Associate Director, Quality & Risk Management

Associate Director, Quality & Risk Management

Core member of our Quality & Risk Management team who will be involved in improvement in processes, procedures, regulatory compliance and driving improvement in overall quality in the delivery of financial advisory services. This will involve supporting and advising our engagement teams delivering restructuring advisory services, M&A advisory services, forensic and eDiscovery services, debt advisory services, valuation services, modelling and data analytics services and corporate advisory/consulting services. The role involves providing advice to teams in multiple jurisdictions and in respect of unregulated and regulated activities. In addition to ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, the individual should be commercially minded and able to communicate with engagement teams as a peer. The individual will be required to act as a trusted advisor to engagement teams in respect of complex client engagements.

• Strong client facing background in one or more areas of our core services
• Experience of large, complex cross border advisory engagements would be beneficial but not essential
• Knowledge of all corporate insolvency processes (Administration, Solvent, Insolvent Liquidations and FCRs) would be beneficial
• Knowledge of contracting and identification and management of engagement risk would be beneficial
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to communicate with, advise and influence engagement and delivery teams
• Good working knowledge of the ICAEW Code of Ethics
• Experience of compliance with one or more of the following regulatory regimes would be beneficial:
• FCA
• DFSA
• FINRA
• Requirement to:
• provide support and assistance in internal and external quality assurance reviews as required
• Responding to queries and provision of advice to teams verbally or in written form
• Provide support in quality improvement by making improvements to standard templates, processes, policies and procedures
• Work with the legal team on contracting matters as required