allica-bank - Regatory Compliance Manager

• Strong UK banking regulatory compliance experience, ideally in a dual-regulated bank, building society, SME lender, payment services environment or comparable regulated financial services business. • Detailed working knowledge of FCA and PRA expectations relevant to a UK business bank, including SYSC, SUP, PRIN, BCOBS, FIT, PERG, SMCR, regulatory reporting, payments regulation and FSCS/depositor protection. PROD/ESG knowledge is desirable where applicable to the Bank's product set. • Ability to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical controls, evidence standards, committee papers and business guidance. • Data-led and evidence-led: comfortable using MI, KRIs, breach data, monitoring outputs and audit findings to identify trends and drive remediation. • Must be comfortable using analytics and using and building AI-enabled tools safely and pragmatically, with appropriate attention to data quality, governance, explainability, validation and human judgement. • Experience building or maintaining an obligations inventory, regulatory change process, compliance monitoring plan, breach/notification process and senior governance MI. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce CCO and committee-level reports that are concise, risk-based and root-cause analysis that support decisions. • Able to challenge senior stakeholders clearly while preserving the distinction between 2LOD oversight and 1LOD ownership. • Strong judgement on when to escalate, and when to seek specialist input from other departments. • Practical, disciplined and comfortable operating in a scaling bank where the control environment needs to mature without becoming unnecessarily bureaucratic • Working at Allica Bank • At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers. • Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind: • Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities • Options for flexible working • Regular social activities • Pension contributions • Discretionary bonus scheme • Private health cover • Life assurance • Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave • Don’t tick every box? • Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you! • Flexible working • We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. • We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.