Manager - Risk, Regulation and FinTech

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

In regulatory risk compliance at PwC, you will focus on confirming adherence to regulatory requirements and mitigating risks for clients. You will provide guidance on compliance strategies and help clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes.

The Risk & Regulation/ 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 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 multi-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 include:

• Managing project delivery teams and ownership of delivery timelines
• Overall responsibility for client project deliverables and creation of proposal documents
• Working with a range of clients where you will deliver a tailored service to meet their requirements
• Completing a diverse range of assignments whilst managing project teams, whilst working collaboratively with clients and other PwC network firms
• Utilising your proven track record and experience to assist clients in improving their business performance so they are able to respond quickly and effectively to situations, and extracting value from transactions
• Coaching and supporting the development of junior team members
• Ensuring the team and your assigned projects are in compliance with PwC policy requirements
• Maintaining a leading-edge knowledge of new and current regulations in Jersey and Guernsey
• Work closely with leadership to support the growth of our Risk, Reg and Fintech proposition
• Building and developing relationships with our target clients

This role reports to: Partners, Directors, Senior Managers. Reporting to this role: Senior Associates, Associates.

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)
• ACA / ACCA (or equivalent)
• Compliance, Governance or Risk related qualifications e.g. CISI, ICA, ACAMS or equivalent
• Other industry recognised qualifications e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, CFA, or equivalent

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:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience working within financial services
• At least 2 years of experience delivering professional consulting services
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• In-depth knowledge of Anti-Financial Crime regulations across Jersey and Guernsey
• Previous experience with various organisational risk, fincrime, compliance and governance regimes
• Previous experience 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.
• Experience in leading teams, delivering projects to tight deadlines, and managing stakeholders.
• Ability to accurately prepare and review reports on technical subject matter
• Technologically minded and the willingness to learn new skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.)

Desirable skills:

• Familiarity with industry agnostic tools such as PowerApps, Salesforce and Alteryx
• Data analytics and visualisation experience (e.g. Power BI/Tableau)
• Prior experience of working as risk, reg or fintech consultant
• Experience of proposal writing and/or delivering pitches for new engagements

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.

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.