Client Money Controls Coordinator

Everywhen; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

35 hour working week

Career progression

Professional qualifications support

Pension scheme

24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

Corporate perks

Volunteer day

ACT charity donation matching

Spotlight Awards

Job summary

Everywhen is seeking a highly organised and analytical Client Money Controls Coordinator to join our Finance and IBA Operations team in the UK. The role focuses on maintaining and enhancing the client money control framework while ensuring compliance with FCA CASS requirements.

You will coordinate control attestations, support regulatory reporting, and drive improvements across the client money control environment, collaborating with Risk, Compliance, Finance and Audit teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail.
• Analytical and investigative problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Confident working independently and with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CASS regulations, particularly CASS 5 and CASS 8.
• Experience in regulated financial services; insurance sector experience.
• Exposure to risk, controls, audit, compliance or client money functions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and proactively review Client & Insurer Money controls through risk management framework and online risk event portal.
• Coordinate quarterly control attestation processes with key stakeholders across the business.
• Support the implementation of new controls and enhancements to existing control processes.
• Maintain the CASS Risk Assessment, ensuring risks are identified and linked to controls.
• Produce monthly client money reporting, management information, and analytics.
• Maintain the central breach register, ensuring CASS breaches are recorded and monitored.
• Build strong working relationships with senior stakeholders, operational teams and external auditors.
• Identify control gaps and process inefficiencies; drive continuous improvement.
• Support compliance with FCA Client Asset Sourcebook requirements and internal governance standards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Time management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Financial services experience

Insurance sector experience

Risk and controls exposure

Job description

We are looking for a highly organised and analytical Client Money Controls Coordinator to join our Finance and IBA Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and enhancing our Client & Insurer Money control framework while supporting a strong regulatory environment across the business.

Working closely with stakeholders across Operations, Risk & Compliance, Finance and Client Money Audit, you will help ensure our controls remain robust, effective and compliant with FCA Client Asset Sourcebook (CASS) requirements. You will also be responsible for coordinating control attestations, supporting regulatory reporting and driving continuous improvements across the client money control environment.

This role would suit someone with experience in financial services, risk, controls, audit, compliance or client money operations who is looking to further develop their expertise within a regulatory and governance-focused environment.

What will you do as a Client Money Controls Coordinator?

• Oversee and proactively review Client & Insurer Money controls through our risk management framework and online risk event portal.
• Coordinate quarterly control attestation processes with key stakeholders across the business.
• Support the implementation of new controls and enhancements to existing control processes.
• Maintain the CASS Risk Assessment, ensuring risks are appropriately identified, documented and linked to effective controls.
• Produce monthly client money reporting, management information and analytics.
• Maintain the central breach register, ensuring all CASS 5 and CASS 8 breaches are accurately recorded and monitored.
• Build strong working relationships with senior stakeholders, operational teams and external auditors.
• Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support compliance with FCA Client Asset Sourcebook requirements and internal governance standards.

What are we looking for in our next Client Money Controls Coordinator?

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Analytical and investigative problem-solving abilities.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence working independently and collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CASS regulations, particularly CASS 5 and CASS 8.
• Experience working within a regulated financial services environment.
• Previous experience within the insurance sector.
• Exposure to risk, controls, audit, compliance or client money functions.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• 35 hour working week
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
• Award-winning learning & development offering and support to obtain professional qualifications to enhance your knowledge and career prospects
• Pension scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
• 24-hour Employee Assistance support for you and your family’s physical and mental wellbeing
• Corporate perks such as discounted gym memberships, cinema tickets, shopping, Eyecare vouchers, cycle to work and much more
• One day paid volunteering to give back to our communities
• Ardonagh Community Trust (ACT) - raising funds for charity with donation matching in your local community
• The Spotlight Awards, where we celebrate the best of the Ardonagh Group and all the bright talent across our business.

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future.

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Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received.

Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

As an Everywhen colleague, you will be expected to uphold our values, act professionally and respectfully towards others, and contribute to a workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We expect all colleagues to help maintain an environment free from bullying, harassment, victimisation and other inappropriate behaviours, supporting our commitment to an inclusive and high-performing culture.