Compliance Monitoring, Senior Associate Consultant / Consultant

Compliance Monitoring Associate 

The Role 

Teneo, the global CEO advisory business, is seeking someone to join its Financial Advisory Quality and Risk Management team as a Compliance Monitor. The Financial Advisory Business operates globally with presence in UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Germany, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Mexico, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, UAE and USA, in many of these jurisdictions we have local regulatory compliance requirements and we have an opportunity for a new team member to focus on our compliance monitoring programme across a range of jurisdictions. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for execution of the testing program. The candidate will be responsible for delivering specific reviews, identifying issues and underlying root-cause analysis, agreeing solutions and communicating findings effectively, both orally and in writing.  

The Key Responsibilities Will Include 

• Support the Chief Risk Officer, MLRO and Deputy MLRO to establish the appropriate scope and test steps for individual reviews, enhancing the current review program 

• Conduct and document testing reviews to assess compliance with and adherence to regulations/legislation and internal policies. The primary focus of this testing will be on AML/TF/PF regulations and procedures. 

• Follow established policies, procedures and standards for testing activities 

• Apply analytical skills to review information and determine potential weaknesses or exceptions to policies / processes 

• Validate and summarise testing results in clear, concise language 

• Detect and advise Compliance and Business Unit management of potential compliance issues and identify changes and/or enhancements to improve efficiencies in procedures 

• Tracking of identified issues to closure via periodic follow up with action owners 

• Validation testing to ensure actions have been adequately closed 

• Work effectively as an individual contributor as well as in a team environment 

• Develop strong relationships with the first, second and third lines of defence 

Skills/ Qualifications 

The successful candidate will benefit from having: 

• Proven experience related to  compliance testing/monitoring or auditing 

• AML compliance experience and/or qualifications 

• Knowledge of requisite regulations and key regulatory developments would be an advantage 

• Analytical ability to identify and understand problems as well as to provide effective solutions 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills 

• Attention to detail 

• Stakeholder management and ability to challenge senior management and the business 

• Ability to deal effectively with multiple competing deadlines 

The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo 

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors and other financial stakeholders in situations of financial stress and distress. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach is tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we believe such occurrences present new opportunities for our clients. Opportunities to restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, identify certainty amidst chaos. 

Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefit their business and/or investment goals. Integrating the disciplines of Financial Advisory, financial advisory, management consulting, investor relations, strategic communications, government affairs, risk analysis and talent advisory, Teneo’s global Financial Advisory team guides companies and their stakeholders through periods of uncertainty and stress. We help address the challenges a business faces, whether that is targeted performance improvement to Financial Advisory, or delivering a route to recover value, our focus is delivering certainty from uncertainty.  

What can we offer you? 

New joiners are supported by an induction programme. As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including; 

• Market-leading salary 

• 28 days holiday 

• Discretionary bonus scheme 

• Cash benefits allowance 

• Extensive investment in personal development & learning 

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave 

• Life assurance 

• Group income protection 

• Cycle to work schemes 

• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities 

About Teneo 

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. 

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations. 

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. 

The firm has more than 1,500 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.