Forvis Mazars
Grow. Belong. Impact.
Forvis Mazars in Ireland is a leading professional services firm with ambitious growth plans and over 1000 staff based in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. We are an integral part of Forvis Mazars Group, an internationally integrated partnership with over 40,000 professionals operating in over 100 countries and territories around the world. Our strategic framework drives positive and meaningful impact for our people, the environment and local communities while delivering unmatched client experience to our clients.
Why join us
Our people are ambassadors and leaders and have a bold entrepreneurial spirit to shape the future of our industry and the communities within which we serve. We empower and develop our teams to become professionals of the highest calibre in technical and client excellence. Our people first approach offers our teams a caring work environment which promotes belonging and inclusivity of all cultures and perspectives.
The Position
We wish to appoint an experienced risk consultant with management experience for a financial services (“FS”) risk consulting role, with a risk, compliance, internal audit, accountancy or similar background and at least 3 years’ professional experience. Our FS risk and compliance consulting team work with and support a range of financial institutions and entities in banking, insurance, asset management, payment services and MIFID investment firms.
As a member of our FS risk consulting team, this person will have the opportunity to learn and support the delivery of a range of regulatory assignments of a recurring and non-recurring nature in the following areas;
- Regulatory investigations and assurance;
- FS compliance and risk management;
- I nternal audit; and
Corporate governance
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Key Responsibilities
- Growing your knowledge of regulatory and compliance obligations of our clients
- Supporting assignments with clients in the following areas; regulatory submissions and investigations; corporate governance; FS compliance and risk management; internal control frameworks
- Reporting into the senior leadership, working towards the achievement of departmental goals and targets
- Working to deadlines and within budgets on each assignment
- Involvement as an ambassador in firm / department / practice development and marketing initiatives
Managing and developing junior team members.
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Ideal Candidate
- Qualification in accountancy or relevant industry qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, Compliance Institute, Institute of Internal Auditors, CIMA) is preferred
- Ideally, a minimum of 3 years’ experience within risk and compliance consulting
- Good understanding of some risk and compliance regulatory areas (e.g. PSD, Consumer Protection Code, Investor Protection, Fitness and Probity etc)
- Demonstrated knowledge of challenges and developments within the banking industry
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment
- Strong organisational and planning capabilities
- Ability to work on own initiative and to provide guidance to others
- Experience of working to deadlines and delivering under pressure
- Excellent computer-literacy skills
Experience in a professional services firm, risk management role or a compliance function role is preferred.
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Don’t wait. Act.
Please Note: Forvis Mazars is an Equal Opportunities Employer. In applying for a role with us, you consent that Forvis Mazars will process your personal data for the purpose of handling your application. Forvis Mazars endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, at times when we do need to engage with agencies, Forvis Mazars operates within a preferred supplier list (PSL) and only work and partner with recruitment suppliers where our agreed contractual terms are in place. If unsolicited CVs are received from agencies, we will not be liable for payment of introduction fees. Thank you for your co-operation.
