.

Supporting the Group Head of Compliance, the Governance and Compliance Manager will deliver operations governance and compliance at the 2nd line of defence, sustaining standards for a diverse range of products and services, with key responsibilities including:

• Assisting the Group Head of Compliance with policy setting to inform the business on all applicable regulatory matters.
• Delivering on product governance, and implementation of key Governance, Risk and Compliance projects under senior leadership.
• Maintaining and enhancing a highly effective, engaging, and dynamic GRC education and awareness programme in consultation with specialist stakeholders, leveraging methods and forums to sustain standards of compliance and nurture good conduct and ethical behaviours.
• Staying up-to-date and informing the business on statutory and regulatory changes, keeping codes of practice pragmatic but capable of influencing the right behaviours.
• Sustaining governance expectations for the business and cascading to the Supplier Assurance Manager to integrate into the supplier assurance programme.
• Supporting the implementation of a principles-based GRC culture to compliment the corporate governance framework, good conduct and ethics.
• Developing the organisation’s certifications approach to successfully maintain the certifications programme in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Supporting the Group Head of Compliance with the development of Group statements that unequivocally convey regulatory requirements, whilst upholding principles and raising awareness (for example to anti-modern slavery and human trafficking, codes of conduct, whistleblowing, and conflicts of interest).
• Providing high quality but expedient practical stakeholder consultations, advisory and bid support, and customer audit activities on corporate governance matters to sustain the reputation of our brand.
• Supporting the preparation of regulatory submissions.

Our ideal candidate for the Governance and Compliance Manager fixed-term contract:

• Is qualified to a Degree level, preferably in a field related to Governance, Risk and Compliance and / or has 5 or more years of demonstrable and practical experience sustaining Compliance with internationally recognised standards and regulations.
• Displays strong presentation, policy and report writing skills.
• Is an effective communicator and influencer with multi-stakeholder groups to create great employee experiences.
• Has a customer-centric approach to work, with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Can make informed decisions about enforcing company policies and practices.
• Has extensive knowledge and experience of statutory and regulatory requirements.

If you’re interested in the Governance and Compliance Manager fixed term contract and you have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience, please apply with an updated CV today.