Regulatory Assurance Manager

The Fourth Licence represents a step‑change in the approach to regulating the National Lottery. It is centred on an outcomes‑focused approach to regulation and reflects the Statutory Duties of the Commission. This approach places increased responsibility and accountability on the Licensee to operate the National Lottery to achieve outcomes consistent with the National Lottery Act 1993. In practice, increased Licensee ownership places greater emphasis on internal management and assurance, including Strategies, Policies, Processes and Procedures (SPPP) and broader aspects of outcomes delivery, which are used to provide Gambling Commission with assurance of compliance with the Fourth Licence, including through the provision of key assurance artefacts such as the Annual Assurance Statement and Annual Resilience Assurance Statement as required by the Fourth Licence.

Working for the Head of Regulatory Assurance, the Regulatory Assurance Manager will play a key role in helping the business maintain proportionate standards of regulatory assurance that support delivery of our commercial plans and regulatory outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

• SPPP

• Maintaining a proportionate, best practice approach to SPPP to ensure these remain fit for purpose in an agile, dynamic and innovation‑driven business while driving quality and a continual improvement approach.
• Providing assurance on compliance with licence conditions relating to SPPP and assurance including through:

• Overseeing and coordination delivery of the annual regulatory assurance requirements for SPPP in collaboration with functional stakeholders;
• Providing guidance on when SPPP are required to be created or updated as a result of changes in business activity;
• Managing the delivery of relevant board assurance requirements, with oversight from senior team members.

• Working with the Head of Regulatory Assurance and Transformation, leading development of key assurance artefacts (such as the Annual Assurance Statement) for the Board and Gambling Commission, including engagement with key internal stakeholders and contributors, contributing to drafting, quality assurance and identifying priority areas for assurance activity in the following annual cycle.
• Identify and develop responses for matters requiring regulatory assurance including engaging on issues identified internally or by the regulator.

What experience we’re looking for

• Excellent organisational and coordination skills, and the ability to own and deliver scope in line with strategic and operational direction.
• Strong experience with writing, owning and/or managing business and regulatory documentation, i.e. Strategies, Policies and Procedures and regulatory reports.
• Experience leading development and submission of high quality regulatory/assurance material suitable for Board and regulatory submission, in line with agreed strategic direction and approach.
• Experience translating regulatory and/or assurance/compliance requirements into effective and proportionate actions that deliver business outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to represent the function internally and externally as required.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills and effective stakeholder management.
• Initiative and a fresh approach to problem solving.
• Upwards management and the ability to both deliver the work and show that it is being delivered.
• Experience in a fast‑paced regulated environment.

Key Measures of Success

• An SPPP framework that is clear and usable by functional owners which captures relevant best practice and is focused on delivering quality customer outcomes.
• The approval and submission of robust, defensible key regulatory artefacts which clearly demonstrate how Allwyn is delivering Licence outcomes and meeting compliance requirements.
• Effective working relationships between Second Line Assurance and functional stakeholders to support practical, effective and compliant operations and understanding of regulatory assurance requirements.

Benefits

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Matched pension contributions up to 8.5%
• 26 days annual leave + 2 Life Days (and bank holidays)
• Single Private Health Cover
• Complimentary Private Medical Income Protection
• Flexible Benefits – EV Scheme, Money Coach, Will Writing, Mortgage Advice, Dental and Eye Care Schemes.
• Enhanced Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption)
• Wellness Allowance £500
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted Health Assessments
• Volunteering Days
• Matched Funding

We are a Disability Confident Leader which means we’ve taken proactive steps to ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive for disabled and neurodivergent colleagues and candidates. As part of this we offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements of the job.