Business Assurance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Mourant

Mourant

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

You'll work closely with the Head of Business Assurance and the Global Operations Director on developing and delivering a robust client entity periodic review process for Governance Services to ensure that client entity files remain up to date and regular monitoring is completed.- Support services will be provided by the firm's existing support functions, and you will be required to liaise with the support teams to ensure alignment across the group with certain policies, procedures and processes as well as ensuring adequate systems are in place to capture and report relevant data on behalf of client entities.- You'll support, and work in conjunction with, the Board, the MourantGS Operations team, and the Business Services teams, in particular Risk and Compliance, ensuring that Governance Services remains fully integrated with the rest of the Mourant Ozannes network and operate in a manner consistent with the firm's 'one-firm' approach.

Over time you are likely to work across the business also supporting Guernsey, Jersey, Cayman and HK.About the role

Take responsibility for the client entity periodic review processes in London working closely with the local team.
Complete reviews in a timely manner ensuring all relevant data is up to date.
Develop and manage a system for tracking and managing actions coming out of the client entity periodic review process and ensure action items are closed out in order to complete client entity periodic reviews.
Develop and enhance the client entity periodic review framework identifying areas for improvement, digitalisation and automation.
Support the business with completing other reviews where relevant, such as trigger event reviews.
Manage entity close downs, liaising with the client teams and Operations team to ensure all regulatory, legal and contractual obligations have been met before completing closures.
Provide input into improvements/enhancements to the policies and procedures relating to client entity periodic reviews and monitoring and work closely with the Head of Business Assurance to ensure they remain up to date at all times.
Manage the technology and reporting framework for client entity periodic reviews and monitoring and help build and maintain an effective solution for the MourantGS team.
Consider data integrity in core systems as part of the client entity periodic review process and raise any data integrity issues with the relevant team.
Help to remediate any data integrity issues identified.
Work closely with the business solutions team on data integrity rules to support the client entity periodic review processes.
Manage the annual cycle of client entity periodic reviews across the relevant jurisdictions, ensuring no reviews are overdue.
Collaborate effectively with support staff.
Assist the Operations team in identifying and implementing process improvements across the business.
Keep current with latest technologies and regulatory requirements.

About you - essential requirements

Five years+ experience within a relevant role (trust company business, bank, auditor/accounting or in an operational risk role)
A suitable accounting or governance qualification
A passion for technology and understanding of data structures and integrity
A flexible and proactive approach to problem solving
Enthusiasm to learn, including taking initiative to learn new skills and create effective solutions
A positive outlook and be well organised, with good personal management skills and open to taking ownership of projects and responsibility for ensuring completion
Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and work as part of a global team
Knowledge of Viewpoint would be an advantage

About Mourant

We are proud to be a leading offshore law-firm led professional services business, advising many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices.

We believe in inclusive workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard, valued and respected. We have a strong sense of common purpose, where all our people are clear about our goals and the role they can play in achieving them. We pride ourselves in providing accessible development opportunities to all our people in a teamspirited environment, where everyone feels like they belong and can thrive.
If you would like to join an award winning and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.