We are presently recruiting for a Compliance Officer for our clients, a personal finance company in County Kerry. You will be responsible for Revieing lending activity for regulatory compliance, assess affordability and credit processes, approve customer communications and promotions, provide real-time compliance advice to teams, monitor regulatory updates, investigate issues or breaches, track remediation actions, update policies, and prepare management and regulatory reporting. This is a permanent position with office based in Killarney, County Kerry.
Role Overview:
- Responsible for ensuring the firm’s personal lending and financial services activities comply with all applicable regulatory and legal requirements
- Acts as a key second-line compliance function, providing oversight, challenge, and pragmatic advice to the business
- Supports strong conduct standards, effective risk management, and fair customer outcomes
- Interpret and implement consumer credit and financial services regulations relevant to personal loans
- Maintain, review, and enhance compliance policies, procedures, and controls
- Review and approve personal loan products, customer documentation, and terms & conditions
- Oversee responsible lending, affordability, and creditworthiness assessments
- Identify compliance issues and breaches, perform root cause analysis, and track remediation actions
- Provide day-to-day compliance advice to credit, underwriting, operations, marketing, and customer service teams
- Support regulatory reporting, audits, inspections, and management information
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
- Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience
- Professional compliance qualification such as ICA Certificate/Diploma in Compliance, ICA Consumer Credit, or equivalent
- 2+ years’ previous experience in a compliance role, with Strong knowledge of personal loans, consumer credit, lending and regulatory regulations.
Salary is based on experience and in the region of €33 – €45,000. For further information, please email me directly at adrien@redchair.ie
