×
Register Here to Apply for Jobs or Post Jobs. X

Compliance and Risk Lead

Job in Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listing for: United States Digital Space LLC
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-04
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Financial Crime
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 90000 - 130000 GBP Yearly GBP 90000.00 130000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
What You'll Be Doing

Day-to-Day Compliance Own the delivery of the company's compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting

  • Develop and manage a high-performing compliance and risk team as the company scales
  • Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls as regulations evolve
  • Support the management of regulatory relationships, including FCA interactions and reporting
  • Track regulatory developments and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business
  • Assist with the preparation of board and senior leadership compliance reporting
Risk

Risk Support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of operational and regulatory risks across the business

  • Maintain the risk register and assist with preparing risk reporting for senior leadership
  • Work with teams across the business to ensure risk considerations are embedded into day-to-day decisions
  • Help develop and maintain risk policies and frameworks as the business grows
Financial Crime and AML

Financial Crime and AML Support the MLRO with day-to-day AML and financial crime operations, including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening

  • Conduct and review KYC processes, escalating complex cases as appropriate
  • Assist with SAR filing processes and maintain accurate financial crime records
  • Help ensure the company's financial crime controls remain fit for purpose as the business grows
Business Partnership

Business Partnership Work with Product and Engineering teams to review new features and products for compliance implications

  • Support the review of customer-facing content, marketing materials, and regulated communications
  • Deliver compliance training and awareness across the business
  • Be the first point of contact for compliance queries from across the business
About You

You're a hands-on compliance professional who knows how to get things done in a fast-moving, regulated environment. You bring:

  • Experience in a compliance role within an FCA-regulated firm, ideally in fintech, payments, mortgages, or property finance
  • Good working knowledge of regulatory frameworks, including AML, KYC, and consumer protection requirements
  • Experience running or supporting a compliance monitoring programme
  • Familiarity with financial crime controls and AML processes
  • A practical, solutions-oriented approach; you find ways to make compliance work for the business
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills
Highly desirable
  • Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products
  • Exposure to MLRO support or deputy MLRO responsibilities
  • In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech

We know that great candidates don't always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we'd encourage you to apply anyway.

What we are building

The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally.

Diversity & inclusion at the company

We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law.

  • 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male
  • 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries
  • Our work on Design Accessibility
  • Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as:
    Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride

For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our recruitment privacy policy.

To View & Apply for jobs on this site that accept applications from your location or country, tap the button below to make a Search.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).
 
 
 
Search for further Jobs Here:
(Try combinations for better Results! Or enter less keywords for broader Results)
Location
Increase/decrease your Search Radius (miles)
0
200
Filters
Education Level
Experience Level (years)
Posted in last:
Salary