Associate Consultant, Financial Advisory

The Role

Your primary role will be to provide support in our client and engagement acceptance process, including performing conflict reviews, customer due diligence to ensure we have understood who Teneo will be providing services to from a risk and reputation standpoint, as well as compliance with our Anti-Money Laundering requirements for the regulated parts of Teneo’s business. 

We will accept candidates with or without directly applicable experience and full training will be provided as required.

Location: The client and engagement acceptance team is primarily based in Cardiff. As the team also supports the business globally, the role will be required to work hours of 12:00 to 20:30 (GMT) including some England & Wales public or bank holidays where those days can be taken as additional annual leave (on other dates).

The Team at Teneo

Teneo is a global business drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations. The breadth of our offering and our ability to provide bespoke and seamless advisory services, on either a standalone or integrated basis, makes us truly unique.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing customer due diligence research utilising online tools, software and sanctions checking solutions
• Reviewing new client and engagement requests, screening the related parties for sanctions, enforcements or other adverse matters prior to issuing conflict check, Anti-Money Laundering and Risk Assessment responses
• Supporting engagement teams with client and engagement acceptance
• Supporting the Quality and Risk Management team on other business critical projects and training
• Working effectively in an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

Key Skills & Experience

• Ability to manage and take responsibility for your work
• Driving forward tasks on a number of projects in parallel
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Experience of Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Excel preferable

What can we offer you?

New joiners are supported by an induction programme, training in the tools and processes to the analyst role, with continuous improvement and development achieved through a structured and tailored programme that suits your career development..

As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including:

• Market-leading salary
• 28 days annual leave, with an option to purchase additional days
• An additional Inclusion Day leave
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Pension Plan (with additional employee contribution options)
• Extensive investment in personal development & learning
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (dependent on length of service), with shared parental leave options
• Additional benefits and options including:
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.