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Our client is a partnership of chartered accountants in the UK that is part of a worldwide professional services network of public accountancy firms. With offices throughout the UK, the firm offers auditing, consultancy and tax services to a wide variety of organisations in the private and public sectors. It is viewed as a 'challenger' to the Big Four in many fields and has a small but growing Risk and Regulation practice.

We are seeking an expert on prudential regulatory issues, with significant experience of:

Retail banking/investment banking

Prudential and regulatory reporting requirements.

Liquidity management and Treasury

• The individual will have acted as a regulatory expert in the banking/investment banking industry (eg. a senior member of a regulatory reporting team) or will have similar credential from working as an industry consultant in the prudential regulatory sphere.
• Knowledge of BIPRU and SUP 16 Annex 24 and 25 rules is required.
• The individual needs to have the ability to provide expert technical support on individual transactions, financial rule interpretations and individual "hotline" advice.
• The candidate will also need to demonstrate experience of FSA complex model approvals for market and credit risk and an ability to translate their expert knowledge into clear, action orientated client support.

• Competencies:
• Technical knowledge of BIPRU and predecessor rules, including complex model approvals;
• Knowledge of emerging market practices and new regulation/legislation from Basel Committee, CEBS and EU regulation and directives;
• Ability to provide considered views, interpretation and impact assessment of current and emerging BIPRU/Basel regulations on operations of Financial Services institutions;
• Ability to work under own initiative and in many different and challenging environments;
• Strong presentation, business writing and professional standards;
• Client centric, flexible and client service orientated approach;
• Strong network of regulatory professionals
• Ability to build on a sales pipeline and work autonomously
• Strong people management skills and experience of/enthusiasm for developing and managing a team of professional staff.