Part Time IFA Compliance Officer

£33.50 per hour
Chelmsford, Essex

20 hours per week

My client, a professional independent financial advisors based in Chelmsford is seeking a Compliance Officer with previous experience within a similar role to join their team on a part time, permanent basis, working 20 hours per week.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Compliance role within an IFA, and hold Level a 4 Diploma in Financial Planning.

Responsibilities include:

• Overall responsibility (SMF16) for day to day compliance of the business under the guidance of Simplybiz- Including responsibility for implementation of Consumer Duty and maintenance of Senior Management and Certification Regime
• Chairing Senior Management meetings
• Completion of Financial Resilience surveys
• Ensure the existing and new business processes and documentation meet current regulation and are fully version-controlled
• Responsible for co-ordinating compliance file checks with Simplybiz and Financial Advisers
• Undertaking Fact Find and Adviser Observations
• Responsible for undertaking adviser KPIs and Development Actions plans and ensuring their CPD / SPS is up-to-date
• Maintaining and updating Compliance records
• Responsible for updating FCA register as required
• Responsible for ensuring that staff are informed of any new relevant regulation and updating staff in monthly team meetings
• Facilitating compliance file checks and chasing Advisers for missing information
• New starter documentation process
• Facilitating annual compliance tests
• Liaise with Simplybiz on bi-annual visits / audits
• Responsible for assisting Finance Director on GABRIEL returns (RegData)
• 3rd party checks and introducer agreements

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