Associate Director - CASS & Safeguarding - Financial Services Advisory

ACCA Careers; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic accountancy and business advisory firm that plays a crucial role in supporting entrepreneurial businesses across the UK. This position offers a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in FCA regulations and financial products while leading a team to deliver exceptional client service. You'll collaborate with various departments to enhance service delivery and contribute to the growth of the firm. With a strong emphasis on personal development and a supportive culture, this role is perfect for someone looking to make a tangible impact in a fast-paced environment. Embrace the challenge and help fuel the UK economy with your skills and knowledge.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of FCA’s CASS rulebook and financial products.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate a team while ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Build and maintain client relationships, delivering quality services.

Skills

FCA’s CASS rulebook knowledge

Financial products expertise

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Client relationship management

Controls experience

Collaboration skills

Project Management

Education

ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualified or equivalent

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited, and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Made up of over 500 specialists in financial services, our FS Audit & Advisory teams are essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. By providing quality assurance to the businesses we work with, across the financial services industry, we help to ensure the continuing stability and authenticity of the financial markets. From small start-ups to large international organisations and FTSE 250 companies, it’s our expertise that enables the companies we work with to succeed, no matter what their business goals may be. Driven and ambitious by nature, when you join this team, you’ll make a real and tangible difference – and play a critical part in accelerating our growth journey. If you’re searching for a unique challenge, in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, this is it. Discover a role that delivers all the training, coaching and development you need to succeed.

You’ll be someone with:

• Subject matter expert level knowledge of the FCA’s CASS rulebook and Safeguarding equivalent (subject to expected change in FCA rules) for Payment and E-money firms.
• Subject matter expert level knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation, and compliance.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage, coach, and motivate a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proven track record of building and maintaining client relationships, winning and delivering work in the marketplace.
• Controls experience.
• Ability to collaborate with other departments to provide seamless service to clients.
• Project Management experience.
• ACA / ACCA / ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.