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About us.

We are The Very Group and we’re here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That’s why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We’re just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.

About the role.

This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our successful risk and compliance team, in our fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.

Drawing on your considerable experience and understanding of financial service regulations you will support the business in delivering compliant, effective policies and controls that deliver fair customer outcomes. Additionally, you will be supporting in driving effective risk management practices within the TVG group and provide oversight of these.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Analyse complex information and provide appropriate insights and recommendations to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide advice and support to the Line of Business alongside assurance on the adequacy and efficiency of policies and procedures in engendering good customer outcomes.
• Build relationships to enable effective risk and compliance expertise with assigned functions, major change programmes, and other change activity.
• Promote appropriate awareness and understanding of compliance and risk, embedding the culture within the business.
• Where risks, issues or control weaknesses are identified, work with first line colleagues to determine materiality, and establish regulatory impact. Report findings to stakeholders and ensure they are consistently managed through agreed processes. E.G Risk events.
• Where required, attend, and contribute at governance committees, including pack creation and relevant outputs.
• The scope of the role covers all Very Group and outsourced locations, both on and offshore, and may require travel and presence at each of these sites.

About you.

In this business-critical role, you must have extensive knowledge of the FCA’s rules and regulations such as CONC, ICOBS and DISP. Ideally, you will have occupied a compliance or risk management role previously in a consumer credit firm where you have shown a deep understanding of the issues and challenges that can arise in this area.

Passionate about regulation you’ll be consistently identifying areas for potential improvement or innovation. You will have the chance to shape our processes through the identification of regulatory change and be able to make a positive and tangible difference to the experience of our customer.

You will be commercially aware, structured and methodical in your approach. You will be prudent, inquisitive and analytical in order to be able to develop and deliver pragmatic solutions. You will possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and you will possess the gravitas necessary to work with a wide variety of stakeholders across the business.

Within this role you will be working alongside our retail business. With this everchanging, fast-paced environment you will need to have the resilience and drive to thrive.

Some of our benefits.

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews

• £1,000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• Udemy learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next?

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you’re successful so keep an eye on your emails! We’ll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we’re a good match, we’ll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a one-stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A one-hour on-site formal interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

Equal opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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