Job Description
Role: Risk, Regulation and FinTech Consultant
Location: Jersey/Guernsey
Line of Service: Advisory, Working in Financial Services Risk & Regulation, Financial Technology (FinTech) & FinCrime Grade: Senior 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 & 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 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 senior 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
● 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
● Development of client project deliverables and creation of proposal documents
● Coaching and supporting the development of junior team members
Direct Reports
This role reports to:
● Partners, Directors, Senior Managers, Managers
Reporting to this role:
● Associates
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)
● 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
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
● A minimum of 3 years’ experience working within financial services
● Existing knowledge 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
● Comfortable in providing support to less experienced members of the team
● Delivering projects to tight deadlines and managing multiple stakeholders
● Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc)
Desirable skills
● Experience with various 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)
● A detailed 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.to/2vY6KZm.