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Compliance & Risk Lead
Compliance and Risk Lead
We're looking for a Compliance and Risk Lead to be the hands-on engine of GetGround’s compliance function, owning the day-to-day delivery of our regulatory obligations and helping build the frameworks that keep us operating with integrity as we scale.
The Opportunity
GetGround operates at the intersection of fintech, proptech, and wealthtech—a business with a complex and growing regulatory footprint.
With £2Bn+ in assets on platform and 30,000+ users across 70 countries, our compliance obligations are significant and expanding.
This is a role with real ownership and some people management responsibility. You’ll be doing the work and leading a small team to help deliver it. You’ll be the person who makes compliance and risk happen at GetGround.
What You’ll Be Doing
Day-to-Day Compliance
- Own the delivery of GetGround’s compliance monitoring programme, including reviews, testing, and reporting
- Develop and manage a high-performing compliance and risk team as GetGround scales
- Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and controls as regulations evolve
- Support the management of regulatory relationships, including FCA interactions and reporting
- Track regulatory developments and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business
- Assist with the preparation of board and senior leadership compliance reporting
Risk
- Support the identification, assessment, and monitoring of operational and regulatory risks across the business
- Maintain the risk register and assist with preparing risk reporting for senior leadership
- Work with teams across the business to ensure risk considerations are embedded into day-to-day decisions
- Help develop and maintain risk policies and frameworks as the business grows
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Financial Crime and AML
- Support the MLRO with day-to-day AML and financial crime operations, including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening
- Conduct and review KYC processes, escalating complex cases as appropriate
- Assist with SAR filing processes and maintain accurate financial crime records
- Help ensure GetGround’s financial crime controls remain fit for purpose as the business grows
Business Partnership
- Work with Product and Engineering teams to review new features and products for compliance implications
- Support the review of customer-facing content, marketing materials, and regulated communications
- Deliver compliance training and awareness across the business
- Be the first point of contact for compliance queries from across the business
About You
You’re a hands-on compliance professional who knows how to get things done in a fast-moving, regulated environment. You bring:
- Solid experience in a compliance role within an FCA-regulated firm, ideally in fintech, payments, mortgages, or property finance
- Good working knowledge of FCA regulations, including Consumer Duty, AML, and KYC requirements
- Experience running or supporting a compliance monitoring programme
- Familiarity with financial crime controls, including transaction monitoring and sanctions screening
- A practical, solutions-oriented approach; you find ways to make compliance work for the business
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities at once
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
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Highly Desirable
- Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products
- Exposure to MLRO support or deputy MLRO responsibilities
- In-house experience at a fast-growing fintech
We know that great candidates don’t always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we’d encourage you to apply anyway.
What We Are Building
The first end-to-end real estate investment offering, making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally.
Diversity & Inclusion at GetGround
We encourage applications from all sections of society and believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of:
- Race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin
- Disability, age, citizenship
- Marital, domestic or civil partnership status
- Sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law.
Our Culture:
- 42% of our employees identify as female or non-binary
- 58% as male
- 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries
Inclusion is at the heart of our culture—we celebrate and reflect on key inclusion and cultural events such as:
- Black History Month
- International Women’s Day
- Pride
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