Compliance Associate, Payments - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

eFinancialCareers

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our Payments Practice is looking for a highly motivated, proactive yet disciplined compliance associate to provide high quality, specialist advice to our clients ranging from detailed regulatory guidance through to delivering complex regulatory implementationprojects.

We are looking for the associate to be an integral part of our successful Payments practice, supporting clients across the payment services and e-money sector as well as participating in marketing and business development, assisting with technical research,producing technical materials and supporting the delivery of RegTech initiatives.

The role provides an opportunity to contribute to the continuing growth of the Payments practice whose clients range from UK based SPIs to international EMIs providing innovative fintech solutions.

Some of the areas you can expect to assist clients include:

Provide high quality advice and support to clients on a range of regulatory compliance matters.
Draft and maintain policies, procedures and other compliance related documentation
Develop training materials and assist with the delivery of training sessions and workshops
Conduct regulatory reviews and compliance health checks
Respond to adhoc and routine regulatory queries
Support Payments related revenue growth from both ongoing support and project engagements, and by contributing to the development of new products and service offerings
Build and maintain professional working relationships with clients, trade bodies and Regulators
Actively seek to increase Bovill's client base and pipeline by performing market research and identifying new prospects to target as well as leveraging existing client relationships to maximise opportunities for upselling and crossselling
Actively partner with global sector teams to support and deliver on shared projects and responsibilities, where required

You will have the opportunity to attend relevant industry events to build your network and promote the Bovill brand.

In addition, you will be able to participate in and, where relevant, help to present at Bovill events and training sessions, such as clientbriefings on topical regulatory issues and roundtable events aimed at compliance professionals to enable you to engage with and build Bovill's client base.

Successful applicants will have:

Significant compliance experience gained at payment services/emoney institutions, legal practice, consultancy and/or the Regulator
A degree level education
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the PSRs, EMRs, PSD2 and FCA Handbook
Good understanding of the FCA's supervisory approach for the payment services and emoney sector
A good understanding of the business issues and the key regulatory challenges faced across the payment services and emoney sector, including areas of supervisory focus and UK-EU divergence
Knowledge and experience of nonUK payment and emoney regulatory regimes would be an advantage.
A broad understanding of the regulatory and supervisory environment and an appetite to keep learning
Proven track record of exceeding financial goals and sales targets; consulting experience would be advantageous
Experience of translating regulatory rules and guidance into meaningful, fitforpurpose and pragmatic solutions for clients
A passion for solving interesting problems and have an interest in learning how to manage relationships with clients and the wider team

Given the technical nature of the work we do, exceptional communication skills and high attention-to-detail are paramount.

When the opportunity arises, you may also be required to assist other teams and clients on a wider range of regulatory matters, so a willingness to develop your knowledge across the spectrum and to collaborate on work outside of your main areas of expertiseis encouraged.

In return we offer:

The opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial, fast moving, stimulating environment
Strong career development support mentoring, coaching, relevant training and development to enable your progression
The opportunity to work closely with, and learn from, our global team of regulatory experts
A small informal company environment with mínimal bureaucracy
A competitive salary, performancerelated discretionary bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package