Your Role
and What You'll Be Doing
We are seeking a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead our assurance activities within General Counsel, acting as an ambassador for Irwin Mitchell's compliance obligations and General Counsel's culture and standards. This role involves implementing and embedding best practices in line with the firm's values and strategic plans. The manager will serve as an important client interface across Irwin Mitchell from a compliance assurance perspective.
Your key responsibilities will include:
1. Ultimate oversight and management of the Compliance Assurance audit team's work output and relevant projects.
2. Motivating staff and creating a positive working environment for the Compliance Assurance Team where staff can develop their skills, knowledge, and career paths.
3. Day-to-day management of the Compliance Assurance audit team will be a key feature of this role.
4. Closely connecting with GCT Compliance Business Partners to drive focussed improvements across the firm.
5. Managing work priorities/audits and ensuring successful outcomes/implementation.
6. Evaluating and improving the efficiency of processes and procedures
7. Ensuring the firm has the correct processes, systems, and controls in place to adhere to its regulatory obligations; resolving complex queries in line with the firm's policies and strategy.
8. Playing a key role in the Compliance Assurance team's strategy
9. Leading a high-performing team; continuously developing, retaining, and recruiting team members as required, setting clear objectives, and creating personal development plans.
About You
10. Law Society/SRA or similar experience.
11. Experience in a compliance or in-house legal function.
12. Experience working to tight schedules.
13. Experience successfully dealing with all levels of internal stakeholders.
14. Accuracy and attention to detail.
15. Capacity to organise and prioritise workloads.
16. Ability to network and proactively build relationships across a range of internal departments.
17. Excellent drafting skills.
We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:
18. To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook.
19. To be approachable and caring.
20. To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives.
21. To be efficient in the provision of our services.
22. To work with a foundation of integrity.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
23. 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
24. Generous and flexible pension schemes.
25. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
26. Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.