Professional Standards Consultant

The opportunity

As the Professional Standards Consultant you will work collaboratively with a range of senior leaders across the partnership, providing key expertise in the effective design and delivery of the Network’s Assurance Model (Control Framework) which balances commercial requirements (risk appetite) and regulatory requirements including regular root cause analysis and outcome focused reporting to be shared with committees.

In light of the AR Regime, this role is pivotal to support progression and evolution of AR Oversight controls reported in the annual AR Self-Assessment.

This is a fixed term contract until the end of 2025; hybrid position based in our Swindon office.

The benefits

Salary - up to £65,000
Bonus scheme - on target bonus – 15%
Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%.
Critical illness cover.
Income protection - 1x salary.
Death in service - 4x salary.
27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days.
A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Your responsibilities will include:

A key driver and contributor in the effective design and delivery of:
- Quality and Partnership processes which conform to expected industry regulation and Openwork’s business standards.
- The design and delivery of the Network’s Assurance Model (Control Framework)
- The design and delivery of the Quality Assurance and Reporting Framework across Operations.
Engage with key stakeholders across the business to support progression the evolution of AR Oversight controls and AR Self-Assessment activity.
Delivery of effective root cause analysis by a review of data to continue to evolve the assurance model.
Collaboration with senior stakeholders and relevant MI to identify emerging risks and identify strengthening of control via the assurance model.
Continuous improvement of the risk based KPIs to inform and drive supervisory interventions.
Championing the use of data to inform decisions.
You'll be actively engaged with industry peers to inform thinking towards our risk and assurance framework.

What will you need to succeed?

Experience of AR oversight controls and regulatory expectations.
Experience with root cause analysis and recommendations.
Level 4 Diploma (preferable).
A working knowledge of FCA Principles of Business, supervision and T&C Manuals.
A good understanding of the FCA Senior Managers & Certification Regime for solo-regulated firms.
An understanding of general risk management principles and the FCA concept of Conduct Risk and how it can be mitigated.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.

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Professional Standards Consultant

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