Compliance Associate (Audit)

fscom; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical

Bike to work

Learning & development

Ambassador awards

Social calendar

Job summary

fscom, a leading compliance consultancy, is seeking a Payments team member to deliver audit and assurance support to clients across financial crime, information security, consumer duty and safeguarding. You will work with senior consultants and benefit from direct exposure to leaders and a strong client base.

This role develops professional consultancy skills in a collaborative, high-performing environment with a hybrid working model, flexible remote and in-person work, and a focus on learning,

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in an audit, assurance or compliance testing role or accounting practice with financial services exposure.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information.
• Professional demeanor with strong communication to clients and team members.
• Excellent organisational skills to manage multiple deadlines and projects.
• Curiosity, initiative and a drive to develop consultancy skills and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Assist with high-quality compliance work products for clients.
• Deliver on multiple projects across Financial Crime, Information Security, Consumer Duty and Safeguarding.
• Partner with clients to understand their business and support regulatory strategy design and implementation.
• Undertake compliance audits and provide recommendations to achieve regulatory compliance.
• Stay up to date with evolving regulatory requirements.
• Perform other duties as reasonably required.

Skills

Audit & Assurance

Financial services

Analytical skills

Communication

Time management

Job description

fscom is a leading GPTW and Diversity Mark accredited consulting firm, providing compliance solutions to the asset management, capital markets, digital assets and payments industries across UK and Europe. We help financial services firms benchmark compliance against the regulations and their peers so they know where they stand. Then we help them get to where they want to be.

Over the last 15 years, we have built a reputation for providing high quality, commercially focused advice to our clients, meaning that we have become widely recognised as the premier compliance consulting firm to the financial services sector.

Following our strategic partnership with Bridgepoint in 2022, we are on an exciting growth trajectory and are looking for driven, ambitious professionals to be part of this journey.

Our Aspire learning and development strategy is a promise to invest in our people, to unlock potential, and to build a culture where learning never stops, it's a commitment from colleagues and the company to help every individual thrive professionally and personally.

THE ROLE

As a member of the Payments team, you will be responsible for delivering audit and assurance support to our clients, and for providing them with guidance, advice and valuable insight. You will work as part of a team and alongside senior consultants and under the supervision of trailblazers and experts in this industry. With our deep domain expertise within the Payments & E-Money industry, we will enable you to have the opportunity to engage in a variety of projects across a diverse range of exciting and cutting-edge clients.

These roles are a great development opportunity for individuals who wish to learn from the best, work with our experts and challenge themselves in innovating and developing with our clients. We will ensure you have direct face time regularly with the leaders of our business to ensure your connection and learning. We are looking for candidates who demonstrate initiative, diligence in their work and analysis, and have the drive to learn and bring fresh approaches and develop their knowledge.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting with the provision of high-quality compliance work products to our clients.
• Working and delivering on multiple projects across Financial Crime, Information Security, Consumer Duty and Safeguarding.
• Partnering with our client base to understand their business and support the design and implementation of their regulatory strategy.
• Undertaking compliance audits for clients and make appropriate recommendations which achieve regulatory compliance for the client.
• Stay up to date with the ever-evolving regulatory requirements.
• Any other duties as reasonably required.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• 2+ years’ experience working within an audit, assurance or compliance testing role, or an accountancy practice with a strong interest in financial services.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information.
• Displays professionalism in everything they do.
• Ability to work with, and communicate information clearly and effectively to, both clients and team members.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage numerous deadlines and projects simultaneously.
• Excellent attention to detail and understands the importance of pride in the work delivered internally and to clients.
• Quick to learn, curious with initiative, and constantly striving to develop technical expertise
• Collegiate outlook with the ability to work effectively as part of a cohesive team, whilst taking ownership for areas under their responsibility.
• A strong desire to build consultancy skills and client base in the future.
• A positive contributor to fscom journey and culture, with an understanding of the importance of collegiality and being an ambassador of the company.

fscom reserves the right to expand the criteria for this role dependent upon the number of applications received.

WHAT WILL I GET FROM THE ROLE?

• Opportunity to grow your career in an award-winning consultancy.
• Work with industry experts, collaborating daily with some of the leading specialists in governance, risk, and compliance.
• Be part of a dynamic, growing company, joining at an exciting time of expansion and opportunity.
• Hybrid working environment with flexibility to work remotely and in person
• A benefits packages which extends beyond annual leave, pension, private medical, bike to work scheme and includes breakfast and fruit provision, ambassador awards, bespoke learning and development programmes and a social calendar which enables colleagues to connect with activities and social engagements that work for them, whilst also raising money for our chosen charity.

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to Diversity & Inclusion and being a Great Place to Work (GPTW) for all and currently hold the Silver standard in Diversity Mark NI and the GPTW accreditation.