Safeguarding Manager

About the role: You will be responsible for enhancing the global safeguarding framework, establishing globally consistent standards, ensuring ongoing compliance with local regulations, and implementing best-in-class controls. As a member of the Finance team, you will aim high, embrace challenges, and always do what's right; acting with integrity and building trust as you contribute to the company's technical direction and long-term decision making. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will: - Be responsible for the daily global safeguarding calculations ensuring that they are in line with the FCA/NBB/national regulator guidelines and submitted timely. - Ensure all safeguarding breaches (and near misses) are escalated through to Compliance and any recommendations are implemented. - Ensure the ongoing compliance with all safeguarding controls by the various teams in the business. This will include quarterly follow-ups to ensure implementation and monitoring. - Provide Financial Control with confirmation (monthly) that there are sufficient permissible investments to cover the outstanding customer liability at month end. - Be the central contact for both Internal Audit and External Audit for their safeguarding audits and reviews. - Ensure that all recommendations from Internal Audit and External Audit are remediated and implemented on a timely basis. - Be responsible for one other team member including daily coaching, review of work, goal setting, bi-annual review of performance and overall development. - Other ad hoc tasks as required. What we're looking for from you - Background of Internal Audit / External Audit / Controls Implementation / SOX / Safeguarding - Someone who can work independently with limited direction and supervision - Control background and experience establishing and maintaining global policy frameworks and writing policy documents - Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment, with a process improvement and no surprises mindset - Preferred: 2+ years' experience in Safeguarding - Preferred: experience within FinTech Originally posted on Himalayas