People Governance and Accountability Senior Manager

London/Cardiff/UK Remote | 💰c.£85,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits ✨

Our People Governance & Accountability team ⭐

We call it Monzo Magic. Mission. Action. Growth. Inclusion. Care. It runs through everything that we do and within the People Collective it’s how we set Monzo up for success by bringing mission led people together to do work and banking differently. We foster a culture that centres on our customers and brings together the best of tech with the best of banking. We empower a diverse, high performing, innovative and agile workforce in doing the most impactful work of their careers to date. It’s an ambitious task to scale this culture and ways of working, but it’s a mission we’re committed to.

At Monzo, we want governance to do more than keep us safe. It should be clear, practical and scalable. It should help us grow with confidence, and make accountability work well in real life.

That’s what our People Governance & Accountability team is here to do.

We’re a small, high-impact team working at the intersection of People, Legal, Compliance and Risk. We own the end-to-end design and operation of Monzo’s accountability and people governance frameworks globally, making sure our approach stands up to internal and external scrutiny and works effectively in practice.

We’re looking for a People Governance and Accountability Senior Manager to join us. This is an individual contributor role with meaningful scope. You’ll own operational delivery across our people governance and accountability frameworks, and continuously improve how they work over time, and partner with teams across Monzo to keep things clear, efficient and well controlled. You’ll report to the People Governance & Accountability Lead and work closely with two other team members.

🔑 You’ll play a key role by...

…owning and coordinating the day-to-day operational delivery of people governance and accountability at Monzo. You’ll help turn complex regulatory requirements into practical, efficient and well-controlled processes that work at scale.

This isn’t just about keeping things compliant. You’ll help make sure Monzo can operate confidently across people-related regulation, accountability regimes and broader governance requirements in multiple jurisdictions, while improving the experience and efficiency of how the work gets done.

This role has influence and impact across the People Collective and Monzo as a whole. The quality of your judgement, attention to detail, delivery and partnership will directly affect how effectively Monzo manages accountability, risk and regulatory scrutiny as we grow.

What you’ll be doing

This role blends people and governance expertise, regulatory knowledge, operational ownership and systems thinking.

As you scale with us, you will:

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of our accountability regimes (SMCR and IAF/SEAR), making sure key processes, controls, timelines and outputs are delivered to a high standard.
• Run business-as-usual activities across fit and proper assessments, certification, accountability processes (including applications and mapping), governance documentation and regulatory reporting.
• Coordinate day-to-day work across the team, ensuring priorities are clear and delivery stays on track.
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert on accountability and people governance, supporting stakeholders to navigate complexity and make thoughtful, risk-based decisions.
• Build and evolve our broader people governance framework, including how we manage people-related risk, controls, decision-making and organisational change.
• Identify and deliver improvements to processes, controls and tooling, making our frameworks more efficient, scalable and easier to use.
• Partner closely with teams across People, Legal, Compliance, Risk & Controls, Company Secretariat our Board and the wider business to land decisions and keep work moving.
• Support audit, assurance and regulatory engagement with high-quality evidence, papers, reporting and process management.
• Use data and insight to spot themes, identify risks, prioritise improvements and shape the team’s operational roadmap.
• Work closely with the People Governance & Accountability Lead on higher-risk issues, strategic changes and the continued evolution of our global frameworks.

What you’ll own

Operational ownership

You’ll own the day-to-day running of people governance and accountability at Monzo, making sure our core frameworks operate effectively, deadlines are met, outputs are high quality, and work is delivered with consistency and control.

Continuous improvement

You’ll identify smarter ways to do things, improving processes, controls and tooling. That could mean automating manual work, evolving governance cadences, or building more efficient and scalable workflows that reduce risk and friction.

Cross-functional delivery

You’ll work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure people governance and accountability requirements are clear, practical and implemented effectively across the business.

Risk and judgement

You’ll apply thoughtful, risk-based judgement to support pragmatic decision-making, balancing pace, control, consistency and business needs.

Insight and prioritisation

You’ll use data, reporting and feedback to identify themes, spot risks and prioritise where the team should focus, helping shape how the function continues to evolve.

🤩 We’d love to hear from you if…

• You have strong experience in a regulated environment, ideally in governance, compliance, risk, or legal.
• You have hands-on experience of SMCR in a UK dual-regulated (FCA/PRA) firm, and familiarity with IAF/SEAR or other accountability regimes.
• You can translate regulatory or policy requirements into clear, practical processes, training and guidance.
• You have experience planning and leading projects from end to end, driving delivery and keeping work on track.
• You’re collaborative and thoughtful in how you work, and you’re great at bringing together different stakeholders to solve problems well.
• You are a strong communicator, whether you’re writing governance papers, improving processes or talking through nuanced decisions.
• You’re comfortable building relationships with senior stakeholders and presenting to senior forums.
• You’re comfortable working independently and adapting to changing priorities, focusing quickly on higher-risk areas when needed.
• You enjoy building and improving ways of working - spotting gaps, bringing structure and creating more effective, reliable processes.
• You use data and judgement together, and you’re confident making pragmatic recommendations when there isn’t a perfect answer.
• You thrive in a fast-moving environment where you have to balance control, pace and practicality.

🙌 What’s in it for you

💰 c.£85,000 ➕Incentive Awards tied to your performance

⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.

📚 £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

🏡 We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup.

➕ Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.

🌈 The application journey has 4 key steps

• First stage - Recruiter screen
• Second stage - Initial Call with Hiring Manager
• Third stage - Task
• Fourth stage - Role and values interview

This process should take around 2-3 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

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The closing date for applications is 16th August.

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