Compliance and Risk Manager - 3+Years' PQE - London

A UK-based online and retail Gaming business is looking for an experienced Risk and Compliance professional to join their team. The successful candidate will help build a safer environment for their clients and ensure the business remains compliant with the relevant legislation from a regulatory and licencing perspective as it expands.

The Role

• The Compliance and Risk Manager will champion a culture of player protection and licensing compliance to ensure that customers are provided with a safe place to enjoy themselves and that the business meets its safer gambling regulatory obligations.
• The Compliance and Risk Manager will work closely with the Head of Regulatory Compliance & Assurance and the Head of AML & CTF/MLRO, as well as the rest of the business, to develop appropriate safer gambling internal policies and procedures and maintain legal and ethical integrity.
• The role is focused on raising awareness and providing advisory for all aspects of safer gambling across the business, ensuring best practice and compliance as required by the Gambling Commission and local authorities.
• Informing the Safer Gambling Policy and supporting the Safer Gambling Managers in ensuring that all employees are trained and adhere to the Safer Gambling Policy requirements is also key to the role.
• The Compliance and Risk Manager will support the Chief Risk Officer in promoting safer gambling at a policy level to position safer gambling at the heart of thinking on every level and make safer gambling an integral part of the brand.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for informing the Safer Gambling Policy and supporting the Safer Gambling Managers in ensuring that all employees are trained and adhere to the Safer Gambling Policy requirements is also key to the role. The role will be focused on ensuring that the profile and behaviour of the organisation and its employees align with the rules and regulations of the Company and industry.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to comply with all safer gambling licensing and policy requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with the safer gambling requirements within the Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.
• Acting as the primary contact for safer gambling queries/requests.
• Managing high impact safer gambling issues.
• Monitoring/reporting on safer gambling regulatory compliance performance and regulatory developments across all areas.
• Working with the Head of Regulatory Compliance & Assurance and the Head of AML & CTF/MLRO in developing and managing related regulatory policies.
• Measuring and reporting safer gambling performance objectively and in a timely manner.
• Working with the CRO to set department direction regarding safer gambling policy, and developing appropriate policies and processes to ensure that licencing requirements are met.
• Providing reports on safer gambling issues, metrics, and outputs to the Head of Regulatory Compliance & Assurance to assist with the production of Compliance & Risk department reports, including the monthly KPI report, for internal and external stakeholders and authorities.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ideally a minimum of 3 years' experience in a Senior Safer Gambling or Compliance/Risk role, or similar, within the Gambling industry.
• Knowledge of the UK Gambling Act and Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.
• Proven track record of developing Safer Gambling related policies and operating procedures.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks and policy development.
• Experience working with data management systems and data analytics.
• Awareness of gambling industry related third party organisations and trade associations, e.g, GamCare and the Betting and Gaming Council.
• A good understanding of the three lines of defence risk management model.

For a confidential chat about this or other roles he is handling please contact Matt Pollard in the Jameson Legal London office. matt.pollard@jamesonlegal.com

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