Regulatory Advisory, Senior Consultant, Financial Services - Birmingham

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Senior Consultant, you'll help make this happen. That will mean using your technical knowledge and client facing experience and working with our Managers and Assistant Directors to help clients from all industries and make strategic and operational changes about their businesses. Working for with some of the world's most prestigious firms you will be an integral part of our team.

The opportunity

With our support you'll work with a range of regulatory projects. We're currently growing our Regulatory Advisory team across all capabilities to help meet increasing demand. These include Retail Banking, Remediation, Corporate Investment Banking, Financial Crime and Insurance Risk and Regulation. Our engagements typically involve managing multiple stakeholders and require you to give the best advice to our clients using your knowledge and experience to provide the best outcomes.



Your key responsibilities

• To work as part of a team in identifying regulatory gaps and breaches. This could include assessing the quality of advice given by a firm in relation to financial products, assessing firms systems, or validating the measures taken by a firm to correct issues
• Provide input into the application of regulatory standards and support the development of solutions to resolve complex regulatory risks and issues
• Assist with the formulation of conclusions and regulatory recommendations
  

Skills and attributes for success

• A clear understanding of the strategic implications of regulation
  
• Being able to effectively implement a variety of regulatory directives
  
• Building relationships with colleagues across the business, supporting them and promoting a collaborative culture
  
• Being involved in remediation of regulatory issues
  

To qualify for the role you must have

• FPC or QCF Level 4 qualified
  
• Thorough understanding of financial markets and regulatory standards and an ability to translate these into client solutions
  
• Experience of working with Regulatory bodies such as the FCA, FSCS or Financial Ombudsman Service
  
• Proven track record of assessing suitability of advice in relation to financial instruments/products
  
• Sound technical knowledge of financial products and / or customer-facing regulated activities (e.g. complaint handling)
  
• CeFA qualified or equivalent and strong academic background, ideally to a degree level or equivalent
  
• Flexibility to travel and work full-time on assignments, as necessary
  

Ideally, you'll also have

• Great communication skills
  
• The ability to work with a variety of stakeholders at all levels
  
• A real desire to work as part of a team
  

What we are looking for

You'll be a trusted business advisor to our clients, specialising within regulatory matters. You will have strong experience of Remediation type activities and sound product knowledge. You will have a solid background in Investment Suitability Reviews and will enjoy working in a collaborative and teaming environment.

What working at EY offers

We offer an attractive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

About EY

As a global provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we'll make our goal to be the best employer by 2020 a reality. For you this will mean you have greater control over the work you are involved in and you will gain from exceptional training and coaching provided at EY. Feedback is an essential part of what we do and this will be forthcoming in order for you to maximize your potential and be part of a dynamic team.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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