589 Compliance Lead jobs in the United Kingdom

Are you a detail-driven compliance professional with a passion for governance and customer outcomes? We're looking for a Governance & Compliance Lead to champion consumer duty compliance across our fast-paced Consumer Roadside division, ensuring all operations, products, and services meet FCA standards and provide fair value.

As our Governance & Compliance Lead, you'll be at the heart of our regulatory compliance efforts, driving Consumer Duty initiatives and embedding robust governance frameworks. You'll work cross-functionally with senior stakeholders to ensure our insurance products, pricing decisions, and customer journeys meet regulatory expectations and deliver exceptional outcomes.

This is a hybrid role, working 2 days a week from our Bradley Stoke office and 3 days a week at home.

As a Governance & Compliance Lead at RAC, you'll get benefits that go the extra mile

• Earnings That Motivate - enjoy a competitive salary plus automatic enrolment in our 'Owning It Together' Colleague Share Scheme - a unique opportunity to share in RAC's future success and be rewarded for the exceptional work you deliver.
• Tools to Drive Your Future - get started with a free RAC Ultimate Complete Breakdown Service from day one, plus access to a car salary sacrifice scheme (including electric vehicle options) after 12 months, delivering serious tax savings.
• Time Off That Matters - enjoy 25 days annual lave, plus bank holidays. We also support work-life balance with paid family leave, flexible schedules, and practical resources to help navigate personal commitments.
• Financial Security & Perks -pension scheme with up to 6.5% matched contributions alongside life assurance cover up to 4x salary (10x optional with flex benefits), designed to support you long-term.
• Wellbeing That Works for You - our 24/7 confidential support service is available to you and household members aged 16+, offering reassurance whenever you need it.
• Extras That Make a Difference - access Orange Savings, our exclusive discount portal with deals across top retailers, holidays, tools, tech and more. After passing probation, you'll automatically join our Colleague Share Scheme, giving you a stake in our collective success.

What You'll Do…

• Lead and manage governance approval forums: chair meetings, document minutes, challenge proposals, and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Drive first-line compliance with Consumer Duty, supporting both BAU activities and project-based initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed a culture of accountability and transparency.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to assess customer outcomes and business impact.
• Support the development of training and awareness materials to promote understanding of compliance standards.
• Maintain accurate records and evidence of governance decisions and outcomes.

What You'll Need…

• Financial Services Experience - Proven background in governance, compliance, or risk roles.
• Consumer Duty Knowledge - Clear understanding of the FCA's expectations and practical implementation.
• Insurance Insight - Familiarity with personal lines products and trading models.
• Stakeholder Savvy - Strong communicator, able to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Detail-Oriented & Agile - Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working at pace.

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A growing manufacturing business based in Downham Market, West Norfolk is seeking a detail-oriented Certification & Compliance Lead to support product certification, manage technical compliance processes, and respond to internal and external technical queries. You'll maintain certification records, coordinate with suppliers and certification providers, conduct audits, and support internal training.

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Sustainability & Compliance Lead

£55,000 + £6,000 Car Allowance

Yorkshire/Hybrid

Are you a data-driven sustainability professional looking to make an impact in the renewable energy and waste-to-energy sector? Our client is seeking a Sustainability & Compliance lead to manage certification, audit, and regulatory compliance across Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facilities.

In this pivotal role, you'll ensure full organisational compliance with ISCC, RHI (or successor schemes), and ISO standards such as ISO 9001, 14001, and 50001. You'll maintain accurate sustainability data, manage internal and external audits, and implement corrective actions to uphold best-in-class environmental and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead ISCC certification, RHI compliance and maintain audit-ready systems, documentation, and mass balance records.
• Coordinate audits with regulatory bodies such as Ofgem and ISCC, including pre-audit preparation, site visits, corrective actions, and supplier assessments.
• Monitor and report sustainability metrics, including GHG emissions, carbon intensity, ESG data, and renewable energy outputs.
• Support operational teams on sustainable feedstock sourcing, carbon reduction strategies and process optimisation.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure data integrity through robust reporting systems and controls.
• Deliver staff training and promote a strong culture of sustainability and health & safety.

About You:

You'll hold a degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Renewable Energy or similar, with experience in the AD, biogas, renewable energy or waste sectors. You'll bring strong knowledge of ISCC, RED II, RHI and ISO standards, excellent data analysis skills, and confidence managing multiple audits and stakeholders. Highly organised and proactive, you'll be a natural communicator who can translate regulatory requirements into clear, practical actions.

About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.

CLdN is a leading provider of integrated quay-to-quay and door-to-door logistics solutions. Founded in 1929, CLdN ensures reliable, cost-effective transport that links the major economic areas of Europe. With 30 ships and more than 200 sailings a week, CLdN provides shortsea connections between the European continent, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iberia and Scandinavia and offers the lowest CO2 footprint of all Western European RoRo operators. CLdN's cargo and multimodal services have a Europe-wide reach using CLdN's extensive network of ships, terminals and equipment. CLdN's 3,000 employees ensure that it fulfills its mission: to excel as an integrated provider of maritime links.

The role

• To work in a safe manner around the terminal and to follow the Health and Safety rules, maintaining compliance with all company policies and procedures, whilst also positively and proactively promoting a safe and healthy working environment.
• To assist the Quality Manager in the smooth, day to day running of the department, including the allocation of work, organisation of teams, and the reporting of any vehicle defects and quality issues.
• Leading the team to ensure duties are carried out in a professional, safe and effective manner and ensuring that KPIs are met and quality operations are maintained.
• Assist and work closely with other operational team leaders and supervisors
• To ensure that quality standards are maintained and that audits are completed on time and that an active role is played for improving quality.
• To conduct quality audits, in line with customer expectations. To audit and report site rectifications when recognised to the Quality Manager, such as weed control, water drainage problems, road marking reporting, road surface maintenance and any other improvements which require actions.
• To carry out audits and complete the necessary documentation on all current contracts with external stakeholders.
• To ensure that damage to customers vehicles, and any terminal equipment is kept as low as possible and reviewed regularly, with suggestions being proposed on methods and ideas to improve damage levels and quality.
• Ensure pre-shift checks are carried out on site vehicles by all team members and any faults reported.

Your profile

• Experience in managing processes and leading teams
• Administrative skills
• Previous auditing experience would be advantageous however training will be provided
• High attention to detail with a focus for quality
• Good computer skills on a variety of systems
• Ability to work to KPI's and following all company policies and procedures
• Good knowledge of vehicles and the ability to drive a variety of vehicles
• A team player but also with ability to work alone and make decisions within the remit of the role
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• A full and valid manual driving licence for at least 12 months is required
• You must be willing to work to a flexible timetable to meet the changing patterns of work, which could include working at other Ports within the UK and Europe

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Experience:

• Auditing : 1 year (required)
• managing processes and leading teams: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• UK Manual Driving Licence (required)

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal & Compliance Lead to support our legal and compliance functions. You are a part of the Group Legal Department reporting to the General Counsel.

Responsibilities

Contract Management

• Responsible for supporting the drafting, review, and administration of commercial contracts with customers and suppliers.
• Accountable to track contract lifecycles, key dates, and obligations using contract management systems.
• Accountable for coordination of internal contract approvals and ensure compliance with company policies.
• Responsible for maintaining and organizing legal and contractual documentation.

Corporate Governance

• Responsible to maintain company records, statutory registers, and filings with corporate registries.
• Support compliance with internal governance frameworks and policies.

Stakeholder Support & Negotiations

• Coordinate and support commercial negotiations with suppliers and customers.
• Liaise with internal teams (procurement, finance, sales, HR, etc.) to gather input for contract discussions.
• Responsible to ensure that business agreements are aligned with company policies and risk appetite.

Data Protection & GDPR Compliance

• Responsible for managing GDPR documentation, including records of processing activities and data protection assessments.
• Coordinate responses to data subject requests and liaise with internal data owners.
• Accountable for the implementation of privacy and data protection policies.

Training & Policy Awareness

• Responsible for training sessions (live or e-learning) on legal topics such as contract processes, GDPR, and compliance.
• Assist in drafting and updating internal guidelines and policy documents.

Insurance Coordination

• Support the management of the company's insurance policies, including renewals, claims, and documentation.
• Liaise with insurance brokers, providers, and internal stakeholders to gather required information.

Help monitor compliance with contractual insurance obligations and maintain up-to-date insurance certificates.

• Proactive mindset – anticipates needs, takes initiative and acts independently.
• Attention to detail – delivers work that is thorough, accurate, and consistently meets quality standards.
• Report writing & presenting – produces well structured, insightful reports and presents information in a clear and engaging manner.
• Planning & organisation – prioritises tasks effectively, manages time well, and delivers results within deadlines.
• Commitment to personal development – actively seeks feedback and opportunities to learn, grow, and improve professionally.
• Developing knowledge and understanding of a wide range of (legal) issues
• Ability to provide pragmatic customer focused advice
• Strong moral and ethical principles
• Professional ethics
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills
• Ability and willingness to travel both domestically and internationally as needed.

Experience and education

• A degree in Law (or equivalent education) is required
• Contractual expertise desirable through work experience
• Relevant experience working as part of a team
• Experience in the oil and gas, renewable energy and / or aviation sectors desirable

This is a dynamic role for a legally-inclined professional who may not have a formal legal qualification but brings strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills to assist with corporate governance, contract management, data protection, compliance and legal training. You will work closely with internal departments and external stakeholders (e.g., suppliers and customers) to ensure legal processes run smoothly and efficiently.

What we offer

You'll be welcomed in a young and exciting company. Based on your skills and competences, you'll be offered a competitive salary with extra legal benefits.

The opportunity can be taken to widen your knowledge and skills.

Black Forest Labs is a cutting-edge startup pioneering generative image and video models. Our team, which invented Stable Diffusion, Stable Video Diffusion, and FLUX.1, is currently seeking a strong security and compliance to work closely with our team in building and implementing world class security and ensuring regulatory compliance across the business.

The Role:

• Own and evolve the company-wide security strategy across infrastructure, application, and corporate environments
• Lead our global compliance programs (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2) ensuring we meet regulatory and customer trust requirements. Build and maintain relationships with auditors, ensuring smooth audit processes
• Address AI-specific compliance requirements around data usage, model governance
• Build a comprehensive security program that scales with our AI training and inference infrastructure
• Partner closely with engineering and Devops to embed "secure by default" principles into our architecture and development lifecycle.
• Secure our model training infrastructure: distributed GPU clusters, data pipelines, training datasets
• Protect inference infrastructure: model serving endpoints, API gateways, and production deployment pipelines
• Ensure secure model versioning, storage, and deployment practices
• Implement access controls and audit trails for sensitive training data and model weights
• Manage and scale our IT function, ensuring a secure, efficient, and user friendly digital workplace.
• Establish and maintain risk & governance structures, security policies, and incident response procedures.
• Design and implement security controls for large scale Kubernetes environments hosting training and inference workloads
• Lead internal risk assessments and external audits, and build trusted relationships with auditors and customers
• Create and optimise detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents
• Make impactful, risk-based security decisions aligned with business objectives
• Establish security as a competitive advantage while maintaining development velocity

Ideal Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in security roles (Security Officer, Security Engineer, Compliance & Security Manager)
• Deep understanding of infrastructure security, application security, and cloud security
• Experience performing security operations or investigations involving large scale Kubernetes environments
• Track record of successfully managing compliance certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
• An ability to lead projects with little guidance
• Experience contributing to a high growth startup environment
• Experience securing cloud infrastructure (Azure) at scale
• Experience with or strong interest in securing ML/AI infrastructure is highly valued