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Compliance Monitoring Manager

Compliance Monitoring Manager is a crucial title within a Financial Services firm’s Compliance function, with oversight of the assessment of how well Compliance policies and procedures are working in the business’s day to day activities. A growing challenger bank approached Kind Consultancy with a need to recruit a permanent Compliance Monitoring Manager as they expanded […]

Underwriters

Underwriters are the lifeblood of any Mortgage function within Financial Services and an essential part of the Credit Risk apparatus. Hiring underwriters with the right knowledge, skills and experience is vital to the success of any lending organisation. Kind Consultancy have a long working relationship with a large building society, who were experiencing an increase […]

Interim Deputy CRO

As a Chief Risk Officer (CRO) steers the big picture of Risk management for a Financial Services organisation, a Deputy CRO can be vital in a large business for supporting, embedding and enacting good Risk practices. One of the largest groups of Financial Services Mortgage & Protection Networks in the UK contacted Kind Consultancy seeking […]

Prudential Risk & Credit Risk

Prudential Risk and Credit Risk are both specialised areas of Risk Management within Financial Services. Where Credit Risk professionals manage risks related to lending, ensuring the organisation is only providing loans to customers who will be able to repay them, Prudential Risk centres on the mitigation of risks that threaten a firm’s financial stability. These […]

Internal Audit Team

Internal audit teams are a crucial part of the risk apparatus of a Financial Services business. Internal audit professionals will scrutinise and assess how well the business is managing risks and how effectively internal processes are working. They also often act as an in-house consulting service, advising management on how to improve systems and procedures. […]

Internal Audit – Prudential Risk

Prudential Risk Audit is a niche within a niche – a hyper-specific position requiring an overlap of Internal Audit skills and Prudential Risk expertise. While many organisations won’t need such a granular approach to Internal Audit, some large firms do – and when that need arises, they require a true specialist they can trust. These […]

Vulnerable Customers

Vulnerable Customers are defined by the FCA as customers who, for any one of a wide variety of reasons, are “someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to harm, particularly when a [Financial Services] firm is not acting with appropriate levels of care”. Consumers might be vulnerable due to “poor health, such […]

Checking In On Fair Value Preparations

Earlier this month the FCA published their findings from a review of Fair Value frameworks. Fair Value is one of the 4 outcomes on which firms will be assessed under Consumer Duty when it comes into effect in July. To help establish the regulator’s expectations, the FCA is providing feedback based on organisations’ proposals. For […]

A Review Of The Year 2022

Kind Consultancy – The Year in Review 2022  As we head towards the end of the year, I wanted to take a look back at what 2022 has been like for both the recruitment world and for our clients in the Financial Services GRC space.  Regulations Most years we see different themes come to the […]

As demands on Customer Care teams rise, is automation the answer?

It’s clear now, in the winter of 2022, that the cost of living crisis is real, and is not going away any time soon. A variety of complex, interlocking factors is driving up prices, with the increases hitting especially hard for household essentials and energy bills. Ofgem has said this week that energy firms are […]

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