Job Description - Service Automation and Continual Compliance Lead
Description
Position at Moneycorp
Welcome to Moneycorp
Moneycorp powers global payments for corporates, institutions and high net worth individuals, combining worldwide reach with local expertise. With over 45 years of market experience, two banking licences and offices in 11 countries, our technology delivers 24/7 accessibility, while our people deliver award-winning service. In 2024, we supported $1tn+ of payment volume, reaching 190 countries in 130 currencies. Our 32k+ corporate clients benefit from our regulatory resilience with 63+ permissions globally, access to major payment rails, and our proprietary technology.
Moneycorp is a place where energy, commitment, and collaboration are core to our values of shared success. We’re restless in our drive to surpass the expectations of our customers and unlock opportunities to support them at every stage of their journey. The foundation of our success is our people, and nurturing a culture of belonging for all our colleagues is central to our journey as a global business.
Your Next Challenge
We are seeking an experienced Service Automation and Continual Compliance Lead to build and lead a capability that makes governance automated, continual and evidence-based across FinOps, security and architecture compliance.
As Service Automation and Continual Compliance Lead, you are the "self-service with continual compliance" voice - the leader who shifts the organization from periodic audits to automated measurement, from manual gates to intelligent guardrails, and from reactive reporting to self-service analytics. You build the automation platform that enables internal customers to move fast safely while maintaining audit-ready evidence for regulators.
This is a hands-on leadership role - you lead a lean service automation team while personally contributing to technical delivery. You set strategy, build capability, and deliver automation that turns policy into measurable, continual assurance.
Key Responsibilities:
Continual Compliance Analytics
Design and run automated compliance analytics across FinOps, Security and Architecture
Convert policies and regulatory requirements into codified checks with clear pass/fail outcomes
Deliver audit-ready evidence with trend reporting and insights
Monitor cost governance, security posture and architectural standards using automated measurement
Team Leadership & Growth
Lead and develop a lean service automation team (2–3 engineers)
Set technical direction, standards and delivery cadence
Operate the team as a product function (backlog, SLAs, stakeholder engagement)
Champion DevOps culture: automation-first, guardrails over manual approvals
Hands-On Automation & Integration
Build automation to remove manual compliance, reporting and remediation effort
Develop APIs, services and data pipelines integrating cloud, security, identity and finance systems
Enable self-service analytics and reporting for internal teams
Embed secure, zero-trust patterns across automation and workflows
Reporting & Stakeholder Enablement
Own executive dashboards, scorecards and reporting outputs
Translate technical data into business and regulatory insights
Partner with Finance, Risk, Audit and Engineering to support governance and reporting
Automation Strategy & Patterns
Define and evolve automation and compliance strategy
Establish policy-as-code and governance patterns
Recommend tools and platforms to improve cost, compliance and operational efficiency
Enable safe self-service through guardrails and standards
Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience
FinOps & Cost Governance
Strong FinOps expertise (cost control, tagging, unit economics, optimisation)
Experience automating compliance and governance into measurable analytics
Proven delivery of cloud cost savings and optimisation outcomes
Leadership & Team Building
Experience leading technical teams (DevOps, SRE, FinOps or platform engineering)
Track record of mentoring and growing engineers
Comfortable operating a product-focused function with stakeholders
Technical Delivery
Hands-on engineering background in automation, tooling or systems integration
Experience building data pipelines or reporting solutions
Ability to contribute technically while leading
Regulated Environment
Experience working in regulated industries
Strong understanding of audit, controls and evidence requirements
Confident engaging with senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk and Engineering
Familiarity with key Azure services (Functions, Logic Apps, APIs, messaging)
Software Development & Automation
Proficiency in Python, Go or C#
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Bicep)
CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
Data & Analytics
Building dashboards and self-service analytics solutions
Data pipelines (ETL/ELT, APIs, event-driven patterns)
Monitoring, logging and alerting
FinOps & Compliance
Cloud cost allocation and optimisation strategies
Policy-as-code / compliance-as-code approaches
Audit evidence generation and regulatory reporting
Please note: This is a full-time, permanent position with an opportunity to work hybrid in our London office.
What you get in return: This role offers a competitive salary, plus a benefits package including private medical health insurance.
Fostering a culture of belonging and inclusivity
We're committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and included. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we actively cultivate an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we empower our colleagues to drive meaningful change within our organization through Employee Engagement initiatives and value champion networks.
Like many of our peers, we recognize that fostering inclusivity is an ongoing journey, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to progress. By measuring our efforts through regular assessments and listening to the feedback of our employees, we strive to ensure that our initiatives are impactful and responsive to the evolving needs of our workforce.
Together, we want to build a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, as we believe this is the foundation of innovation, creativity, and collective success.
Interested?
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please click on the “Apply Now” button to submit your application.
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