Compliance Advisory Officer (4-6 month FTC)

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a International bank based in the West End

THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in the continuing enhancement of the Bank’s Compliance operations
• Foster a positive working relationship with the Bank’s stakeholders
• Act as a focal point by providing specialist Compliance support and advice to the business
• Act as point of contact for the business in dealing with customer complaints
• Support the Compliance Advisory Manager in the continual evaluation and implementation of relevant Compliance policies, procedures and processes
• Coordinate Compliance reporting both in the UK and Head Office
• Support the identification, review and assessment of  daily  regulatory publications released by the UK regulators as applicable for the bank
• Facilitate regulatory project(s) to completion as required
• Monitor and assist with the completion of the Annual Compliance Plan
• Facilitate and / or perform appropriate monitoring, testing, reporting, analysis   and investigation in order to identify, report and remediate Compliance risks.
• Constructively challenge existing processes where an alternative solution could improve quality or efficiency
• Provide support to the delivery of Compliance training on regulatory issues
• Developing and updating Compliance policies and procedures and interacting with branch staff to ensure consistency
• Assist with departmental Management Information and compliance- related administrative tasks
• Provide assistance to the Compliance Advisory Manager to achieve departmental goals.
• Comply with all applicable regulations, rules, codes, guidelines and standards set by regulators and the Bank, and carry out duties with high integrity.
• Adhere to all established risk control guidelines, procedures and measures to identify, assess, report, mitigate and monitor the risks involved in the day-to-day work.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Experience of working in a Compliance function in financial service organisations (ideally UK retail and corporate banking experience).
• Good working knowledge of the UK regulatory environment (PRA & FCA).
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to interpret regulations and analyse their relevance to the Bank
• Experience of drafting and implementing policies and procedures.
• Ability to collate information and draft reports for senior management, maintain logs / management information, interpret data for purposes of regulatory and internal reporting.
• Awareness of regulatory requirements relating to complaints handling (FOS), data protection (ICO), governance risk & compliance.
• Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

For further information please contact Hannah Tabatabai