Compliance Manager - Richmond, United Kingdom - Savills

Savills

Verified Company

Richmond, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a fixed - term (maternity cover) contract.

The Compliance Manager is responsible for double checking that all Client Accounts Finance and Banking checks have been completed, all relevant processes have been streamlined and followed, to drive efficiencies and ensure risks are managed and eliminated.

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Responsibilities of the role:
Team:

Work as part of the Lettings Compliance team towards the goal of ensuring revenue is protected by managing and eliminating risks and streamlining processes to make staff efficient where required.

Share trends and case studies of commonerrors found, support others in the team where relevant and be flexible to assist with additional audits where necessary.

Compliance checks:

Take full responsibility for diligent and thorough second checks for Client Accounts, finance and banking requirements and ensure processes have been followed on a daily/ monthly basis.

Ensure that new deal legal and Health& Safety checks and processes have been adhered to, from instruction stage through to a tenancy commencing, including both individual and corporate tenancies.

New process implementation:
Identify processes that need adapting or new processes that need implementing.

Projects:
Have the ability and initiative to take on projects and take them forward to implementation.

Reporting:
Weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting of all checks you have completed and of issues found. Organise and implement follow-ups with repeat offenders to reduce the number of errors.

Systems:
Improve the quality of data on our systems - Reapit and RADAR. Identify system development requirements and communicate these to the Compliance Director.

Training:
Provide a summary of lessons learned and the corrective action areas identified.
Ensure that the feedback is communicated to heads of department to carry out training on these areas.

Communication:
Attend team meetings and summarise the previous month's activities, highlighting any concerns. Follow the communications plan to keep in regular contact with other departments and discuss improvements that could be made.

Customer Service Business Partner:
Provide support to your regions with compliance and legal queries and any other advice they may require. Attend monthly meetings to communicate recurring trends and any changes in legislation.**
Required Skills, Knowledge and ExperienceQualifications:

ARLA Propertymark Technical Award

Knowledge and experience:

At least 5 years' experience working in the Lettings industry
Strong working knowledge of Reapit and RADAR
Strong IT skills
Good understanding of Finance
Personal skills: building relationships and work well as part of a team
Good time management: to meet tight deadlines and not delay tenancy start dates
High standards: constantly striving to ensure we are compliant and working in line with best practice
Strong attention to detail in all aspects of all work and thinking outside of the box to achieve the best outcomes
Strategic and analytical understanding of the business objectives

Assessment applicants can expect during selection