Compliance & Risk Officer Apprentice

Salary: £26,000 per year

Our client has an excellent opportunity for a Compliance & Risk Officer Apprentice to join their established company in Rocester. The qualification will include a Level 3 apprenticeship in Compliance & Risk and an accredited International Compliance Association certificate at Level 3. The training duration will be between 18-24 months, leading to a permanent contract and pay review (subject to successful completion of the apprenticeship).

Important: to be eligible for the role and training, you must not already have a level 3, or equivalent, or higher, qualification in the area of compliance and risk.

Compliance & Risk Officer responsibilities include:

• Co-ordinating arrangements for audit and risk committee meetings.
• Assisting in establishing internal risk control testing programmes.
• Supporting and auditing the management team to ensure completion of monthly controls testing.
• Providing Management Information to senior management and the board risk committee.
• Conducting desk-based audit reviews, ensuring appropriate audit trails are in place.
• Co-ordinating Risk Register reports.

Skills, Knowledge & Behaviour:

You will be honest, hard-working and enthusiastic and have an interest in working with people at all levels in a Regulatory environment. By the end of the apprenticeship, the company will help you to be:

• Confident and able to work with a range of people
• Customer-focused
• A competent communicator
• Organised and able to meet deadlines
• Accurate and thorough
• Competent in this area of work (level 3 minimum)

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs grade C/5 or above including in Maths and English.
• 2 A levels (A-C) preferable, not essential.
• Driving licence and own transport preferred due to company location

You will be rewarded with:

• A permanent contract upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
• Competitive salary whilst training, with a salary review on successful completion of the apprenticeship
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays each year
• Working hours – 8.30am to 4.45pm Monday to Friday, with 45 minutes lunch break
• Some hybrid working subject to training requirements
• Generous pension scheme
• Private healthcare scheme
• Subsidised gym facilities on-site
• Dental Scheme
• Employee loan scheme (subject to criteria)
• Performance-related Bonus Scheme