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Role: Senior Associate – Compliance, Independence and Ethics
Location: Jersey or Guernsey
Line of Service: Business Enablement – Ethics and Compliance Pillar
Grade: Senior Associate
Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5 hours
PwC Channel Islands Overview
At PwC CI, we help you build, accelerate, and sustain momentum in a world that never stops
moving. With our tech-forward and people-empowered network, we provide expert assurance,
tax and advisory services to turn challenges into opportunities. Leveraging deep expertise and
advanced capabilities, we ensure you’re ready for any future, helping you act boldly and achieve
real results.
Job Summary:
The Pillar comprises:
• Compliance (AML and Sanctions)
• Independence
• Ethics & Business Conduct (E&BC).
As a Compliance, Independence & Ethics Senior Associate, you will work alongside Compliance,
Independence & Ethics leadership team to support the delivery of compliance, independence
and ethics activities and projects. Each PwC Member Firm implements systems, policies, and
procedures necessary to comply with the detailed requirements of Independence, Ethics and
Compliance Standards.
Auditor independence is fundamental to maintaining trust and credibility at PwC. It ensures
that our professional judgement is free from any influence that could compromise objectivity.
Employees and partners of the firm have a personal responsibility to manage their financial
interests and arrangements in strict compliance with independence policies.
Ethics is a core part of PwC’s culture and brand. Maintaining a strong ethical culture is key to
how we approach our relationships with clients, stakeholders, and each other to deliver our PwC
Purpose: to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our firm is committed to the
highest standards of ethical behaviour and compliance. Business conduct encompasses the
principles and policies that guide how we operate and interact with clients, regulators, and each
other.
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PwC also implement systems, policies, and procedures to mitigate the risk of being, directly or
indirectly, involved in money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing activity
and to prevent being involved with clients or activities that may violate applicable sanctions laws
and regulations.
This role will provide key insight into how the Firm manages risk in the face of increasing
Network and regulatory requirements in these areas. You will also have the opportunity to work
collaboratively with other Business Enablement teams, allowing you to broaden your experience
and make a wider impact across the organisation.
Our team culture emphasises mutual support and continuous professional development,
ensuring you have many opportunities to receive coaching.
Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for performing various processes and operating various controls in the
team alongside other colleagues. Tasks will be assigned based on business needs; however, we
will seek to provide you with a primary area of responsibility. Your work will be reviewed and
approved by a manager, a senior manager and in some cases, a director or partner.
Policy Compliance, reviews, and investigations
• Supporting with annual reviews of and updates to policies and procedures.
• Receive and review internal applications (e.g. external appointments for partners and
staff; requests for firm sponsorship and speaking events).
• Receive and review consultations and draft responses in line with policy.
• Investigate breaches and support with root cause analysis (self-reported/ detected
during compliance monitoring).
• Review pre-joining independence forms and independence/conflicts disclosures for new
joiners.
Monitoring & Reporting
• Conducting compliance monitoring tests and preparing reports on the results (e.g.
Personal Independence Compliance Testing (PICT)).
• Maintain and update compliance registers (systems access, breaches, dispensations).
• Manage and action assigned compliance tasks within various Compliance,
Independence, and Ethics systems (e.g. ServiceNow; Checkpoint; Adverse News, PEP,
and Sanctions Escalations).
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly reporting to the Risk and Quality Committee,
Partner Responsible for Independence, and Ethics, as well as Quality Leaders.
• Assist with the preparation of mandatory reporting to regulators and preparation for
regulatory inspections.
• Oversee checkpoint-related activities for new joiners and promotions.
Process & Documentation
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• Maintain and update process notes for compliance, independence, and ethics team tasks.
• Maintain communications logs, including internal communications, regulatory
communications, and communications from the PwC Network - assigning and tracking
actions allocated to team members.
• Coordinate review schedules for Directors/Partners.
• Assist with implementing global independence and compliance applications for the
Channel Islands firm, as well as User Acceptance Testing for system changes.
Training & Communication
• Support the delivery of training to new joiners.
• Prepare training materials for new joiners and annual partner and staff training sessions.
• Allocate Compliance Confirmations to new joiners.
• Communicate independence matters to the firm using approved channels.
• Support the roll-out and review of Annual Compliance Confirmations for all partners
and staff within the firm.
Team Support
• Organise monthly team meetings, set agendas, take notes, and track actions.
• Manage schedule of reviews by leadership within the team.
• Contribute to process enhancements to drive operational efficiency and excellence.
• Work collaboratively with remote teams and colleagues in other territories and locations.
Direct Reports:
This role reports to:
• Compliance, Independence and Ethics Manager and/or Senior Manager
There are no direct reports into this role.
Qualifications & Certifications:
• A relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, ICAEW, etc.) would be beneficial.
• Further study support is also available if candidates wish to pursue study in an area
relevant to role.
Skills & Experience Required:
Essential skills:
• Strong organisational skills – ability to plan and work to deadlines.
• Tech-savvy mindset with a willingness to explore and master internal systems to support
business operations.
• Enthusiastic, energetic, and driven by challenge.
• Excellent communication skills – with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional
teams and stakeholders at all levels.
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• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to take responsibility for own work
• Attention to detail.
• Team player, respected by the leadership team, the managers, and the staff
• Audit, compliance or risk management expertise.
Desirable skills:
• Knowledge, understanding of and experience in auditor independence rules, insider
dealing requirements and/or conflicts management.
• Knowledge, understanding of and experience in financial crime compliance or client due
diligence.
• Coaching junior team members.
• Delivering training and development of training materials.
• Experience in using AI tools such as Co-Pilot, Chat GPT in a work environment to drive
efficiencies in operations.
Travel Requirements:
It is anticipated that this role will require travel between the islands of Jersey and Guernsey
once a quarter.
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.