Business Assurance Officer

£40,000 - £60,000 salary negotiable 

You'll work closely with the Head of Business Assurance and the global Business Assurance team on delivering a robust client entity periodic review process for Governance Services in Jersey to ensure that client entity files remain up to date. 

You will perform data integrity monitoring and resolve action items to support the accuracy of data in the systems. Support services will be provided by the firm's existing support functions, and you will be required to liaise with the support teams to ensure alignment across the group with certain policies, procedures and processes as well as ensuring adequate systems are in place to capture and report relevant data on behalf of client entities. You'll support, and work in conjunction with, the Board, the  Operations team, and the Business Services teams, in particular Risk and Compliance, ensuring that Governance Services remains fully integrated with the rest of the network and operate in a manner consistent with the firm's 'one-firm' approach.

About the role

• Take on responsibility for client entity periodic reviews in Jersey, working closely with the local client teams to obtain a thorough understanding of the structures and services and address any findings and action points. You may also assist the Business Assurance team with reviews for entities in other jurisdictions as needed.
• Complete reviews in a timely manner ensuring all relevant data is up to date and no reviews are overdue.
• Track and manage actions coming out of the client entity periodic review process and ensure action items are closed out in order to complete client entity periodic reviews.
• Contribute to developing and enhancing the client entity periodic review framework identifying areas for improvement, digitalisation and automation.
• Support the business with completing other reviews where relevant, such as trigger event or acceptance reviews.
• Identify improvements/enhancements to the policies and procedures relating to client entity periodic reviews and monitoring and work closely with the Head of Business Assurance to ensure they remain up to date at all times.
• Consider data integrity in core systems as part of the client entity periodic review process and raise any data integrity issues with the relevant team, working closely with the Business Solutions team on developing new data integrity rules as required.
• Manage entity close downs, liaising with the client teams and Operations team to ensure all regulatory, legal and contractual obligations have been met before completing closures.
• Collaborate effectively with support staff.
• Assist the Operations team in identifying and implementing process improvements across the business.
• Keep current with latest technologies and regulatory requirements.

About you - essential requirements

• Five years+ experience within a relevant role (trust company business, bank, or in an operational risk role), with strong knowledge of AML/KYC requirements and/or company secretarial/entity administration experience
• A suitable governance or compliance qualification
• A passion for technology and understanding of data structures and integrity
• A flexible and proactive approach to problem solving
• Enthusiasm to learn, including taking initiative to learn new skills and create effective solutions
• A positive outlook and be well organised, with good personal management skills and open to taking ownership of projects and responsibility for ensuring completion
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and work as part of a global team
• Knowledge of Viewpoint would be an advantage