T&C Supervisor

Are you a regulatory specialist looking to elevate your career to the next level? The Openwork Partnership, a leader in financial services, is seeking a passionate and highly competent T&C Supervisor to join our dynamic team.
As a valued member of our team, you will ensure we maintain our exceptional standard of quality and risk oversight for our Partner Firms, Advisers, and Practice Supervisors. Your insightful approach and collaborative mindset will be vital in fostering positive relationships across all our stakeholder groups.
The benefits:

• Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 10%
• An annual car allowance of £4236
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5% (15%)
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection - 1x salary
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits includes private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
• Also available as a job share

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver supervision in alignment with Openwork's Assurance Model and Supervision Framework.
• Adopt a proactive risk management approach, identifying root causes and formulating effective remedial actions.
• Use critical thinking and MI/Data to guide your supervision priorities.
• Foster a culture of competence, good conduct, and excellent client outcomes.
• Balance commerciality and regulatory risk effectively.
• Take ownership of your supervision activities, maintaining regulatory requirements and addressing emerging risks.

What You Bring:

• Experience supervising Advisers
• Solid understanding of the FCA T&C Handbook and the broader regulatory environment.
• Experience applying FCA Handbook expertise flexibly and confidently across a range of scenarios.
• Proven track record in creating risk and quality remediation plans achieving good client outcomes.

Qualifications:

• CeMap or equivalent
• Holds Level 4 Diploma qualification or equivalent
• Commitment to complete Equity Release Qualification within 12 months in the role.
• Maintenance of your own competence as a Supervisor, including up-to-date CPD/SPS/SOS status where appropriate.

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to inspire and engage team members.
• Strong persuasion and influencing abilities.
• Analytical acumen to identify trends and patterns.
• Strong judgment, decision making & problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to cope with pressure and setbacks while maintaining an optimistic outlook.

Why The Openwork Partnership?
We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.
We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities - just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.