Compliance Remediation Assurance Officer (12 Month FTC)

Overall Summary

At Close Brothers we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those without previous financial services experience. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an open and inclusive workplace where everyone can contribute and develop.

Vacancies are available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis because we know the best person for the job may not always be available full-time. Our aim is to facilitate requests wherever possible and managers will consider them on an individual basis.

Join the Close Brothers Compliance Team where you will support the delivery of independent assurance reviews across remediation and customer redress programmes, providing assessment of whether remediation activities are appropriately designed, governed and executed to deliver fair, accurate and complete remediation and good customer outcomes.

Working as part of the Assurance & Compliance Monitoring team, our ideal team member will have previous experience in assurance fieldwork across key remediation risk areas including methodologies, population identification, data quality, customer decisioning, calculations, governance and customer outcomes with excellent problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of risk-based assurance reviews across remediation and customer redress programmes.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of assigned remediation programmes, including methodologies, governance arrangements, customer impacts and key risks.
• Perform assurance fieldwork, including documentation review, stakeholder engagement, walkthroughs and testing activities.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls supporting remediation activities.
• Support assessment of key remediation risks including methodologies, population identification, data quality, decisioning, calculations, governance and customer outcomes.
• Identify findings, control weaknesses, emerging risks and areas requiring further investigation.
• Draft findings, reports and other assurance outputs supported by appropriate evidence.
  
  
  
  

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ ARE:

• Delivered second-line monitoring, assurance or internal audit reviews within Financial Services.
• Worked within a regulated Financial Services environment.
• Knowledge of assurance and compliance monitoring review lifecycles.
• Understanding of remediation operations, customer journeys and customer outcome risks.
• Undertaken testing, evidence review and control assessment activities.
  
  
  
  

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ARE/HAVE:

• Supported remediation or customer redress programmes.
• Assessed methodology, population, data or decisioning-related risks.
• Knowledge of Consumer Duty and customer outcome assessment approaches.
  
  
  
  

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs that require adjustments to ensure they have a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Candidates who require the job description or application form in an alternative format, or any other adjustments, are encouraged to email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

About Us

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

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