CASS Oversight Analyst

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform based in Bristol is seeking a CASS Oversight Analyst to support oversight activities, manage regulatory controls, and ensure financial compliance. The successful candidate will exhibit strong communication skills and a solid understanding of financial services. This full-time, permanent role offers a hybrid work model and a wealth of benefits including a discretionary bonus, generous holiday allowance, and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Gym memberships

Employee Assistance Programme

LifeWorks Discounts

Qualifications

• Prior knowledge/experience of financial services and/or CASS regulations.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Able to work in a team or alone and effectively collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular checks over areas of high CASS risk.
• Support with breach oversight and reporting.
• Assist with reporting to governance committees.

Skills

Financial services knowledge

Good communication skills

Collaboration

Curiosity and learning mindset

Job description

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easier to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our CASS Oversight team as a CASS Oversight Analyst. You will provide protection for our clients' money and assets through oversight activities to help maintain and develop our regulatory control environment. You will support the management team in the operation, maintenance and development of HL's CASS/Safeguarding governance and oversight frameworks.

What you'll be doing

• Helping to perform regular checks over areas of high CASS risk and ad hoc/thematic reviews of emerging areas of CASS risk.
• Supporting with breach oversight and reporting including breach/incident analysis.
• Helping to ensure that CASS risks from organisational change are identified and managed effectively.
• Support the oversight and analysis of MI and information provided by CASS impacting business areas to ensure CASS risks are identified and controlled effectively.
• Assist with the preparation of reporting to individuals and committees charged with governance on oversight activities performed.
• Supporting the delivery of effective CASS assurance activities including external CASS and Safeguarding audits and working with 3LoD teams to enhance CASS compliance.
• Helping more senior members of the team with business partnering activities to build a strong CASS culture of continuous improvement.

About you

• Prior knowledge/experience of financial services and/or CASS regulations.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Able to work in a team or alone and effectively collaborate to achieve common goals plus the ability to self-manage competing workloads & effectively prioritise.
• Keen sense of curiosity and a learning mindset; persistence, resilience and an eagerness to embrace challenges.

Interview process

This will be a one stage interview process, consisting of competency and behavioural questions.

Working Schedule

This role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.