Assurance - Financial Services - Forensics - Director - London

ACCA Careers; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Investigations & Compliance Market Facing Director, where you will leverage your expertise to address critical fraud and corruption issues in the financial services sector. This role offers the chance to work with diverse clients, driving commercial growth and leading a talented team. You will be at the forefront of developing innovative solutions, ensuring compliance, and enhancing operational integrity. With a strong emphasis on continuous learning and a diverse culture, this position empowers you to make a meaningful impact while building your career in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about problem-solving and thrive in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Transformative Leadership Coaching

Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Qualifications

• Proven track record in sales and relationship building.
• Strong understanding of compliance and investigation processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial growth and support clients in complex investigations.
• Develop innovative solutions for fraud and compliance challenges.

Skills

Fraud and Corruption Knowledge

Compliance Expertise

Investigation Methodology

Business Intelligence Tools

Project Management Skills

Analytical Skills

Relationship Building

Problem-Solving

Education

Professional Accountancy Qualification (CA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Despite the best efforts of regulators, internal controls and risk departments, corruption and fraud continue to challenge banks, insurers and other Financial Institutions across the globe. Society’s growing expectations in relation to Integrity, coupled with the increased transparency afforded by technology, pose an ever-evolving challenge to all business leaders. When facing acts of fraud, government regulatory inquiries, major litigation or transactional disputes, clients know that we have the investigative experience and domain specialism they need, when they need it, where they need it.

The opportunity

Our Forensics team is growing and as an Investigations & Compliance Market Facing Director you’ll play a crucial role in that growth. Working with clients across all Financial Services sub-sectors, you’ll develop innovative recommendations to some of the most challenging fraud and corruption issues faced by the industry today. Since we work with such a diverse portfolio of clients across industries and geographies, you can expect to take on a wide range of prevention and detection projects, making this a great place to apply your skills and business knowledge.

Your key responsibilities

Market Facing Directors are focused primarily on commercial growth and demonstrating exceptional leadership for our people and for our clients. A key responsibility is therefore supporting leadership in meeting growth targets. Because all clients have unique issues, it’s no exaggeration to say you’ll be switching context frequently speaking with a range of clients from different sub-sectors across a wide range of relevant topics, helping them to investigate complex issues and developing practical solutions that address operational challenges. You’ll also support our clients to proactively monitor and address important risks within their businesses. It’s all about leveraging and developing our team to creatively assess and resolve our clients’ needs from the front lines, producing robust deliverables which contribute to Shaping the Future with Confidence.

Skills and attributes for success

Knowledge and experience with:

• Fraud, Corruption, Compliance and Integrity domain specialism, including key legislative instruments and enforcement trends (e.g. Failure to Prevent Fraud, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, Bribery Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, OECD convention on corruption, local corruption legislation) and knowledge of industry technologies and operating environments.
• Investigation methodology (e.g. in instances of bribery & corruption, fraud, bankruptcy and insolvency).
• Compliance (e.g. risk assessment, monitoring, maturity assessments, remediation).
• Business Intelligence tools and techniques.
• Preparing, interpreting and/or auditing accounts.
• Analysing, modelling, testing, documenting and presenting financial scenarios, identifying risks and issues, anticipating challenges.
• Project Management skills.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Proven track record of sales excellence and a strong aptitude for relationship building.
• A defined commercial case for the UK Financial Services market.
• A curious, inquisitive mindset and enthusiasm for problem-solving.
• Enthusiasm for working across borders in an open and multi-cultural environment.
• Confidence to support clients in situations with significant ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Experience of understanding, digesting, explaining, analysing company accounts and financial information, processes, policies and procedures.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the fields of Investigations & Compliance.
• Advanced Skills in Excel and experience in Word, PowerPoint.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A Professional accountancy qualification (CA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent) and/or specialist qualification (e.g. ACFE) will be a differentiator.

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the energy and ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to build or improve our current relationships, sales pipeline and processes.

What we offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Apply now.

Please note: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!

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