🧭 Regulatory Compliance Manager

🚀 Why we're hiring

🎯 The role

👥 Team

Key Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for regulatory queries from Sales, AM and Customer Support
• Join client and prospect calls where regulatory depth is needed
• Build and maintain a regulatory guidance library across Zinc's core regulated sectors (FCA/SMCR/CRD6, SRA, CQC, Ofsted, BPSS, BS7858), criminal record checks and Right to Work
• Design, deliver and maintain internal regulatory training and documentation - make the complex stuff click
• Keep an eye on regulatory developments and translate them into plain-English guidance for non-compliance colleagues
• Support client-facing regulatory content and collateral
• Support RFP and tender responses that need regulatory firepower
• Partner with the Head of Regulatory Compliance, Legal Counsel and DBS Compliance Lead to keep Zinc ahead of the curve

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 3-4+ years in a compliance role. This could be as a compliance specialist/senior analyst at a background screening firm, in-house compliance at a regulatory body (e.g. FCA/PRA/SRA/CQC/Ofsted), or in-house compliance at a regulated employer in one of Zinc's key sectors (financial services, healthcare, education, EYFS, legal, public sector, security)
• You'll need more than one regulatory framework under your belt (think SRA + FCA, or Ofsted + CQC) - single-regulator experience alone won't give you the range this role needs
• Bonus points: experience supporting commercial or client-facing teams in a compliance capacity

• Solid working knowledge of at least two of Zinc's core regulatory frameworks (SMCR, DBS, SRA, CQC, KCSIE, EYFS, Right to Work) - three or more is even better
• Sharp regulatory interpretation and research skills
• A knack for turning regulatory complexity into clear, plain-English guidance
• Strong written communication
• Broad UK regulatory knowledge across financial services, healthcare, social care, legal or education, and how it translates into real employer obligations
• Bonus: multi-sector familiarity, highly AI-literate, and an interest in Zinc's product and the background screening market

• Commercially switched-on - you translate "regulatory" into "here's what to do"
• Comfortable and confident on client calls with senior HR/TA leaders, not just in the guidance docs
• Proactive, with sharp judgment on when to escalate vs. when to just answer
• A straight-talker - you give clear answers rather than hedging everything, and simplify without dumbing down
• Happy being the person the commercial team leans on

Benefits

• 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
• £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
• Early finish Fridays (16:00)
• Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
• 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave
• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
• Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
• Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
• Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳