CASS Safeguarding Technical Assurance Specialist

Grant Thornton UK LLP; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Camden Town is looking for a dedicated audit quality professional to enhance service quality and drive improvements in audit procedures. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in audit, particularly with CASS and FCA regulations, and a professional accountancy qualification. This role involves close collaboration with audit teams to uphold high standards and improve risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience in audit and/or audit quality control.
• Experience of CASS and safeguarding audits and understanding of the CASS rules.
• Good understanding of FCA regulation across financial services sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high-priority service and enhance audit quality.
• Work closely with audit teams on technical aspects.
• Support and coach teams in implementing improvements.

Skills

Technical excellence

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Proficiency in MS Excel

Proficiency in MS Word

Proficiency in MS PowerPoint

Education

Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, CA or ACCA)

Job description

Responsibilities

As a member of this team, you will be part of developing a high priority service within our business, with a real opportunity to add value and shape the way our firm embeds quality within our culture and creates a high-quality service for our clients. In order to successfully deliver this role, team members will need to demonstrate technical excellence, an ability to constructively challenge and integrity. On a day-to-day basis you will be working closely with our audit teams and technical senior team. This will involve applying excellent technical skills, while developing strong relationships quickly, where you can deliver challenging messages in a positive and confident way. You will challenge the execution of audit procedures and documentation of audit work performed in regulatory areas, whilst supporting and coaching teams to implement identified improvements in audit quality – specifically in relation to CASS, safeguarding and other regulatory assurance engagements. You will identify issues and matters where firm‑wide action may be required, as well as other ad‑hoc projects related to improving audit quality and enhancing risk management. We would be open to exploring a split role between technical specialist and managing CASS and safeguarding audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in audit and/or audit quality control
• Experience of CASS and safeguarding audits and sound understanding of the CASS rules
• Good understanding of FCA regulation across the financial services sectors
• Excellent insight and analytical skills so that you can evaluate a significant amount of information, understand the bigger picture and identify what is important to ensure that high quality standards are achieved
• Highly motivated and passionate about audit quality with a desire to seek new ways to drive improvement
• A willingness to work flexibly both as part of a close-knit team and as a self‑directed individual

Skills to set you apart

Here are a few more skills we are looking for. Don't worry if you don't tick every box. It's important for us to support you in your role and help you to develop along the way.

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification (ACA, CA or ACCA)
• Previous experience of working in a technical role in a professional services environment
• Communication skills – a strong ability to articulate technical concepts in a clear and understandable way.
• An ability and desire to work with a client base across a broad range of sectors
• Ability to think creatively to identify ways to improve audit quality
• Team work/collaboration – working closely alongside others with different skillsets and experience to develop the best solutions to complex questions
• Strong IT skills including proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint