Risk and Compliance Officer - Bank
Location: Central London (Office Based)
Salary: £40k - £50k + Corporate Benefits
Job Type: Full-Time
Our client is a leading foreign bank, they are recruiting a Risk and Compliance Officer to join their team. This role will report into the Compliance Manager, however, the Head of Risk and Regulatory Compliance has the overall responsibility of the department.
The Role:
As a Risk and Compliance Officer, you will assist in mitigating the regulatory compliance risks inherent in the bank's Business. Support and contribute to a positive Regulatory compliance culture within the bank.
Responsibilities:
- Report any deficiencies in the Bank's policies or practices in relation to Compliance to the Compliance Manager and where applicable to the Head of Department.
- Analyse and keep up to date with regulatory changes and new rules from the FCA, PRA and PSR and educate the business on these.
- Contribute to the enhancement of the Bank's risk based approach to Compliance Monitoring.
- Propose amendments and enhancements to policy and procedures and implement these amendments and enhancements.
- Report any breaches in the Bank's policies or procedures and any Regulatory breaches.
- Assisting in the production of Compliance reports to be reviewed at Senior Management and Board Director level.
- Providing such other assistance to the Compliance Manager as may be required.
- Execute the Bank's Regulatory Compliance monitoring programme.
- Assist with the design of the Compliance monitoring programme; producing reports and making recommendations; identifying compliance risks associated with the business activities of the bank and proposing mitigation.
- Follow up on resolution of Compliance issues that may arise from monitoring and any remediation required with clear recommendations and timelines.
Experience Required:
- Previous experience working as a Risk Officer, Risk & Compliance Officer, Risk & Compliance Analyst, or in a similar role within a Bank
- Degree-qualified Banker with minimum 2 years of Regulatory Compliance experience within a UK regulated financial institution.
- Knowledge and understanding of the FCA handbook, the PRA Rulebook and UK regulatory environment including BCOBS and MCOBS.
- Strong numeric and analytical skills.
- Experience of credit, market, and operational risk and/or risk administration processes would be preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
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