Remote Competency Assessor

Quilter plc; Northern Ireland; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Quilter plc is seeking a Remote Competency Assessor to evaluate adviser competencies using our in-house systems. The role requires delivering coaching, ensuring adherence to Treating Customers Fairly, and escalating risks to governance.

You will conduct adviser reviews, prepare reports, and support senior management with continuous improvement across SMCR controls. Candidates should hold a Level 4 Diploma or higher, be comfortable with MS Office, and work independently in a fully remote capacity

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 4 Diploma; solid experience in financial services compliance and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conduct remote competency assessment meetings across adviser population.

Skills

Regulatory oversight

Risk assessment

Coaching & feedback

Strong questioning

Communication skills

Education

Level 4 Diploma in Financial Services

Tools

MS Office

Job description

## Remote Competency AssessorApply: England (Home Workers): Wales (Home Workers): Scotland (Home Workers): Northern Ireland (Home Workers): Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 3, 2026 (10 days left to apply): R5730# ****About the Business****Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £157.4 billion in customer investments (as of August 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth. Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands. At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues. Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!# ****About the Role****Level: 4Department: SupervisionLocation: Fully remoteContract: Permanent Our Remote Competency Assessor will be responsible for completing competency assessment meetings remotely across our adviser population, using our in-house technology, identifying any development areas, and progressing these through appropriate action plans. You will use your knowledge and experience in your day-to-day role and can be a cross functional worker, pulling on information from all areas of the business. You will explain and enforce the oversight contract with Appointed Representatives and Registered Individuals detailing the requirements, methods of assessment used and timescales to be applied. You’ll educate Appointed Representatives and Registered Individuals in respect of their compliance requirements, “Treating Customers Fairly” responsibilities and achieving Good Customer Outcomes. Delivering the risk assessment regime to Appointed Representatives and Registered Individuals and assess the skills, competencies and knowledge required to maintain competence. Conduct Adviser Reviews - completing reports, providing coaching and feedback, identifying risks, and escalating any identified failings through to the Firm Compliance Partner. You will be providing regular feedback to senior management on any issues identified within the Quilter group. You’ll conduct customer care calls as appropriate when needing to substantiate findings or to support competency sign off. Manage identified issues to conclusion through effective use of enhanced monitoring events action Plans and Governance actions plans. ***NB: This is a SMCR certified role: CASS Oversight, Functions requiring qualifications & Manager of Certification employees***# ****About You****To succeed in this role, you must be Level 4 Diploma qualified as a minimum and have proven experience in working within the financial services sector, ideally but not essentially within a T&C supervisory function. We are looking for someone who is a self-starter, motivated, inquisitive by nature and can work independently on their own initiative. You must also be computer literate and be familiar with Microsoft Office. You will have the ability to follow compliance rules and enforce the standards as directed by the network. You will have strong communication skills in particular strong questioning skills and will be able to display sound judgment when assessing risks and developing action plans. Experience of Network/National and IFA/restricted advice models desirable but not essential to the role.