Assistant Manager - Executive Compensation Services - Jersey

The position 

We want to grow future leaders and our highly experienced department is looking to recruit ambitious and forward-thinking individuals with a strong background in Incentive structures or Share Plans.  We are looking for an individual with experience in managing and mentoring others, who wants a career that is challenging and offers an opportunity to specialise in a niche and growing area.

As an Assistant Manager you will have the opportunity to build relationships with a number of our key clients and support a growing team with developing and mentoring team members. There is variety in this role and, in addition to the day-to-day servicing of our clients and their structures, you have the opportunity to expand your knowledge and specialise in an area you have a particular interest in, for example, you could become a technical specialist, work towards becoming a people focused manager, get exposure to business development, or support our new business becoming an onboarding specialist.

Your responsibilities

• Collaborate with your team to manage a diverse portfolio of structures, demonstrate understanding of tasks and at all times following internal policies and procedures
• To work independently and use your own initiative, independently lead on client transactions and liaise with relevant third-party advisors and business partners
• Be approachable and accessible to your all team members, offering guidance and development when required and assist in any training needs
• Communicate openly and honestly with clients on a regular basis
• Review and manage the workload of team administrators on a daily basis reporting upwards to senior management 
• Assist with appraisals and monthly objective meeting and be a mentor to junior staff members
• Pro-actively take on additional responsibilities and administration tasks as required by your manager and assist team members to enhance knowledge on a variety of clients within the team as and when requested

Your profile

• To have or be working towards a professional qualification e.g. ACA/ACCA/ICSA/STEP or similar
• Experience in incentives or share plans is required
• Committed and driven to achieving excellence for themselves, the team, and their clients
• Strong communication skills and the ability to establish good relationships with all stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively in a team 
• Strong academic background 
• Knowledge of local legislation/Corporate Governance
• Strong Microsoft Office 365 skills including Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Proactive in keeping up-to-date awareness of current industry issues
• A desire to learn and ambition to grow their role with CSC, becoming an expert in incentive schemes and sharing that knowledge with your team

Balance Sheet Risk Manager

Hours: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent 

Location: Guernsey or Jersey

Overview

Skipton International is an award-winning offshore bank with an exciting opportunity for a Balance Sheet Risk Manager.

As a subject matter expert within the Finance team, you will support business functions to manage liquidity and interest rate risks across Skipton's balance sheet (income and economic value).

Working closely with others across Skipton and liaising with SBS Group Treasury, you will ensure that liquidity and interest rate risks are identified and appropriately managed. You will be responsible for the accurate and timely risk reporting, both internally and externally, whilst working closely with teams responsible for the delivery of the Corporate Plan to ensure adequate liquidity is always maintained and that risks and sensitivities are understood. 

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the ongoing development of Skipton’s liquidity risk framework. This will include formulating risk appetite, the understanding of the sources of liquidity risk, behavioural assumptions, the forecasting, stress testing and reporting of liquidity.
• Responsible for the continual development of the Recovery and Resolution Plan, Contingency Funding Plan, and Treasury Policy.
• Responsible for ensuring the Liquidity and Funding Risk Appetites are appropriate to ensure that Skipton always holds adequate levels of liquidity for its risks and a sufficient stable funding profile to minimise liquidity risk.
• Responsible for maintaining robust levels of skills and knowledge to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements, leading to the delivery of good customer outcomes and fair value for all customers.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes and external best practice, including identifying the impact on Skipton whilst making recommendations to the appropriate governance / committee regarding their implementation.
• Responsible for providing expertise and advice on liquidity and interest rate risk that aligns and supports the corporate objectives of Skipton.
• Responsible for production and sign off management information for internal stakeholders (inc. the Board) and external regulators.
• Ensure models and systems used within the Balance Sheet Risk Team to measure, stress and report on liquidity and interest rate risk comply with Skipton’s Model Governance Framework.
• Responsibility for the collation and distribution of the monthly Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO) pack and reporting, articulating and providing challenge on evolving interest rate and market risks facing Skipton.
• Adhere to CPD (Continued Professional Development) requirements in accordance with qualification level and in-house procedures.
• Adhere to the Skipton International core values and expected behaviours.
• Perform any other duties as deemed necessary by management.

Essential Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience 
• ​Membership of ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA
• Ability to influence, engage and work in partnership with senior stakeholders
• ​Ability to deal with ambiguity
• ​Able to achieve deadlines when working with multiple priorities
• Experience of reporting, analysing and communicating on areas of risk, highlighting areas of concern and making appropriate recommendations
• ​Experience of independently interpreting and communicating more complex and/or sensitive information in a variety of situations
• Strong knowledge of liquidity and derivative instruments used by financial services
• ​Strong knowledge of liquidity and market risk management regulatory requirements and techniques

Risk & Quality Senior Associate - 18 months FTC – Jersey or Guernsey

Job Description & Summary

A career within Risk and Compliance services, will provide you the opportunity to work with a team that provides clients with extensive risk and controls technical knowledge and sector specific experience. You’ll have the opportunity to develop a holistic approach to risk that protects businesses, facilitates strategic decision making and enhances efficiency by assisting management in the assessment of project risks and controls.

Our Risk and Compliance Generalist - Practice Support team helps PwC assess, design and develop solutions to manage diverse risks. You’ll help PwC develop a consistent, coordinated, and sustainable strategy.

Job Summary:
As a Risk and Quality Risk Senior Associate, you will work alongside Firmwide Risk Manager and the Independence and Ethics Director to support the delivery of risk and compliance projects including network standards assessments, QMSE reporting processes for Compliance, Independence and E&BC, policy work and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). A key part of the role will include working with Functional Areas Leads, where you will be given insight into how the Firm manages risk in the face of increasing Network and regulatory requirements.

You will also have the opportunity to work on a number of other risk and quality projects, including the Firmwide Risk Register, defining the SLAs with other Network Firms, and supporting the Firm to comply with Information Security and Business Continuity requirements.

Our team culture emphasises mutual support and continuous professional development, ensuring you have ample opportunities to receive coaching as a part of this secondment.

Responsibilities:
Annual Network Standards compliance assessment process:

● Identifying updates to the access lists for each assessment and communicating these to the Archer Provisioning Team.
● Preparing update spreadsheets for the FALs, which set out the prior year questions, responses and findings, and any current year changes (new or removed questions).
● Roll forward and pre-populate the current year assessments as much as possible. Live assessments are accessed through the Archer system.
● Communicate with the relevant teams and support them, as required, to complete their assessments. Agreeing appropriate timelines for completion and review by the FAL.
● Perform an initial review of the assessments as they are completed, highlighting any potential issues/gaps.
● Prepare the TSP assessment summary ahead of the TSP Confirmation sign off.
● Tracking attendance at Network Standards calls and supporting FALs in the R&Q Pillar with the actions arising from these calls.

Other risk and quality activities are likely to include:
● Populating the Findings Tracker as required following confirmation of findings from internal and external reviews and assessments.
● Assist in communicating findings to relevant leads and documenting remediation plans.
● Ongoing monitoring of findings and remediation plan completion.
● Preparing reports on the status of findings for the Firmwide Risk Management Meeting.
● Collate and maintain a Firmwide Risk Register.
● Liaising with relevant FALs to document updates to the Firmwide Risk Register.
● Preparing reports on top risks, ageing risks, new risks etc. as required for reporting to the Firmwide Risk Management Meeting and Risk and Quality Committee.
● Supporting the development and implementation of an ERM System, and thereafter assisting in the maintenance of the system.
● Supporting the Firm to maintain compliance with ISO 27001 - Information Security and ISO 22301 - Business Continuity.
● Defining, updating and reviewing the Service Level Agreements with other Network Firms for Services delivered to the Risk and Quality Pillar.
● Reviewing and updating Network Risk Management Policies, including related CI Supplements.
● Reviewing and updating Network Standard and QMSE Risk Assessments and Mapping for Compliance.
● Reviewing, updating and maintaining QMSE process notes for Firmwide Risk and Quality.
● Supporting the Firmwide Risk Manager with the R&Q Committee Meeting Agenda and recording any decisions made outside this meeting; including updates to and maintenance of the action tracker.
● Supporting the Risk and Quality Pillar with annual training, including training materials and liaising with L&D on administrative matters.
● Other ad hoc projects for the Risk and Quality Pillar

Direct Reports:
● Reporting to the Independence and Ethics Director and the Firmwide Risk Manager.

There are no direct reports into this role.

Qualifications & Certifications:
● A relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, ICAEW, ICA Diploma, IRM qualification, etc.) would be beneficial.
● Further study support is also available.

Skills & Experience Required:
Essential skills:
● Strong organisational skills
● Enthusiastic, energetic and driven by challenge
● Excellent communication skills – with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels
● Proactive, self-motivated and able to take responsibility for own work
● Attention to detail
● Project management

Desirable skills:
● Team player, respected by the leadership team, the managers and the staff

Travel Requirements:
It is anticipated that this role will require travel between the islands of Jersey and Guernsey approximately once or twice a month.

Assistant Manager, Client Services (Corporate)

We've an exciting opportunity for a talented Assistant Manager to join our ambitious, busy and growing Governance Services team in Guernsey.

You'll be responsible for providing high quality administration for a portfolio of corporate and fiduciary clients with particular emphasis on the client service aspects of the business, delivering excellent client services levels at all times. You'll assist in developing a team of motivated and highly proficient administrators, providing technical support and training.

In return, you'll work with a variety of interesting clients and receive professional development support to ensure you continue to grow as the business grows and achieve your full potential.

If you've solid experience in corporate, trust and fiduciary services and would like to join our friendly and professional team, we'd really like to hear from you. 

About the role

• Administer a portfolio of corporate clients and ensure that client relationships and transactions are managed effectively and to a high standard
• Act as a role model to all Governance Services employees and assist in developing a team of motivated, highly proficient administrators who act in accordance with the firm's values and in parallel to the law firm service levels
• Ensure you have an understanding of the transactions you're working on, provide technical support and training to team members as and when required
• Ensure client expectations are properly managed and valuable relationships are nurtured so as to maximise the reputation of the team in the market place and the potential for repeat work and referrals
• Assist with the effective management of the day to day activities of the team to include timely processing of work, meeting transactional and internal procedural deadlines, recording time (if applicable) and managing WIP and debt collection
• Ensure consistent high quality service levels are adhered to across your portfolio of clients and deal swiftly with any identified issues
• Be familiar and act at all times in accordance with the firm's policies and procedures
• Collaborate with the firm's Risk and Compliance team, ensuring all client due diligence is processed accurately and client reviews are up to date and keeping abreast of all relevant regulatory changes and industry standards
• Assist with the ongoing quality control of data input and maintenance within the corporate services practice management database
• Provide assistance with annual reviews of client entities
• Assist with the monthly/quarterly billing process and monitoring of outstanding fees
• Maintain CPD levels required for your role

About you - essential requirements

• Proven corporate administration experience 
• A relevant professional qualification (such as STEP or CGI)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft desktop software
• Knowledge of specialist software e.g. Document Management Systems and Viewpoint would be an advantage 
• Great communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to build relationships and work as part of a team
• A positive and flexible approach
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks, time and people in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently

Senior Client Compliance Administrator

Our newly established Client Compliance team is looking for a Senior Compliance Administrator to support our Mourant Governance Services "MGS" team.

With our role, you'll monitor and report for a range of client entities, assist with analysing new legal and regulatory requirements and assist with providing or arranging relevant training for the MGS team.

If you would like to join an ambitious and forward-thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you!

About the role

• Provide support to the client entity Money Laundering Compliance Officer (MLCO) and client entity Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) including:
  • Assist with performing day to day compliance activities, monitoring and reporting for a range of client entities.
  • Assist with monitoring compliance with, and testing of the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems and controls in line with a risk-based approach.
  • Drafting AML Manuals and relevant risk assessments in a timely manner.
  • Assist with drafting of regulatory reporting to be delivered to client entity boards.
  • Assist with attending and updating the client entity boards on AML/CFT and regulatory compliance systems and controls.
  • Assist with the management and development of AML/CFT regulatory processes, including reviewing local regulatory websites and reporting pertinent information and updates.
  • Maintaining regulatory correspondence, regulatory updates logs and other key registers.
  • Assist on key initiatives and projects where required.
• Foster a culture of compliance through embedding risk management principles in all collaboration within Risk and Compliance, other Business Service teams and the business.
• Assist with analysing new legal and regulatory requirements relating to your role, to secure our compliance culture and identify areas where new or improved policies and procedures are required.
• Assist with providing or arranging relevant training for the MGS team and client boards on our client entities AML/CFT obligations, so that the team are familiar with our controls framework and have the opportunity to ask questions.
• Keep abreast of relevant legal and regulatory changes and industry standards, to drive continuous improvement.

About you

Demonstratable experience in a AML or Compliance role within a regulated TCB and/or Funds Services business in Jersey.

Experience of dealing with all aspects of the JFSC AML/CFT and Regulatory Codes as it relates to client entities of a funds services business, with experience in other jurisdictions as well, deemed beneficial.

Understanding of the Jersey Private Fund Guide and its implementation.

Experience in assisting with regulatory type matters and regulators/auditors and other external stakeholders.

Experience of dealing with testing and implementation of systems, controls and policies and procedures to adequately meet the needs of regulated client entities.