Senior Compliance Analyst

Location: head office, Newbury. 

Hours: 35 hours per week. Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

Starting salary: £32,300

Target salary: £34,000

Interviews: We aim to interview successful applicants within 10 days. Interviews will comprise a 90 minute competency-based process in our Newbury head office. Feedback will be provided regardless of outcome. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point. 

Interview dates: Week commencing 24 March 2025. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Compliance Analyst to join our Compliance Team. 

Are you an experienced Analyst, with a good understanding of FCA, PRA and GDPR rules and regulations looking for that next step? Do you have excellent communications skills and enjoy working with multiple stakeholders across the business? Do you have a passion to keep the Society and its customers safe? If you are driven and excited by making an impact this could be the role for you.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting the activities of the Compliance function across its monitoring and advisory activities.

• Delivery of the annual Compliance Monitoring Plan.

• Conduct compliance reviews to assess regulatory adherence across business functions.

• Identify and work with first line management to interpret and determine the impact of regulatory change on the Society.

• Support the Society’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer (“MLRO”) and Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) in operating selected aspects of the Financial Crime and Data Protection control frameworks. 

Not every day is the same and the above is not a full list of what you will be covering across your role.

Essential skills and experience:

• Demonstrable experience within a regulatory industry or environment.

• Good understanding of the FCA Handbook and the PRA Rulebook.

• Good understanding of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation.

• Strong knowledge and application of Financial Crime related laws and regulations.

• Ability to undertake gap analyses, root cause analysis and define project scopes.

• Excellent skills when communicating and presenting what you need to, both verbally and in writing.

• Professional compliance specific qualification or an equivalent level qualification. 

• Strong computer literacy including Microsoft Office Suite.

Desirable skills and experience: 

• Significant practical experience in working within second line Compliance functions.

Why work for Newbury Building Society?

• We care about our communities – as well as providing financial services, we get involved in supporting local charities and people. This means regular opportunities to volunteer, fundraise, and help with community events and activities. All employees also receive two paid days of volunteering every year to help causes they feel passionately about.

• We want to help you develop – we are accredited by the Financial Services National College for the quality of our learning and development practices. No matter your role, there will be opportunities to take on new responsibilities and be involved in projects to further your career.

• We want to look after and reward you - you will receive a generous holiday allowance, contributory stakeholder pension scheme, access to wellbeing programmes, and your birthday off.

*The salary offered is dependent on evidence of key competencies and skills you currently have. Newbury Building Society pride themselves on recruiting for potential so if you do not meet all of the criteria in terms of knowledge, experience and skills, you will benefit from learning and development opportunities to enable you to work towards the top of the salary range. This will be via ongoing feedback from your line manager and assessment of your progression against all the criteria.