Sterling Williams are supporting a boutique consultancy business in the UK who are a market leader in the payment's ecosystem. This is a permanent opportunity for a candidate who has experience in compliance and financial crime from a consultancy business, or from working within a Payments/EMI environment.
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Compliance Consultant – Payments & E-Money Institutions
Salary: £60 - 75,000 pa plus benefits.
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Full-time; Permanent
Role Purpose: To deliver high-quality regulatory compliance consulting to clients across the payments and e-money ecosystem. You will lead FCA authorisation projects (EMI/API), conduct compliance audits, strengthen clients' frameworks, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities will include:
FCA Authorisations & Licensing: Lead end-to-end FCA authorisation projects for EMIs, APIs, and payments institutions, ensuring applications meet regulatory expectations.
- Draft, review, and refine Regulatory Business Plans, governance structures, SMCR mapping, and financial crime frameworks.
- Support/Manage FCA engagement, including clarifications, follow-ups, and readiness assessments.
Compliance Audits & Framework Development: Conduct detailed compliance audits across AML, financial crime, governance, risk management, and operational controls.
- Build and enhance compliance frameworks, policies, monitoring plans, and training programmes.
- Deliver analysis to identify gaps and produce actionable remediation plans for clients.
- Support clients in maintaining ongoing compliance, including monitoring, reporting, and thematic reviews.
Client Advisory & Stakeholder Management: Act as a senior advisor to CEOs, MLROs, Heads of Compliance, and founders entering the UK payments/e-money market.
- Provide proactive regulatory insight on FCA updates, industry changes, and emerging risks. xgikmsk
- Deliver workshops, training, and knowledge-transfer sessions to strengthen client capability.
Compliance Consultant - EMI / Payments employer: Sterling Williams
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