Senior Compliance Manager; SMF– Consumer Credit

Location:

Leicestershire - on-site/remote | Salary: £70,000-£90,000 (depending on experience) + benefits | Type:
Permanent (interim/fractional also considered)

Our client is an established UK point-of-sale consumer finance provider, part of a wider financial services group, offering interest-free and low-cost credit solutions to consumers via a nationwide network of retail and trade partners. Having recently expanded its regulatory permissions from direct lending into credit broking, the business is investing significantly in strengthening its compliance and governance framework to support the next phase of growth, including preparing for external lending partnerships.

This is a newly created senior compliance appointment, central to the business's regulatory maturity. You will take ownership of the SMF
16 (Compliance Oversight) and SMF
17 (Money Laundering Reporting) functions, working closely with the board and an external compliance review partner to close identified gaps and build a robust, scalable compliance infrastructure.

• Hold SMF
  16/17 responsibilities, acting as the senior regulatory contact with the FCA
• Lead and uplift the compliance function, currently under-resourced in regulatory expertise
• Oversee implementation of findings from an external compliance review, translating recommendations into practical policy and process change
• Manage the transition of regulatory permissions and controls as the business moves from lender to lender-plus-broker
• Own AML, financial crime, and consumer duty frameworks
• Provide compliance input into new lending partnership arrangements
• Report directly to the board on regulatory risk and compliance progress

• Proven track record holding SMF
  16 and/or SMF
  17 within a consumer credit, lending, or credit broking environment
• Strong working knowledge of FCA consumer credit regulation, Consumer Duty, and AML/financial crime frameworks
• Experience leading compliance uplift or remediation programmes, ideally following an external review or regulatory scrutiny
• Comfortable operating at board level and building compliance capability from a limited base
• Available for a hybrid working pattern with regular on-site presence in Leicestershire

A genuine opportunity to shape the compliance function of a growing, well-backed consumer finance business at a pivotal stage of its regulatory journey with real influence over strategy, not just oversight.