Compliance & Risk Officer Apprenticeship - Stratford, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Description

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulate the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure that our financial markets are honest, competitive and fair.

There are few jobs where you can make a real difference to the 2 million people who work in the UK Financial Services industry, the 40 million consumers of financial products and the stability of our economy as a whole.

From regulating Consumer Credit to driving action on Foreign Exchange manipulation or helping strengthen accountability in the banking sector, the FCA is working with the industry to protect consumers, ensure the integrity of the UK financial system and promote fair and effective competition.

Our remit has expanded significantly since our creation in 2013, with the number of firms we regulate growing from 23,000 to over 50,000.

We oversee conduct across the full span of the financial sector from global investment banks to high street payday lenders.

We do this by working with consumer groups, trade associations and professional bodies, domestic regulators, international partners, and a wide range of other stakeholders.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and motivated individual to gain hands-on experience whilst working towards a professional qualification.

We hire Compliance & Risk Officers into a range of divisions across the business, you could join one of following teams; Enforcement, Market Oversight and Supervision, Policy & Competition.

The key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Taking part in meetings with firms' senior executives. Contributing to meeting preparation and accurately recording what was discussed
• Supporting the team and department with case administration, including, setting up cases on the FCA system, completing a check before allocating to a member of the team and saving documents onto the system
• Critically analyse the processes to develop resource saving while maintaining the integrity of the system
• Assisting in the preparation for external communications strategy, including researching regions, trade bodies and particular finance service issues
• Reviewing information provided by firms and other external sources to draw out and present key information
• Challenging existing procedures/ways of working, identifying improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of business process

Future prospects:

We encourage and support those apprentices who successfully complete their professional qualification and apprenticeship programme to secure a permanent role at the FCA.

Skills required:

• Working with information from various sources of information and presenting information in a clear and logical format
• Good Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills and experience comfortable working with figures and manipulating data
• Problem solving and solution generating ability
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, positively embracing new approaches
• Good analytical skills

Personal qualities:

• Good written language and customer service skills
• Excellent team working skills and the ability to manage conflicting work schedules
• Experience of stakeholder management, including senior stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure, meeting service standards, targets and deadlines

Minimum qualifications required (e.g.

GCSEs/A-Levels):

• Minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent grade C or above.
• In addition to 5 GCSEs or equivalent at grade 4 (C) 9 (A) including Maths and English.

To be eligible for an apprenticeship you must have resided and have the "rights to work" in the UK for the last 3 years.

If you have completed higher levels of education, such as a University Degree; please visit our early careers page where you will find more information on our Internship and Graduate opportunities which you may feel are more suited to you.

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract, Apprenticeship

Contract length: 24 months


Salary:
From £22,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stratford,

Greater London:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)


Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 07/04/2023


Reference ID:
FCA2

Expected start date: 01/11/2023

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