Associate Compliance Director to join a leading charity on a 9 month FTC. This is a fully remote opportunity paying between £75,000 to £90,000 dependant on experience. 27 days holidays + bank holidays, pension, healthcare and various discount and loyalty programmes.
Purpose of this Role
The Associate Compliance Director report into the Director of Finance and Corporate services and will create additional leadership capacity as the Society drives forward a significant programme of transformational change. This key role will lead a programme of work in areas of compliance, risk and assurance that delivers a step change in performance and impact, underpinning the long-term sustainability of the Society.
My client is looking a Interim Associate Compliance Director who exemplifies their values, someone who is, determined to make a difference when and where it matters most. A trusted expert who believes in working better together and demonstrates true compassion.
The Associate Compliance Directors key Accountabilities and Responsibilities will include:
Strategic Leadership:
- Direct teams to deliver outstanding results and work effectively and collaboratively at pace. Provide strategic direction and leadership to ensure the Society is able to deliver on its organisational strategy whilst being well-controlled, resilient and compliant. Champion and role model a strong culture of compliance for the Society. Member of the Corporate Services Senior Leadership Team.
Functional & Line Management Responsibility:
- Functional responsibility for the Compliance & Risk teams, including Legal, Information Governance, Health & Safety, Procurement, Fundraising Compliance, Sustainability, Risk and Monitoring teams. Line management responsibility for the Head of Compliance & Risk.
Transformation:
- Lead on and be accountable for the design and delivery of a transformation programme across compliance, risk and assurance, ensuring consistent alignment with the organisational strategy.
Strategic Impact:
- Ensure that the Society meets its legal and regulatory obligations and effectively manages its risks whilst enabling business teams to deliver on strategic objectives and pursue opportunities. Oversee the Society’s Three Lines of Defence assurance framework and reporting systems, ensuring these operate effectively and provide a robust evidence base as to the Society’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and industry good practice.
People and Leadership:
- Provide leadership and direction to the organisation on compliance, risk and assurance matters. Drive a culture of accountability and compliance over risk management, enabling and empowering teams to take accountability for the risks they own, and for the development and monitoring of effective risk mitigation plans. Drive a culture of inclusion and high-performance through clear objective-setting, coaching and strong and effective feedback loops.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
- Drive forward an inclusive and high-performance culture, ensuring that our values and expected standards of behaviour are embedded across the entire organisation, as well as in your own teams.
Key Working Relationships:
- Work closely with the Associate Director of Finance and Compliance and Heads of Department across the organisation, as well as other second line of defence teams, including Safeguarding and Information Security. Key working relationships also include the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Board of Trustees. Engage people with lived experiences of dementia in co-designing solutions and in decision-making.
My client is looking for an experienced Compliance Director who has the following skills and experience:
- MIIA, ACA, ACCA qualified accountant
- Significant post-qualified experience in senior compliance, assurance or regulatory roles.
- Ability to successfully deliver and embed transformational change impacting compliance and risk functions, and to drive step change in performance and impact.
- Demonstrates sound decision-making taking personal accountability for risks and decisions which carry organisation-wide impact.
- Skilled at using data, insights and evidence to deliver impact.
- Experience of building collaborative relationships, using appropriate challenge and support, managing conflict and behaviours and role modelling positive values-led leadership.
- Skilled at developing and delivering change and continuous improvement at all levels.
- Can demonstrate proactively seeking and acting on feedback and exceptional skills in listening and communicating across multiple audiences, including on high impact, high profile and complex topics.
- Can demonstrate influencing and negotiation skills to achieve the best outcomes for the organisation overall.
- Can demonstrate resilience under pressure, working with ambiguity, effectively balancing competing priorities and delivering at pace.
- Skilled at balancing the delivery of sustainable results with supporting the positive wellbeing of our people.
- Ability to manage senior roles and performance. Experience of driving a high-performance culture, at an organisational level, through clear accountabilities, objective setting, performance management, coaching, feedback and development for all.
- Proven ability to think strategically and corporately, shaping organisation thinking, projecting direction and considering future implications.
- Ability to inspire and lead people, committed to attracting a diverse workforce and operating in an open and inclusive way.
- Experience in a Senior role in the charity sector would be a distinct advantage
If you are interested in knowing more about this opportunity and would like to have a confidential chat, contact Nick Singh on 07973 757974 or email your CV to nick.singh@alexanderdaniels.co.uk
