Compliance Manager and Dmlro

Compliance Manager & DMLRO Lawtech London (Hybrid, 2 or 3 days a week in the office) £70k - £85k + shares What's in it for you? Lawtech in the UK is booming. Whilst investment in other tech sectors is declining (e.g. FinTech), investment in UK-founded lawtech firms is surging. This is your chance to be part of that boom. This is a great opportunity to use your experience gained in a FinTech, RegTech of PropTech environment to help set the compliance standard for an AI-native Law firm from the ground up, with real ownership and the freedom to shape how it's done. It's an early, high-impact role offering plenty of opportunity for you to make your mark. And it's effectively an MLRO designate position. This function is currently held by the COO but will be yours when you're ready. Oh, and there's also shares as part of the package! What you'll be doing You'll design and implement proportionate Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance frameworks, policies, and procedures for the business, work closely with the product development team to ensure compliance is integral to the new platform. You'll be the first point of contact for any regulatory questions, providing pragmatic commercial guidance that supports innovation whilst safeguarding standards. You'll maintain the firm-wide risk assessment, AML policy, and due diligence standards. You'll also evaluate internal suspicious activity reports and high-risk escalations. In addition, you'll also act as the data protection lead for the firm, keeping UK GDPR compliance on track, from subject access requests to data breaches, to running wider impact assessments. What we're looking for You'll be an experienced compliance professional with broad experience of both Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance, gained within a tech-driven environment. We'd be interested in speaking to anyone with FinTech, RegTech, or PropTech experience in particular. You must have experience of designing and implementing appropriate Compliance and Financial Crime frameworks, and experience in a startup environment would be advantageous. You must also have a keen interest in AI and be keen to use it within a compliance environment. In addition, any experience of data protection would certainly be of interest. Sound good? If so, click apply and send over your CV. Not got an up to date CV? Don't worry, you can always give me (Mark) a call on 0121 274 0357 for a confidential discussion or email me at mark.wilson@willowresourcing.co.uk telling me that you're interested. We'll pick it up from there.