COMPLIANCE MONITORING MANAGER

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in as one of the top 15 European Fintechs to work for by AltFi.
We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.
Compliance Monitoring manager Based in either London, Malaga or Leon - 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home The Compliance Monitoring manager reports to the Group Head of Compliance Operations.
Ebury’s Compliance Monitoring Programme (CMP) is part of Ebury’s internal control framework.
Its purpose is to ensure that all items relating to regulatory, central and business compliance are undertaken in accordance with the regulatory or business requirements as these are either defined by applicable laws and regulations or the business internal policies and expectations.
The CMP also ensures that the business activity remains within the business risk appetite.
The objectives of the CMP are.
● Achieve Regulatory Compliance.
Everything that will be monitored will aim to help achieve compliance with our regulatory obligations.
● Compliance with our Policies and Procedures.
Our monitoring will ensure that our policies and procedures remain compliant on an ongoing basis.
● Manage Risk.
Through ongoing monitoring, we can achieve reduction of risk (including residual risk).
● Management Information.
Information collection and analysis of data on our ongoing compliance and errors/mistakes/ cases of non-compliance.
● Detection.
Helps identify compliance issues before they escalate into significant problems.
● Assurance.
Provide assurance to the business that the risks identified are properly monitored and mitigated/managed where required.
● Operation.
Ensure that the firm operates within the risk appetite as this has been set by the senior management.
This is a Group Level function.
Every authorised entity within the Ebury Group has its own regulatory requirements to perform monitoring which is set at the time of authorisation as part of the regulatory approval to operate.
Ebury takes a group-wide risk approach in its application of monitoring with a centralised monitoring team, setting the items which will fall under its monitoring purview and providing the regional and/or local Compliance Officers/MLROs with the ability to request specific items to be monitored.
The Compliance Monitoring Manager will need to liaise with regional compliance officers and the Group Regulatory Compliance Advisory function to ensure that the central CMP addresses any relevant local factors that cannot be covered locally.
The scope of the CMP includes, but is not limited to.
● Breaches, Conflicts, Conduct, Complaints; ● Call monitoring; ● Client trade monitoring (MifID or local equivalent); ● Best Execution; ● Mis-selling; ● Client treatment; ● Safeguarding; ● Staff training; ● Limited monitoring of Ebury partners and agents.
Roles and responsibilities.
● Ongoing development of the CMP, including periodic horizon scanning and risk assessments to ensure that the scope remains complete and accurate.
● Ownership of maintenance and development of the Compliance Monitoring framework including specifications, sample sizes, frequencies, testing plans and scorecards for each element of the CMP.
● Execution of the CMP to assess compliance with all applicable regulations and internal standards ● Planning and conducting risk-based ad hoc deep dive or thematic reviews as directed by Senior Management or Governance forums.
● Line management and day to day management of 1 Compliance Monitoring Senior Analyst.
● Analysis of findings and tracking of actions required on material risks through to closure.
● Main point of contact for all business requests for the establishment of monitoring items.
● Prepare management information on monitoring activity for relevant committees.
Key skills and attributes.
● Experience of regulatory compliance and/or compliance monitoring or assurance working in an FCA regulated firm, ideally within a payments or fintech environment.
● Experience of designing monitoring plans and managing and continually improving compliance monitoring methodology ● Excellent organisational and problem solving skills.
● Confident in communicating compliance matters to a range of audiences ● Strong stakeholder management skills ● Regulatory knowledge of MiFID, CASS, COBS, FCA principles, financial promotions, best execution, client classification.
#LI-AK1 #LI-onsite About Us Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.
Founded in , we are headquartered in London and have more than staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be.
From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.
Hard work pays off.
in , Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times.
Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.
None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement.
our great people.
Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
We believe in inclusion.
We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation.
At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future.
Please submit your application on the careers website directly, uploading your CV / resume in English.