Compliance Associate

Interactive Brokers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is looking for a Compliance Analyst to assist with compliance risk assessments and monitoring programs. The role involves executing testing programs and maintaining compliance policies. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, 2+ years in compliance or audit, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in Excel. This position offers hybrid working and various employee benefits including performance bonuses and career development support.

Benefits

Career support and development

Performance-based bonus scheme

Group Life Assurance cover

Private Medical Insurance

Daily company-paid lunch

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in compliance, risk, or audit.
• Comfortable with technology and regulatory solutions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with compliance risk assessment design and execution.
• Execute monitoring and testing programs based on industry standards.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess impact on compliance programs.

Skills

Business analysis

Compliance

Risk assessment

Interpersonal skills

Excel skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design, planning and execution of the firm’s periodic compliance risk assessment.
• Execute and assist in optimisation of the firm’s monitoring and testing program in accordance with industry standards and expectations of management, auditors, and the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), covering all regulatory risk overseen by General Compliance notably including Product Governance, PRIIPS, Client Appropriateness, Categorisation, Conflicts of Interest, Financial Promotions, upcoming Consumer Duty and other conduct related matters under MIFID II / FCA Handbook.
• Design queries, testing sheets and conduct analysis of processes’ compliance to measure and provide clear observations of the risk factors and controls.
• Effectively and clearly organise and document information arising from the execution of the monitoring and testing programme targeted at different stakeholders; and identify changes and enhancements to the programme as required.
• Assist with the maintenance of Compliance Policies and Procedures framework, ensuring all artefacts are updated on a regular basis.
• Assist with thematic reviews of IBUK’s different business compliance areas.
• Monitor changes to the business and areas of regulatory change and work with colleagues to assess the impact on the Compliance testing and monitoring plan and the business.
• Support others in the General Compliance team as required.

Qualifications / Key skills, Experience and Behaviours

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Solid experience (ideally 2 years +) as a business analyst, audit, compliance, risk, or other professional, with relevant experience in conducting system or programme testing and / or thematic reviews.
• Knowledge of the applicable regulatory framework, including Conduct Risk, Consumer Duty, COBS, DISP, SYSC, PROD and other relevant FCA sourcebooks / guidance is a plus.
• Excellent communication and written skills, particularly the ability to interpret and transform information into effective and clear language aimed at target audience.
• Significant interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with the key stakeholders inside and outside of the firm to build strong relationships and achieve results.
• High degree of comfort with technology and a functional understanding of how technology can be applied to business and regulatory solutions, strong Excel skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple, deadline-driven priorities in the fast-paced work environment with strong attention to detail.
• Outstanding analytical, problem solving, organisation and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, formulate and articulate solutions and defend assumptions.
• Excellent time management skills combined with the ability to work on your own initiative and exercise judgement with discretion.
• Versatile as the needs and demands of the team evolve.

Location

Walkie Talkie Building, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY

9am – 6pm, Monday – Friday

Benefits

• Career support and development
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Performance based discretionary cash bonus scheme
• Discretionary stock grant
• Group Life Assurance cover
• Group Income Protection
• Occupation pension scheme based on Gross earnings
• Hybrid working model
• Above statutory annual leave, increasing with service
• Daily company-paid lunch and healthy snack options throughout the day (when working from the office)
• Access to Private Medical Insurance, Dental Plan and / or Health Cash Plan
• Corporate events
• Travel season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• on successful completion of the probation period