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We are seeking an Assistant Manager to join our First Line Risk Function in Guernsey. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in supporting the business in managing fraud, anti-money laundering, counter‑terrorist financing and associated regulatory risks. Working closely with the Associate Director and Senior Management, you will help ensure the business remains compliant with all applicable regulatory requirements while protecting its reputation and operations.
What You'll Do -
- Risk reviews and governance support, including periodic reviews, risk assessments, SERR reports, high‑risk client escalations, quality assurance of outsourced reviews, and preparation of committee packs and Board updates.
- Client acceptance, change and exit (ACE) support, providing technical risk input during onboarding and client changes, assisting with risk profiling, and managing ACE committee papers, meetings, and minutes.
- First line risk and operational support, advising Client Service Teams on due diligence and risk queries, maintaining risk registers (including PEPs, blocked accounts, and alerts), and supporting regulatory monitoring and escalations.
- Reporting and continuous improvement activities, including preparation of statistical analysis for Board reporting, support of asset oversight and CMP‑related actions, and assistance with developing and embedding policies and procedures.
- Team management and collaboration, including line management of staff in Guernsey and GCD‑Mauritius, delivery of reviews and development plans, mentoring and training of junior team members, and liaison with the Business Assurance Team.
What We Offer -
- Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
- Wellbeing: additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover, life assurance, discounted gym membership, eye test and corporate GP
- Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave plus all Guernsey public holidays
- Enhanced maternity and paternity, including shared parental leave and adoption leave
- Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements.
Qualifications
- Relevant professional background in fiduciary operations, compliance, or administration, with prior experience managing or completing periodic review processes and supporting committee objectives, including minute taking.
- Experience across client lifecycle activities, including onboarding, client records management, client oversight, and acceptance, change and exit processes.
- Proven ability to draft, maintain, and embed policies and procedures, with experience of outsourcing oversight considered highly desirable.
- People management experience, including oversight and development of team members and remote workers (highly desirable but not essential).
- Strong technical skills, including advanced Microsoft Office capability, use of screening tools such as World-Check and RiskScreen, and the ability to interrogate administration systems and produce management reporting.
Additional information
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.
There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.
Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 5,800+ employees - from 94 nationalities, across 25 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.
We’re committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients’ sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.
Company description
We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide. We employ a global workforce of 5,800+ people across 25 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$750 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top-15 private equity firms.
Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.
Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.
We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.
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