Personal Ethics & Independence Operations Manager (Leeds)

Whatsoninleeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join KPMG as a Personal Ethics & Independence Operations Manager, where you will lead teams focused on compliance and risk management. This part-time role involves ensuring operational efficiency within the Ethics and Independence team, providing guidance on compliance matters, and fostering a team-oriented environment. Ideal candidates will possess strong project management skills and a background in regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Client-focused with a passion for excellence.
• Experience in regulatory policies related to Financial Investments.
• Prior experience in compliance or audit roles is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of independence teams.
• Identify and escalate breaches of personal independence requirements.
• Act as performance manager for team members.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Communication

Team Player

Detail-oriented

Job description

Personal Ethics & Independence Operations Manager (Leeds)

Part-time

Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

KPMG UK

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Full Job Description

Personal Ethics and Independence Operations Manager (24-month FTC)

The KPMG Business Services function is a cornerstone of our UK business. Operating from 20 UK locations and sitting with KPMG Central Services, we do work that matters.

Within Central Services, we are part of a community of experts across a wide range of critical activities who help grow, run, and protect KPMG in the UK.

From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities, and Business Support, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Sales and Marketing, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm, which we support with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join KPMG as a Personal Ethics & Independence Operations Manager

The Ethics and Independence (E&I) team are part of the Quality and Risk Management Risk Operations Group, responsible for monitoring the firm’s and its individuals’ compliance with professional risk management and quality control policies, procedures, and guidance. The group also works with the wider Quality and Risk community and across the KPMG network to exchange knowledge, develop, and improve processes and procedures in response to emerging regulatory, business, and other requirements.

Within the Risk Operations Group, there are four teams responsible for Partner and colleague independence, communicating UK policy, process, and guidance on Ethics & Independence, and providing guidance and advice to partners and colleagues on these matters.

What will you be doing?

This role manages four teams responsible for Partner and colleague independence.

• Managing the day-to-day operations of these teams, consulting with relevant Ethics and Independence colleagues, and supporting senior management to improve compliance levels.
• Ensuring processes are carried out in accordance with timescales, overseeing preclearance, helpdesk, independence teams, and data teams.
• Acting as a secondary escalation point for non-standard queries, understanding and applying KPMG policies and relevant regulations.
• Identifying and escalating breaches of personal independence requirements, providing management information, and fostering process improvements.
• Managing initiatives to enhance compliance, overseeing data collation for risk metrics, and driving system and process changes due to regulatory updates.
• Acting as a performance manager for team members, ensuring career development, engagement, and motivation, and leading ad-hoc projects related to Quality and Risk Management.

What will you need to do it?

• Client-focused with a passion for excellence, empathetic, and understanding of issues faced by clients and colleagues.
• Experience in applying regulatory and firm policies related to Financial Investments and compliance.
• Strong project management, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to work autonomously and take responsibility.
• Supportive team-player with coaching, mentoring, and decision-making abilities.
• Pragmatic, logical, detail-oriented, and able to handle sensitive/confidential information appropriately.
• Prior experience in compliance or audit roles is advantageous.

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