Associate Director Financial Crime

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Cosegic is a leading compliance consultancy that provides assistance with FCA Authorisation, ongoing compliance consulting, prudential services, compliance health checks and regulatory projects. We also provide online training and compliance software across our original software PortAll.
Our team of industry leading experts work together in specialist teams, servicing over 800 clients from the investment firms (including hedge funds, private market firms, corporate finance and brokers), capital markets (including asset managers and broker/dealers), wealth management, payment services and cryptoassets, consumer credit and insurance and lending sectors.

We are proud to be a certified Great Place to Work employer. The investment in our people is our priority as they make the Cosegic difference. We have a diverse and inclusive team, and we constantly work to create an environment where people feel respected and in which they know their voice will be heard, as this brings out the best in everyone, resulting in the best service for our clients.

Due to our continued growth, we are seeking to appoint an Associate Director to join our Financial Crime practice and our team of talented consultants.

Role Purpose

As an Associate Director, Financial Crime, you will play a senior leading role providing best-in-class consultancy services to our clients. You will ensure our clients are beyond satisfied with the quality of services for which they have engaged the firm, and we deliver on our contractual commitments.

You will attract new business, develop and own a client book and maintain a professional network from which to leverage commercial opportunities. You will support the growth and development of the Business Unit, ensuring the strategic objectives and vision of the team are met by working closely with management and clients as well as identifying revenue and service-line growth opportunities.

Personally, you will be an outstanding, positive team member who pursues excellence in all aspects of client services and delivery. You will lead by example, with professionalism and integrity and be comfortable to work across all levels of client work, guiding and supporting others in their development. In addition, we\’re looking for someone with a strong desire to grow with us as a company.

Key Responsibilities

Client

• Undertake, oversee or lead on AML/Financial Crime projects, ensuring effective service delivery and ensuring the team are delivering on work as detailed in the contractual scope of engagement to ensure a high-level of client satisfaction.
• Develop and deliver bespoke financial crime training workshops for compliance employees and senior management at client firms.
• Ensure that established quality assessment procedures are in place and are followed to ensure a high level of client satisfaction.
• Manage and develop designated client relationships.
• Negotiating and agreeing terms of new client instructions.
• Undertake, oversee or manage retainer activities for Capital Markets and Payment Services clients individually or with the team in relation to Financial Crime activities.
• Be a go to \’Subject Matter Leader\’ on topics as agreed from time to time relative to providing technical advice to clients and the team, identifying commercial opportunities relative to regulatory changes, producing thought leadership and making changes to our consulting methodology.
• Ensure your client chargeability, or any other time-based targets, are met or exceeded. Responsible for profitability, fees and resource allocation for any clients managed by you or your direct reports.

Technical

• Produce regulatory updates to clients on topics pertinent to the market and update any relevant manuals, policies, procedures and forms to enable the firm to comply with any new requirements.
• Carry out or oversee the creation and updating of compliance documentation relevant to each client\’s business.
• Research specific technical issues and provide the results to your colleagues and clients.
• Provide thought leadership and write relevant articles for publication.

Team

• Ensure collaborative working, living the Cosegic values to support a great place to work and to achieve our business goal, and ensure Cosegic values are securely embedded in the team through your behaviours and actions.
• Provide leadership, demonstrate professionalism, collegiality and approachability.
• Foster and maintain successful relationships with all stakeholders, ensuring their satisfaction.
• Provide support, guidance and mentorship to Associate Consultants, Consultants and Senior Consultants to assist their personal and skills development.
• Develop the team\’s technical skill base and provide them with regulatory training.
• Review client work and provide timely, relevant and written feedback.
• Provide regular coaching/feedback to aid personal development and goal setting, to help achieve both personal and team objectives.
• Recruit high-performing team members, in conjunction with the People team.
• Ensure new joiners are thoroughly onboarded and set up for success.
• Ensure all people processes are adhered to, including preparing for one-to-one meetings and completing performance reviews.

Operational

• Responsibility for own timesheet completion and that of any direct reports.
• Ensure all internal systems are up to date by maintaining relevant and appropriate records of all activities carried out.
• Be aware of, monitor and deliver on chargeability targets as relevant for your role.

Business Development

• Identify opportunities to offer services to new prospects and existing accounts and to cross sell through making introductions to other Business Units.
• Develop and maintain a professional network from which to leverage potential commercial opportunities.
• Through a structured relationship account management programme, identify and nurture outreach to strategic and key accounts and manage and monitor existing accounts at agreed intervals.
• Represent the company at industry events, webinars etc. and deliver Financial Crime articles and regular posts on social media platforms.
• In conjunction with Marketing, devise targeted marketing campaigns to further strengthen account relationships and develop material that will help clients with managing their regulatory obligations.

Financial Performance

• Shared ownership of business unit profit and loss (P&L) with Business Unit managing director as required.
• Project and retainer oversight and ownership of Business Unit performance.

Person Specification

• A minimum of 5 years\’ commercial experience involving financial services and technical financial crime compliance experience.
• Ability to \’hit the ground running\’ to take on established clients as part of a team.
• Experience of managing others in high-performance teams.
• Understanding of the nature of business development and growing a client base.

Technical Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of AML and financial crime legislation and of FCA and EU regulatory frameworks.
• Ability to write policies and procedures.
• Ability to research, write and present effective training material.
• Ability to write complex sales proposals.
• Ability to interpret client business models and apply rules to them.
• Skilled in auditing, gap analysis and providing professional reports.
• Deep knowledge and experience of project management.
• Technical IT capability and advanced ability of Microsoft applications.

Behavioural Competencies

• Communicates clearly – able to communicate concepts and plans to others ensuring complete understanding.
• Customer service and relationship management – being client focused, responding to clients\’ needs to deliver a fit-for-purpose solution.
• Flexibility and accountability – able to manage multiple tasks and prioritise accordingly while maintaining ownership of end results. Able to deal with unfamiliar and ambiguous issues and determine a suitable cause of action.
• Operates well under pressure – able to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, manage multiple high priority tasks.
• Leadership and integrity – leading by example to set an example for others to follow. Actively display behaviours in line with company values and ethics.
• Manage self-development and learning – keep up to date on current and future developments within own scope of activities/field of expertise.
• Personal impact – demonstrate an understanding of self, able to understand how your behaviour can impact others and the firm. Able to modify behaviour to support and develop successful outcomes.
• Results orientated – taking ownership of own work and supporting others to ensure deliverables are met on time and to a high quality.
• Strong written and interpersonal skills – advanced ability to liaise with many different stakeholders.
• Negotiating – able to bring to bear experience of dealing with client expectations and provide solutions to these without compromising own commercial position.
• Horizon scanning – anticipate markets and client requirements to ensure that advice, guidance, publications and training remain at the forefront of changing regulations.
• Commercial management – taking a balanced yet commercial view on costs versus sales versus profitability, to ensure continued profitability of all work within own area/clients/team.

Our Employee Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Hybrid working from our London, Cannon Street office (min 2 days based in the office)
• Ability to work from abroad (up to 21 working days per year)
• Full family Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Unlimited one to one coaching with More Happi
• Employee Benefits Platform, including Cycle to Work Scheme and Pluxee Spree Card
• Tusker Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (including counselling sessions)
• Pension Scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Volunteering, fundraising and fun company events

This is a full-time, permanent role, worked over 5 days (hybrid), Monday to Friday.

There is currently no deadline to apply, however, applications will be considered on a first come first serve basis and this opportunity will be closed once the right candidate has been found. We only accept applicant CVs from individuals who have the right to work in the UK.

Please note, we would like to thank all applicants for their interest in Cosegic. Due to the volume of applications received only those shortlisted will be contacted. If you have not received a response within 10 working days, please assume your application has not been successful.

* Employees who are at entry level and employees who are in their period of probation may initially be asked to attend more than the expected minimum of two days in the office per week. This is to support their learning, development and progression as the Company believes that learning on the role is much more effective when in person.

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