Compliance Assistant (12 month fixed term contract) Job in London, London UK

Compliance Assistant (12 month fixed term contract)

Circa 20-25k salary (depending on skills and experience)

London

Company overview
thetrainline.com is the UK’s leading independent retailer of train tickets online. We sell tickets for all train companies on all national routes, with access to over 293 million fare and journey combinations. Since 1999, we have sold to over 4 million travellers, making over 20 million transactions, with over 8.4 million registered users. thetrainline.com is the UK’s 6th most visited travel website, and the 24th most visited UK e-commerce site.

Here at thetrainline, we put our growth and success down to saving money for our customers, ingenious innovation and our people – who are the best around. So we do our utmost to attract and keep them. We embrace our differences, act with integrity and honesty, celebrate our successes and reward well too. We believe in training, flexible working, substantial holidays and a lot more besides. It’s also about having fun – so we have social committees to make sure that we balance hard work with a bit of relaxation. We’re rightly proud of what we’re doing. And if you’d like to be part of a team that safely delivers to millions of customers every year, we’re sure you’ll like it here too.

To continue to deliver year on year growth we are seeking talented, innovative and enthusiastic people to join our dedicated team.

Purpose of the Role
The Compliance Assistant will assist in the delivery of the Compliance Programme, including the completion of site reviews at various travel agent/Corporate locations throughout the UK. The role also includes assisting in the completion of compliance reviews both within Trainline and at external partners.

The Team
The Finance team in London consists of 20+ qualified and part qualified accountants reporting into the Group Finance Director. Various responsibilities include Financial and Management Accounting Reporting, Planning and Compliance Risk Management.

Key Responsibilities
• Completion of remote site visit programme
• International Licence monitoring arrangements
• Third Party online portal compliance
• Period end compliance reporting
• Ad hoc compliance queries

Knowledge Experience
• Suitable candidates must hold a minimum 2.1 degree (or equivalent)

Behavioural Skills
• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to build key relationships with other departments
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
• Good communication skills, both written and oral
• Enjoy working with people at all different levels of an organisation

Benefits include: 25 days holiday (plus Public and Bank Holidays), life assurance, Virgin Tribe Partner Discount Scheme, Season Ticket loan, pension contributions, medical and dental insurance (subject to qualifying periods).