Assurance Associate

Griffin Banking Ltd

Job Overview

Location

London or remote within the UK

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As an Assurance Associate at Griffin Banking Ltd, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of the bank’s financial crime oversight function by ensuring that Direct Customers (DCs) meet their regulatory obligations. This role is essential to Griffin’s mission of enabling innovative fintechs and brands to safely embed financial products, as your work directly supports risk-based decision-making and regulatory compliance in a fast-growing, API-first banking platform.
• You will own the end-to-end assurance review process for Griffin’s growing portfolio of Direct Customers, including scoping reviews based on entity type, operating model, and risk rating; conducting in-depth assessments of financial crime controls (AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, and onboarding journeys); identifying gaps and weaknesses; producing formal findings reports with clear risk rating recommendations; issuing and tracking remediation actions; and engaging with senior external stakeholders such as CEOs, MLROs, and Compliance Managers — particularly when conveying complex or challenging findings. Your analytical rigor and communication skills will ensure that Griffin maintains a trusted, proportionate, and effective oversight function.
• You will be part of Griffin’s first-line Operations team within the ‘We Service’ function, which is responsible for running core processes, supporting customers, and connecting cross-functional dots to ensure reliability and compliance. This small, focused team reports to the Financial Crime Oversight Manager and operates with high autonomy, transparency, and a commitment to continuous improvement — reflecting Griffin’s remote-first, asynchronous culture where trust and ownership are paramount.
• In this role, you will develop deep expertise in financial crime assurance within the embedded finance sector, gaining hands-on experience reviewing diverse onboarding models (managed, reliance, outsourced) and shaping the evolution of Griffin’s oversight function through process improvement initiatives, including potential automation projects. You will build trusted relationships with both internal teams and external DC stakeholders, becoming a credible point of contact for risk and compliance matters, while refining your skills in stakeholder management, report writing, and regulatory judgment — all within a purpose-driven, high-growth fintech bank committed to innovation and integrity.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience working in financial crime compliance in an assurance, oversight, or monitoring capacity with hands-on review experience (not purely advisory or policy work)
• Hands-on experience conducting financial crime reviews or assessments, including reviewing control frameworks and identifying gaps
• Solid understanding of financial crime controls: AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, and end-to-end onboarding and ongoing customer journeys
• Confidence managing external relationships and having direct, sometimes difficult conversations with customers (e.g., CEOs, MLROs, Compliance Managers)
• Strong organisational skills and analytical mindset — able to manage multiple reviews at different stages and spot non-obvious issues
• A love of writing and commitment to clarity and readability in documentation (aligned with Griffin’s writing principles: https://griffin.sh/how-we-write )

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first flexibility: Work from anywhere in the UK
• Work from abroad: Up to 20 days per year
• Time off: 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays, and a winter break (company shutdown between Christmas and New Year)
• Share options: Own a part of what we’re building together
• Pension: Auto-enrolment into our Penfold scheme
• Insurance: Private medical with Bupa (including family cover) and life insurance with AIG
• Wellbeing: 1:1 coaching and therapy sessions available through Oliva
• Family leave: Enhanced parental leave with up to 6 months on full pay after two years’ service
• AI tools: Everyone has a Claude subscription and access to other premium tools
• Your setup: Support to create a comfortable and effective WFH environment

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About Griffin Banking Ltd

Griffin Banking Ltd is a UK-based banking-as-a-service platform providing APIs and infrastructure for fintechs and brands to launch regulated financial products. It offers safeguarding accounts, client money accounts, and full-stack banking services including payments, cards, and lending, all under a single banking license regulated by the PRA and FCA.

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