International Complaints Governance Manager

Our client seeks an International Complaints Governance Manager to join their team. Role Profile: Oversee complaints governance across the group including entities in Guernsey, Ireland and the Isle of Man, as well as branches and subsidiaries. Ensure that complaints are efficiently and fairly handled in line with legal requirements, and act as an escalation point to ensure effective responses to higher risk complaints. Ensure that effective governance is in place to enable handling of complaints in line with legal requirements (that will vary by location), applying a consistent/common approach wherever possible. Ensure that key risks and themes from complaints are managed and escalated to senior management, with a view towards effective timely, and fair customer outcomes. Coordinate communication for regulatory escalations or ombudsman complaints. Key Responsibilities: Complaints Governance Coordinate complaints governance and handling across group locations, enabling consistency and best practice.Maintain associated policies and guidelines.Ensure consistency, completeness and accuracy of complaint logging, and availability of reliable, informative and effective management information on complaints, key risks, and thematic issues.Drive resolution of thematic issues/root causes with the senior COO management team.Enable appropriate monitoring and oversight of complaints in line with legal entity governance requirements, including a complaints governance forum.Ensure that complaint standards and processes are fully documented and that any changes to legal requirements are detected and captured.Ensure that Risk and Control Self Assessments are carried out in the Complaints handling function, and that appropriate risk or issue management measures are in place where there are any emerging risks or risk events.Carry out training on complaints handling and processes for escalation and prevention of complaints.Periodic Board and Executive Committee reporting across group locations.Efficient Handling Identify and implement efficiency measures relating to management and prevention of complaints.Ensure that clear standards and approval processes are in place for compensation payments, enabling consistency while considering expectations of external stakeholders.Enable cost-effective complaint outcomes for the company, while ensuring that determinations are fair to the customer.Complaint Escalation and External Stakeholders Review and agree responses and handling strategy for higher risk complaint cases, such as those where a legal opinion may be required, or where an ombudsman or regulator is involved.Coordinate communication for any regulatory escalations or ombudsman complaints.Coordinate responses to social media complaints.Ensure that the risks associated with complaint cases are effectively managed, and any thematic issues are escalated.Advise and support the complaints teams on ad-hoc issues or queries, or preventative measures to avoid escalation of complaints.Oversee complaint responses where there is actual or threatened litigation, or complainants have obtained legal advice, in coordination with the Legal team.Ad-Hoc Assist in handling of external fraud cases or data protection breaches where these relate to complaints.Act as SME for relevant... If you have the required skills please apply online at searchandselect.com quoting reference number: 15076