Compliance Manager, Business

Contract type: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours
Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience.
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We are seeking a Compliance Manager to lead and strengthen our Compliance function. In this pivotal role, you will ensure robust governance, regulatory alignment, and operational resilience across the Society. You’ll work collaboratively to embed best practices, support organisational integrity, and help us meet our regulatory obligations while fostering a culture of transparency and accountability.

Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as a Compliance Manager at Nottingham Building Society:

• Compliance Governance: Manage operating rhythms, governance forums, planning cycles, and committee reporting to ensure effective oversight.
• Regulatory Alignment: Provide operational support to meet Senior Managers Regime (SMR) requirements and maintain compliance standards.
• Compliance Universe Management: Own and update the Compliance Universe, mapping obligations to policies, procedures, and controls, and provide insights for assurance planning.
• Policy Oversight: Oversee Compliance-owned policies, ensuring timely review, governance, and alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Regulatory Change & Horizon Scanning: Lead horizon scanning, assess emerging regulatory developments, produce impact summaries, and coordinate change responses.
• Regulatory Engagement: Support SMF
  16 with regulatory correspondence, submissions, evidence management, and internal coordination.
• Risk & Control Assurance: Facilitate departmental RCSAs, evaluate control effectiveness, and maintain alignment with the wider Risk Management Framework.
• Reporting & Business Continuity: Produce MI dashboards, track audit findings, and maintain the Compliance Business Continuity Plan, while supporting recruitment and training.

About you:

• Knowledge & Skills: Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements; ability to simplify complex regulations; excellent communication and collaboration skills; highly organised with a proactive, improvement-focused mindset.
• Experience: Background in regulated financial services; experience in second line compliance within a three lines of defence model; skilled in MI reporting and visualisation (e.g., Power BI); familiar with RCSA facilitation, governance forums, SMR implementation, and regulatory change management.
• Behaviours: Builds trust-based relationships; applies critical thinking and data-driven decision-making; manages priorities effectively; maintains accuracy and attention to detail; embraces change and promotes a strong compliance culture.
• Qualifications: Applications welcome from all suitably skilled individuals.

Reward & Benefits:

• Competitive Package :
  Fair salary benchmarked against market data, annual discretionary bonus, and 29 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Health & Wellbeing :
  Access to Medicash healthcare, mental health first aiders, and a suite of wellbeing resources to support you inside and outside of work.
• Work-Life Balance : 35-hour working week for full-time roles, with flexibility to help you perform at your best.
• Career Growth :
  Ongoing personal and professional development, we’ll support your ambitions and help you grow your potential.
• Inclusive Culture :
  Be part of a friendly, values-led team that genuinely cares about doing the right thing for colleagues and customers.
• Giving Back :
  Use two paid volunteering days each year to support causes close to your heart, through our Samuel Fox Foundation.
• Sustainability Focus :
  Join a business committed to reducing its carbon footprint and making a positive impact on the environment.
• Free access to Octopus Money :
  Financial coaching & tools that help you plan, manage, and make the most of your money.

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