Finance Compliance Manager
Job Introduction
Managing the CSG Finance Compliance team and working with the finance service centre and lawyers to ensure we are compliant with the three UK regulators, The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (England & Wales), The Law Society of Scotland and The Law Society of Northern Ireland.
What’s in it for you?
- High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
- A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
- Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
- In person and remote social events
- Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
What you will do
- Managing the CSG Compliance team, completion of performance reviews, setting of objectives, provision of coaching and development, managing performance.
- Review the team structure, and roles, on a regular basis to ensure it meets business requirements.
- Ensuring CSG Reconciliation team bank reconciliations remain compliant.
- Cover bank reconciliations during times of absence for the Reconciliation Supervisor.
- Ensuring CSG Compliance team action necessary tasks to monitor and report UK breaches.
- Organise and manage external / internal audits and regulator visits for the England & Wales, NI and Scotland for CSG.
- Working with the CSG Finance service centre Managers to help them understand compliance impact on new procedures implemented and improve process to reduce/stop breaches from occurring.
- Working with the wider business to monitor and keep client balances under control, liaising with key stakeholders to ensure compliant.
- Working on CSG projects to help ensure any new systems and processes are compliant, and controls are strengthened.
- Staying up to date with changes to rules across the three regulators, implementing change to internal processes where necessary and flagging areas of focus of the three regulators.
Who you are
- Qualified ILFM to minimum Associate level.
- Proven experience of managing people, coaching and development.
- Proven experience of working in a law firm or professional services organisation, preferably with both E&W and NI and/or Scotland experience.
- Flexibility in terms of a changing environment and constantly changing workload.
- Strong interpersonal skills and commercial awareness.
- Demonstrate compliance with our values of being clear, creative, determined and supportive.
- Self-motivated, determined and confident in their abilities.
- Meticulous attention to detail and good organisational skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 141 practice area rankings across Chambers UK 2023 and The Legal 500 2023 and over 230 individual lawyers ranked in the two guides.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. Our most recent accolades include being named the top winner at the 2022 Legal Innovation Awards with two awards, bringing home two National Insurance Awards in 2023 for ‘Insurance Law’ and ‘Innovative Product’, winning ‘Legal Adviser of the Year – Public’ at both the 2021 and 2022 HealthInvestor Awards and ‘Legal Adviser of the Year – Private’ at the 2021 awards, and being named ‘Arbitration Team of the Year’ at the 2022 British Legal Awards. Regionally in the UK, we were named ‘Law Firm of the Year – Large’ in the 2022 Yorkshire Legal Awards and ‘Innovators of the Year’ at the 2022 Bristol Law Society Awards.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.
What you need to know about applying
At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.
We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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