The Role
The Compliance Assistant Manager is a generalist role supporting the Compliance function across policy development, regulatory change, AML/KYC oversight, and compliance monitoring. This position plays a key role in ensuring that Fasanara maintains robust compliance frameworks as the business continues to grow in scale, complexity, and regulatory exposure across multiple jurisdictions.
The role requires a hands‑on, detail‑oriented professional with experience in regulated financial services environments, capable of translating regulatory requirements into practical internal processes while supporting day‑to‑day compliance activities and longer‑term strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
Policy & Procedure Framework
- Own and manage the compliance policies and procedure library, including review cycles, version control, and approvals.
- Draft, review, and enhance compliance policies, procedures, and guidance to ensure alignment with applicable regulations.
- Translate regulatory requirements into clear, practical internal procedures accessible across the business.
- Maintain a structured and up‑to‑date compliance knowledge library.
Regulatory Change Management
- Monitor and track regulatory developments (FCA, SEC, NFA, JMLSG, FATF, and broader legislative changes).
- Assess the impact of regulatory changes on business operations, policies, and procedures.
- Produce clear and concise impact assessments for senior stakeholders.
- Support regulatory horizon scanning and reporting for senior management and the board.
- Coordinate implementation of regulatory changes across the business.
AML / KYC Oversight
- Support end‑to‑end AML/KYC onboarding and periodic reviews for counterparties and service providers.
- Review and quality assure KYC documentation across SDD, CDD, and EDD levels.
- Maintain AML/KYC trackers, logs, and risk registers ensuring audit readiness.
- Assist with KYC questionnaires and coordinate responses with internal stakeholders.
- Identify and elevate potential financial crime risks and red flags.
Compliance Monitoring & Reporting
- Support the compliance monitoring programme, including testing and tracking of actions across the business.
- Assist in preparing periodic compliance reports for the CCO, board, and management committees.
- Provide MI on policy reviews, KYC pipeline, regulatory change, and training completion.
General Compliance Support
- Support the CCO and senior compliance leadership on ad‑hoc projects and regulatory engagements.
- Contribute to business‑wide risk assessments and compliance initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability of compliance processes.
- Support implementation of new systems (e.g. KYC tools) and remediation projects.
Requirements
Essential
- 4+ years of compliance experience within an FCA, SEC, or NFA‑regulated financial services firm.
- Strong understanding of financial services regulation (FCA rules including SYSC and COBS, MLRs 2017, JMLSG guidance).
- Demonstrable experience drafting and reviewing compliance policies and procedures.
- Experience with AML/KYC processes, including onboarding, due diligence, and periodic reviews.
- Experience tracking and assessing regulatory change and its business impact.
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and structured documentation.
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
- Generalist compliance experience across multiple areas (not purely operational).
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Desirable
- Professional compliance qualification (e.g. ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent).
- Experience supporting regulatory interactions or audits.
- Exposure to multiple regulatory regimes (UK, US, or international).
- Experience with KYC system implementation or remediation projects.
Benefits
- Competitive bonus scheme
- Bupa health & dental, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced pension, and generous annual leave
- Enhanced parental leave, special leave allowances, and charity giving options
- Regular team events, legendary summer & Christmas parties, knowledge sharing sessions, and quarterly town halls
- Team lunches, dinners, Friday drinks, team sport activities
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