About the Company

Cover Genius is the global infrastructure for embedded protection. Active in over 60 countries and all 50 US States, we protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies, including Klarna, Revolut, Stripe, Priceline, Agoda, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, Tongcheng Travel, eBay, and Uber, with seamless, end-to-end experiences. Cover Genius has protected more than 73M customers globally across 240M policies with USD $3.2BN in gross written sales.

Coming off a stellar year with 40% YoY revenue growth and a recent $100M capital raise, putting our valuation at $1.9BN, we are accelerating into our next phase of growth. As part of our team, you’ll help drive our AI-first roadmap, developing hyper-personalization engines, agentic distribution, and automated claims infrastructure, while building the scalable technology powering the fast-growing $70B embedded protection market.

Our people are: Accountable, customer-obsessed, collaborative, driven

Our people are not: Passive, defensive, siloed, hesitant

About the Role

As a Compliance Specialist on our Compliance Team, you will assist with the implementation and maintenance of regulatory and licensing compliance strategies for Cover Genius across the EMEA region, including the UK.

To drive success in this role, you will have an aptitude for learning and implementing compliance frameworks. You will support the regional compliance manager in maintaining the company’s compliance programs and ensure that the insurance business has adequate controls, procedures, and processes in place to comply with all laws, regulations, and codes applicable to the sale of insurance, warranty, and related products. Regular cross-functional collaboration will be key in ensuring that the Company’s adherence to its risk appetite and guidelines are achieved to drive scalable processes which limit risk exposure to the Company.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversight of the company’s compliance requirements, policies, and internal guidelines including the maintenance of the company’s producer and adjuster licenses, preparing underwriter audit responses, and monitoring existing programs.

• Support the compliance team with compliance requests including due diligence questionnaires, regulatory and license filings, Appointed Representative appointments and filings.

• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of the Compliance processes and procedures including coordinating timely communications with regulatory authorities.

• Support in preparation of appropriate training materials for relevant stakeholders

• Provide appropriate reporting to the company’s management and board, as well as external partners and regulators.

• Understand and be aware of regulatory changes and assist in providing implementation of required changes in the region including the FCA Consumer Duty requirements.

• Work cross-functionally with teams to facilitate responses to periodic and ad hoc regulatory requests.

• Support periodic reviews to proactively identify compliance gaps and assist with implementation of corrective action.

• Provide support to other members of the broader Executive and Risk Management teams, as appropriate.

What you will bring

• 3+ years experience in a compliance role within the insurance industry, or working within an insurance related organization on compliance activities.

• Knowledge and understanding of Authorized Representative filings and relevant compliance obligation will be highly regarded.

• Experience with identification, assessment, and management frameworks for insurance risks.

• Understanding of compliance analytics and qualitative and quantitative risk measures.

• Ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, concise manner both verbally and in writing, and the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders.

• Ability to adapt quickly to a scale-up pace environment and culture.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, a postgraduate degree and/or record of academic achievement is also desirable.

What you will have

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to partner seamlessly across diverse, cross-functional teams.

• Organizational Excellence: Exceptional time management skills with a strong ability to prioritize competing tasks effectively.

• Precision & Detail Orientation: Rigorous attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality output.

Why Cover Genius?

At Cover Genius, we create magic by turning the archaic into the extraordinary. We take one of the world’s oldest and most complex industries and reinvent it with world-class technology. Cover Genius doesn’t just disrupt legacy insurance; we make the impossible feel effortless.Our operating principles guide our mission:

• Make today matter: We deliver with urgency and excellence. We act decisively, move with intention, and hold a high bar.

• Act with accountability: We own our commitments and take pride in delivering results that move us forward.

• Grow together: We are a collective of curious minds. We learn from wins and setbacks, share knowledge generously, and elevate each other every day.

• Inspire Each Other: We push each other to think bigger and pull together to go further.

• Champion Our Customers: We lead with empathy and center the customer, turning complex disruptions into seamless moments of trust.

• Flexible Work Environment - our teams are hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.

• Don't just take our word for it- hear about our culture straight from our people here: story time

Ready to make an impact? If you’re looking for a place where you’ll be challenged, trusted, and empowered, we’d love to meet you.

The Legal & Privacy Stuff

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