Associate - Risk, Regulation and Fintech

Role: Associate – Risk, Regulation and Fintech

Location: Guernsey

Line of Service: Advisory

Grade: Associate

Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5

PwC Channel Islands Overview

PwC is a highly dynamic professional services firm offering Advisory, Tax, Audit and other assurance services to a large portfolio of international and local clients. The Channel Islands firm employs 600+ staff in offices across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney and is part of an international network of 151 PwC firms employing over 364,000 staff.

Job Summary

The Risk & Reg / FinTech team forms the largest and most prominent part of our Advisory business with the broadest range of projects and client diversity across a variety of industry sectors but primarily focused on financial services. Our subject matter experts are engaged by clients locally, globally and across the wider PwC network, regularly working with PwC counterparts around the world.

The team is led by a UK & CI Partner, augmented with experienced Directors and a strong management team with excellent possibilities to progress given our continued and exciting growth.

The team provides advice and assistance based on deep financial, analytical and business process skills to help our clients improve the way they operate, innovate and grow, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent and change the way they do business.

We work closely with client staff at global organisations across all levels. We bring our insight, experience and thought leadership to large, complex projects in core focus areas including:

• Implementing cutting-edge global financial technology solutions Navigating local and international risk, governance and regulatory change Assisting with buy-side and sell-side Transactional Services (Reg Due Diligence) Managing muli-million pound financial services remediation programmes Leading global anti-financial crime consulting and managed services Empowering local businesses to overcome transformational challenges Operating model design, optimisation and implementation

We are looking for ambitious and experienced professionals to join our team as we continue to grow our business. Whether you can manage challenging and complex technology implementation projects, provide critical advice around complex subject matter or assist our clients in delivering and implementing business transformation, we are looking for you.

Responsibilities

You will work closely with senior personnel internally and crucially externally, be involved in a variety of engagements, interacting with clients and building business relationships across the region. Being part of a smaller, agile department, you will also have excellent opportunities to be involved in strategic initiatives, have input into the management of the business and contribute directly to the running of the practice.

Responsibilities include:

• Working with a range of clients where you will deliver a tailored service to meet their requirements Completing a diverse range of assignments as part of teams, working collaboratively within them Supporting the development of client project deliverables and creation of proposal documents Building relationships both internally within the PwC network and externally with client management teams on ongoing engagements Supporting the leadership and management teams with the Advisory growth agenda Ongoing development of in-depth industry experience and process expertise Continuously remain abreast of any new regulations published in Jersey and or Guernsey

Direct Reports

• Partner, Director, Senior Manager, Manager, Senior Associate

Qualifications & Certifications

No specific qualifications or certifications are needed for this role however it will be advantageous to hold a qualification such as those listed below or an equivalent

• University degree (Upper Second Class or higher)

Skills & Experience Required

As a credible candidate you will have developed core skills in your associated discipline and be able to demonstrate prior experience in financial services. You will also be digitally literate and / or are passionate about learning new digital skills to support our practice.

Essential skills

• Basic understanding of financial services regulatory frameworks Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Technologically minded, and/or a willingness to learn new skills Ability to lead self, with a problem solving mentality Ability to accurately prepare and review reports on technical subject matter Able to deliver to tight deadlines and manage multiple stakeholders Eagerness to learn and continuously develop Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc)

Desirable skills

• Previous experience with organisational risk, fincrime, compliance and governance regimes An interest in technology and process automation with a particular focus on core industry technologies adopted within the financial services sector e.g. CLM workflows, screening and data providers, transaction monitoring providers, etc. Familiarity with industry agnostic tools such as PowerApps, Salesforce and Alteryx. Data analytics and visualisation experience (e.g. Power BI/Tableau) Knowledge of Anti-Financial Crime regulations in one or more relevant markets Prior experience of working as a consultant Experience of business development such as proposal writing

Travel Requirements

Travel may be required to visit client sites as part of day-to-day project delivery and some travel is required between the islands and the UK as you will be part of a x-island team. However, for those candidates who actively want to travel with work, we have a number of projects that require extensive travel which you can request to be part of if you wish.

The skills we look for in our people

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, Evolved PwC Professional.

The Evolved PwC Professional focuses on two core behaviours: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive outcomes. Trusted Leadership is underpinned by core behaviours that Inspire, Empower and Evolve, and Distinctive outcomes is underpinned by behaviours that Champion, Build and Deliver.

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://pwc.tovY6KZm