Associate Director Compliance – Regulatory and Governance

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom. Flexible hybrid working is available.

Company

hirify.global is building a diverse and inclusive workforce focused on regulatory excellence, ethical conduct, and accountable business practices.

What you will do

• Support the Global Head of Compliance in implementing the global compliance strategy and coordinating local subject-matter experts.
• Unify regulatory and governance approaches, policies, frameworks, registers, and reporting across jurisdictions.
• Provide senior escalation support on significant regulatory issues and oversee participation in regulatory forums, working groups, and triage committees.
• Establish governance and oversight frameworks supporting reporting to executive and board committees.
• Lead regulatory incident management, including investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective action planning, and reporting.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing regulatory and governance compliance team and oversee the compliance training programme.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in compliance, AML, financial crime, or a related role within financial services.
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership role.
• In-depth knowledge of jurisdictional regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience developing and implementing compliance strategies.
• ICA Diploma, university degree, or comparable qualification.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, coaching, mentoring, and regulatory-change leadership skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working.
• Ability to work abroad for up to three weeks per year.
• Discretionary bonus scheme and generous holiday allowance.
• Pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance, and worldwide travel insurance.
• Health and wellbeing programmes and on-site parking.