Regulatory Compliance Analyst - Promontory

IntroductionIBM's Industry Consultants are essential to our clients as they work to reinvent themselves for the future. Join our highly visible and highly skilled team of global consultants as we strive to accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM's market eminence. If you are a forward-thinker and a curious intellectual, we welcome you to apply for your next exciting career challenge!Your Role and ResponsibilitiesThe Analyst position is the first step in your career with Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company, which is a premier risk management, strategy and regulatory compliance consulting firm focusing primarily on the financial service industry. As an Analyst, you will have a unique hands-on experience in business development, client work, and other projects. You will be challenged to develop your knowledge in our areas of expertise, and our client's business issues while building your skills in communications, problem solving, and consulting.Companies throughout the world seek our expertise in strategic planning, risk management, controls, operations and technology, capital and liquidity, compliance, and governance. We excel at helping clients solve their most difficult, technically complex, and sensitive challenges, particularly those at the intersection of strategy, risk, and regulation. We provide thorough, objective reviews that identify the sources of our clients' issues and concerns. We work side-by-side with client project teams to implement the changes that address these issues and concerns, including those related to business process and technology.From our U.K. offices in London, we are often called upon to assist a range of clients from banking, insurance, wholesale markets, credit and financial market infrastructure businesses. Our work involves supporting clients in complying with requirements related to:Regulatory matters, including compliance reviews, preparing for regulatory visits and interviews, and skilled- person reviewsRisk managementEvaluation of governance frameworks, policies, and processes against industry and regulatory standardsCustomer file reviews and remediation programmesComplex and unique circumstances that require thoughtful, tailored, solutionsYour Role and Responsibilities:Provide support and research to projects involving strategic qualitative analysis of UK regulatory developments, drawing on your knowledge and experience of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory strategy and objectives, and financial quantitative analysis of materials provided to us by firms regulated by the PRA and FCA.Gather, analyse, and interpret data related to the scope of the project. In your analysis and interpretation, you will draw on your knowledge and experience of practices at other regulated firms you have dealt with.Prepare presentations and participate in crafting other documents for the project team and client. You will align these presentations and other documents with relevant FCA and PRA regulatory standards and good practice for presentations and documents at regulated firms.Participate in interviews of financial executives, corporate directors, and regulators. Your involvement may entail taking notes of the interviews and turning those into formal records. You will rely on your understanding of current regulatory priorities and standards to help you follow and interpret what the interviewers and interviewees say.Assist with project planning, team organisation, and coordination.Participate in business development and in the client strategic planning processes. Your role in this will be varied. Your understanding of our core offering - which includes matters such as governance, risk management, compliance, prevention of financial crime and consumer protection - will help you to make your contribution accurate from the very beginning.Analyse legal or regulatory requirements, including as developed through administrative or judicial proceedings.Review and analyse client written materials, such as policies, procedures, and governance artefacts or such as customer onboarding documents or sales records. Your analysis will draw on your knowledge and experience of PRA and FCA regulatory requirements.Monitor and prepare reports on UK and global financial regulatory developments.Travel as required to client sites in the UK and internationally.Time spent travelling varies depending upon the project.Perform additional duties as assigned.Required Technical and Professional ExpertiseSuperior writing and editing skills with the ability to construct well-founded, clear, and concise analyses and recommendations.Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.Knowledge of PRA and FCA regulatory strategy and objectives.Understanding of the PRA and FCA regulatory regimes and ability to navigate their published rules and guidance.Experience of PRA or FCA regulated firms, the issues they deal in their regulated business and the expectations of general standards that apply to such regulated firms.Knowledge of the key elements of good practice in the core areas of our business, such as governance, risk management, consumer protection, prevention of financial crime and regulatory (PRA and FCA) processes.Ability to handle complex information, solve problems, and manage multiple tasks.Ability to communicate effectively with clients and within all levels of the organisation.Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships and build teams.Preferred Technical and Professional ExpertiseEntry level position with demonstrated previous experience with organisations focusing mainly on legal, financial, or regulatory matters.Eligibility to work in the UK without sponsorshipAbout Business UnitIBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.Your Life @ IBMWhat matters to you when you're looking for your next career challenge?Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities - where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust - where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.Location StatementFor additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.Key Job DetailsCategory: ConsultantRequired Education: Bachelor's DegreePosition Type: ProfessionalEmployment Type: Full-TimeContract Type: RegularCompany: (8660) IBM United Kingdom LimitedTravel Required: Up to 75% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)