Financial Reporting Council
Regulators of auditors, accountants and actuaries, https://www.frc.org.uk/about-the-frc/careers
Requirements of the role
The FRC’s Enforcement Division is the independent disciplinary body for the accountancy and actuarial professions in the UK. It undertakes complex professional disciplinary investigations and prosecutions in cases involving accountants, accountancy firms and actuaries which raise important issues affecting the public interest in the UK. Many of the investigations are large, complex, and high-profile and our cases regularly require liaison with other investigators including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Insolvency Service, and the Pensions Regulator. Examples of recent case outcomes can be found here. More information on the work of the Division can be found in our Annual Enforcement Review.
Job Description
The Role
The Casework Director plays a key leadership and supervisory role alongside Executive and Deputy Executive Counsel in ensuring that the casework of the Enforcement Division is of the highest standard and that the reputation and credibility of the FRC in its Enforcement activities is maintained. This is a key role in supporting and promoting the success of the Division as a whole and representing the Division externally. The Casework Director provides expertise to, and assists with supervision, management and conduct of, the Enforcement Division’s casework and case strategy in complex and often high-profile investigations under the Accountancy Scheme, the Actuarial Scheme, and the AEP. The role involves supervising a portfolio of investigations and enforcement proceedings handled by multi‑disciplinary teams of forensic accountants, lawyers, and legal assistants and leading and managing other investigations/proceedings personally.
The Role Includes
* Leading a multi‑disciplinary case portfolio team to deliver a portfolio of investigations and enforcement proceedings
* Overseeing, supporting and constructively challenging case teams on the conduct, and management of their cases, achieving targets and deadlines and delivering timely, high quality Enforcement outcomes
* Framing case strategy and driving complex investigations forward
* Supervising, developing and working with more junior members of the team
* Working with forensic accountants to review complex accountancy, actuarial and audit material
* Collating, analysing and preparing evidence and developing case theoryInstructing and working closely with counsel, independent experts and external solicitors
* Leading preparation for Tribunal hearings
* Providing high quality advice and analysis on legal and policy aspects of cases and of Enforcement Division work in general
* Overseeing case expenditure and taking responsibility for often very substantial case budgets
Location: London, Birmingham
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Profession: Enforcement, Financial Services, Legal
Working pattern: Flexible working, Hybrid
Closing Date: 25/05/2026
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