About the Role

Sitting within the compliance department, the role of the file checker is to ensure that the work produced by advisers is compliant! Looking at the rules and guidance set by the regulator, and seeing how that translates into the output that is the adviser’s client files. But here at Verve, you may have noticed that we don’t do things traditionally; we want the file checker to take a common sense approach to compliance and understand how a file fits within a firm’s advice process.

We encourage our firms to truly understand the compliance requirements for their files (hint, it’s not an 80-page suitability report!) and the role of the file checker is key to ensuring that the regulatory requirements are covered in the correct way and that poor outcomes are avoided for clients.

The successful candidate will also work with the consultancy, training, and competency teams, to ensure that any feedback is raised directly with the firms and changes are made where necessary.

The role includes:

* Conducting file reviews across a multitude of business areas (pensions, investments, mortgages, protection).
* Liaising with internal departments to ensure issues identified in a firm’s advice process are adapted.
* Ensuring that the file-checking process remains in line with regulatory rules and guidance, and taking a pragmatic approach to compliance.
* Opportunities to host internal and external training sessions on ‘World Class Files’.



About you

We’re looking for someone who has experience with reviewing advice files and an understanding of the regulatory requirements. Therefore, we request applicants have:

* Experience in conducting file reviews within the financial planning space.
* Level 4 qualification (if you do not hold the full qualification, but have extensive experience, please get in touch).
* Further qualifications desirable (Defined Benefits, Equity Release, Long Term Care).
* Above all, we love someone with a positive attitude who likes a challenge and isn’t afraid to roll their sleeves up and get on with the job!


About us

The Verve Group offers a range of services to financial planners and ultimately works towards two key aims; to help support good quality financial advice firms to grow and develop, and to attract new people into financial services and help train them up, for the good of the future of finance.

Across all departments, we approach financial services with a fun and positive outlook; our focus is on relentless innovating and never settling for just doing what has always been done. We're passionate that more people can and should benefit from advice, and it's our mission to make that more accessible for them.

We offer a range of benefits to permanent employees to ensure our team feels supported and motivated. We reward loyalty and offer enhanced benefits to reward employees who choose to grow their career with us, but as standard these include…

Standard benefits (Based on a full-time position)

* 21 days basic holiday allowance (increasing 1 day per year for each year’s service, to a max of 26 days); plus bank holidays; plus Christmas close-down and your birthday off if it falls on a weekday.
* Death in service cover
* Personal development budget (for exams, training, anything to help you excel!)
* Personalised salary structure to reflect your own effort and contribution
* Hybrid working with the ability to work from home (on completion of training, relevant to role and dependant on experience)
* Access to lifestyle benefits such as meditation app, highstreet discount and rewards app and financial wellbeing platform.
* Additional legacy benefits such as an EMI scheme, to allow you to hold shares and be part of the value we are building together, and enhanced maternity and paternity leave available after a qualifying period.


What makes us different?

* Dress code? Not here! We want you to be yourself and comfortable - but maybe no pyjamas please!
* Being part of a company with a higher purpose and strong values.
* Health and wellbeing programme and initiatives
* Office snacks and refreshments
* Open plan ‘living office’ environment – including rocking (or sometimes dubious) playlists, beer/wine fridge, breakout lounge, breakfast club, ping pong table.
* 2 official annual company parties, plus ad hoc team nights out and monthly enrichment sessions
* Office dogs welcome!

Yearly salary

Salary dependant on experience, between £28,000 - £33,000.