🕵️‍♀️ Risk & Compliance Officer – Financial Services (Mortgage Sector)
📍 Home based | 🕓 Full-time, 12 month contract
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Risk & Compliance professional to join a well-established, regulated financial services firm operating in the UK mortgage sector. This role offers a unique chance to play a critical part in shaping and maintaining a proportionate risk management framework, driving compliance standards, and supporting organisational resilience.
🔍 What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll support the Head of Risk & Compliance with a wide-ranging brief that includes:
* Maintaining and enhancing the organisation’s Risk Management Framework
* Managing risk registers, control effectiveness reviews, and risk event reporting
* Overseeing compliance monitoring, regulatory horizon scanning, and root cause analysis
* Leading efforts on operational resilience, business continuity, and wind-down planning
* Supporting data protection and financial crime processes
* Liaising with external service providers to manage IT and cyber risk
* Coordinating responses to regulatory queries and managing returns
🧠What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone with:
* Strong experience in a second line assurance role within an FCA-regulated business
* Working knowledge of MCOB, CONC, GDPR, and AML regulations
* Excellent communication, organisational, and analytical skills
* Attention to detail and a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement
âś… It Would Be Great If You Also Had
* Experience in regulated mortgage environments
* Exposure to compliance assurance reviews
* Familiarity with financial crime systems and wind-down planning
🎯 Why Apply?
You’ll join a small but highly capable Risk & Compliance function at a firm where you can make a real impact. You’ll have broad exposure to regulatory risk, compliance, and resilience frameworks, and the opportunity to develop professionally in a supportive and values-led environment.