Our client, who provide compliance support to a range of firms all over the UK, is looking for a Compliance Administration Team Manager to join them.
The successful candidate will run the compliance administration function that supports client filing periods and business administration. They will also lead and develop a small team, manage and prioritise workloads, improve working practices, and coordinate closely with the Preparation and Filing Team Heads to ensure smooth end-to-end delivery whilst providing clear reporting and timely escalation to the COO.
This is a fully remote role (Mon to Fri 9 - 5.30) with at least quarterly meetings in the London office.
£40k plus benefits.
Duties include
*Line manage a team of 3, including 1:1s, performance management, pastoral care and wellbeing support
*Recruit, onboard and train new joiners, with a strong focus on entry-level assistants
*Coach and develop staff capability and progression, creating clear expectations and standards
*Own daily allocation and prioritisation of work across assistants and administrators
*Plan capacity for peak periods, ensuring cover, oversight and smooth handoffs
*Maintain accurate trackers and status updates so priorities and progress are visible
*Coordinate dependencies with the Preparation and Filing Team Heads, ensuring administration tasks support preparation and filing timelines
*Identify blockers, propose options, and drive resolution through to completion
*Improve working practices, process guides and checklists to increase consistency and reduce rework
*Embed simple quality checks and strong audit trails across team outputs
*Ensure appropriate handling of client data and documents, including accurate filing, version control and access management
*Provide regular updates to the COO on capacity, workload, risks and priorities
*Escalate issues early when deadlines, quality or team wellbeing are at risk
Skills and Experience
*Experience leading an administration, operations support or client support team
*Strong workload management skills: planning, prioritisation, delegation and delivery control
*Proven ability to develop junior staff, including graduates or entry-level hires
*Clear and professional communicator, comfortable with escalations and sensitive conversations
*Process mindset with experience improving ways of working and reducing errors
*Strong Microsoft 365 capability and confidence learning new systems
*Calm, structured and resilient under pressure.
*Approachable leader with strong pastoral awareness.
*Proactive and solutions-focused, with appropriate escalation.
*Collaborative and reliable, with high standards.
Desirable
*Financial services, accountancy, fund administration or wider professional services experience
*Familiarity with filing cycles, regulatory submissions, or client and regulator communications
*Experience with tools such as Smartsheet, Xero and virtual data rooms
Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

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