Manager - Risk, Ethics and Compliance team

Michael Page (UK); City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in London is seeking a qualified accountant for their Risk and Compliance team. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, providing advisory services, and conducting quality monitoring. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in audit and ethics, alongside relevant qualifications. The position offers excellent salary, benefits, and a hybrid working model, allowing work from home 60% of the time.

Benefits

Excellent salary and benefits

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Likely to be a qualified accountant or equivalent.
• Background within audit or compliance function in a professional services environment.
• Knowledge of ICAEW's Code of Ethics and FRC Ethical Standard.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide advisory services to fee earning and support teams.
• Conduct quality and compliance monitoring.

Skills

Qualified accountant or equivalent

Audit background

Ethics and compliance knowledge

Analytical ability

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

Overview

Top 20 accounting firm with hybrid working. Focus principally on ISQM (UK) 1 and Ethical matters.

About Our Client

Join this top 20 accountancy firm in their Risk and Compliance team in London.

Job Description

This is an ideal opportunity for a professionally qualified accountant with auditor general practice experience who is looking to develop their career in a key and varied support role in practice outside of direct client work.

• The primary focus is on ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements (principally Audit Regulations, Ethical compliance, ICAEW Practice Assurance and Designated Professional Body (investment business) regulations and oversight of the firm's enterprise risk management (ERM) framework).
• The team also provide advisory services to fee earning and support teams, publish guidance documentation, prepare and deliver internal briefings, develop firm policy, conduct quality and compliance monitoring and create and maintain content on the firm's intranet. The team works closely alongside the firm's separate Legal, Technical and Financial Crime Compliance teams.

The Successful Applicant

• Likely to be a qualified accountant or equivalent
• Background within audit or the ethics and/or compliance function of a professional services environment
• Knowledge of the ICAEW\'s Code of Ethics and the FRC Ethical Standard
• Ability to analyse and research risk, ethics and compliance queries, providing advice and solutions that are timely and robust

Knowledge of the following is desirable:

• ISQM (UK) 1
• Audit Regulations
• UK GAAP
• IFRS (UK)

What\'s on Offer

• Excellent salary and benefits.
• Hybrid working. Work from home 60% of the time.