Junior Compliance Consultant

Overview

We are a boutique financial services consulting firm with a small, UK- and Hong Kong-based team of international staff. We provide regulatory and financial crime support to UK businesses regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

We are looking for a Junior Compliance Consultant to support our team of senior consultants on regulatory and financial crime projects.

This is both an internal and client-facing role requiring a calm, polite demeanour and the ability to work under pressure.

The role has good progression opportunities to consultant level and beyond.

Start date: 12 January 2026

Responsibilities

Project support:

• Collecting and organising project information for consultants
• Reviewing information provided by clients for quality control before handover of the project pack to consultants
• Coordinating calls with clients

Reporting support:

• Assisting with the collection and preparation of regulatory reports (RegData)

General office support:

• Call answering
• Preparing client proposals
• General office support
• Processing accounts payable invoices
• Updating and maintaining our CRM
• Meeting room bookings
• Greeting visitors and setting up meeting rooms

Customer due diligence:

• Preparation of customer due diligence packs for new customers

Required experience

• 1-3 years in a similar, office-based admin role, preferably with a similar, fast-paced firm

Essential skills

• Punctuality
• Time management
• Ability to work under pressure. Our client work is time critical – you will often be working to right deadlines
• Curiosity and a desire to learn and understand
• Acute attention to detail – zero-error approach to work
• IT skills: Excellent knowledge of all Office 365 applications, including: Word, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint
• Excellent numeracy skills. Confident in handling routine calculations, spreadsheets etc.
• Disciplined and systematic approach to work – you will typically be working on many different projects at once
• Professional-level English
• Ability to communicate effectively with both native- and non-native English speakers – many of our clients are international
• Confidentiality – you will handle sensitive, confidential client data
• Confidence and diplomacy skills. You will be dealing directly with our consulting clients who are typically SMEs with many competing priorities. You will often speak with senior managers and directors
• Outgoing, friendly demeanour – much of your day will be spent speaking with other staff members and clients

Desirable skills

• Experience using task management tools such as Asana, as well Hubspot CRM
• Focus on efficiency, including good use of keyboard shortcuts
• We are a global business with a multilingual team – any additional languages you speak may be useful for the business

Education

• GCSE grade A*-B in English, Maths and Science
• Undergraduate degree

Progression/career development opportunities

• Additional training for regulatory admin support on FCA process
• Potential progression to project coordination/operations management

Employment terms

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Pension at statutory minimum

Other details

Dress code: Office wear. This includes smart clothes when working from home as we have frequent video calls with clients

Location: For the first 6 months, you will typically be based 5 days per week (as determined by your line manager) at our central London office next to Bank/Monument station. This can be reviewed after 6-12 months depending on progress, performance and business requirements

Hours of work: 37.5h per week, 9am to 5.30pm with 1 hour lunch break

Reporting to: Head of Payment Services & E-Money

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London EC3M: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Why do you want to work in consultancy? Please be specific and don't use AI to draft your response.
• Are you able to start the role in early January 2026?

Education:

• Bachelor's (required)

Experience:

• Administrative: 1 year (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person