UK Compliance Manager

Our client boasts several market leading brands in the iGaming space, including one of the world’s most exclusive poker brands. This role is in their division whose sole focus is online poker. From their humble beginnings, they have grown to a group of 200 people spanning the globe from their headquarters in Canada to their offices in Dublin, London, the Isle of Man, Malta and Seoul and currently hold the largest online poker market share globally. They are looking to add talented and passionate individuals that will help them continue this growth.

Our client is looking for a Compliance Manager to join their UK team. Based part time in the London office and part time remotely, they will be responsible for compliance in the UK working with Marketing, global teams and the UK regulators.

•    Maintain a close relationship and liaise with our client’s legal advisors based in the global office.
•    Manage the licence application, including all associated policies and procedures.
•    Build and maintain a relationship with the regulators and other ancillary authorities.
•    Review compliance of marketing and product developments.
•    Keep senior management up to date on regulatory updates and ensure compliance is maintained.
•    Undertaking the end to end process of performing audits and reviews as and when required.
•    Participation in ad hoc and project work as required e.g. remediation projects, process changes.
•    Manage and enforce company compliance policies and procedures.
•    Identify and mitigate compliance risks in collaboration with the compliance team.
•    Monitor changes in legislation affecting gambling operations.
•    Participate in Compliance Committee meetings and facilitate discussions to meet
compliance objectives.
•    Maintain and update compliance documentation and controls.
•    Conduct internal reviews to ensure adherence to compliance procedures.
•    Manage responsible gambling and anti-money laundering compliance.
•    Communicate compliance-related issues to key stakeholders.
•    Writing up findings/recommendations, agreeing responses with the area under review
and presenting the findings/recommendations as part of the Assurance Report.
•    Recording all recommendations and actions resulting from reviews undertaken and
pro-actively chase these until resolution.
•    Identifying trends and root causes in all breaches and shortcomings; being proactive and
collaborative with line management to make relevant changes to policies, procedures
and working practices.
•    Prepare and maintain accurate records, reports, and documentation related to
compliance activities, including regulatory filings, audit findings, and incident reports.
•    Coordinate responses to regulatory inquiries, ensuring timely and accurate information
disclosure and regulatory reporting.
•    Identify and assess compliance risks.
•    Reviewing and critically appraising evidence presented in support of proposed action
closure.

Candidate Requirements:

•    At least 3 years proven experience within a gambling compliance role. 
•    Proven experience of licence application process. 
•    A sound knowledge of the Maltese gambling market. 
•    Knowledge of the general Gambling industry. 
•    Compliance Certification (completed or in progress) desirable. 
•    Additional language skills (Maltese at a native level) an advantage. 
•    Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and advice. 
•    Manage own workloads and meet deadlines determined by the urgency of requests. 
•    Attention to detail e.g. accurate capture of data. 
•    Analytical and risk assessment skills. 
•    Excellent computer skills. 
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
•    Flexible and the ability to develop methodologies. 
•    Interacts with stakeholders in a professional, service-orientated manner.