Do you want to work for an organisation making a real difference? Do you want to earn a qualification and become a skilled Compliance professional? Then this is the opportunity for you!
You'll learn, grow, and advance in a diverse and impactful organisation, where we’ll empower you to bring your skills, your curiosity, and reach your full potential.
Your apprenticeship
We are seeking an enthusiastic recent school leaver to join our team starting in July 2024. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about starting their career in compliance within a financial institution.
Our apprenticeship programme will provide you with a fully funded professional qualification, International Compliance Association (ICA) Certificate, and opportunity to develop a range of skills while spending 20-months in our Compliance team. Through the programme, you will build sound ethical standards, together with strong communication, influence, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
Your team
The Compliance team comprises four disciplines: Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance, Data Protection and Information & Complaints management. They play an important role in reinforcing BII’s reputation as a responsible investor, ensuring BII meets its regulatory commitments with respect to the UK financial services regulator (FCA) and relevant overseas regulators.
The function supports the development and ongoing oversight of BII’s systems and controls to counter risks associated with financial crime and breaches relating to financial and data protection regulations.
What you'll learn
- Financial Services legal and regulatory frameworks & the role of different regulators
- Financial crime legislation and regulation, including risk typologies
- Compliance policies and procedures
- Systems, tools and processes, including IT tools
- Data analysis and management information
Your responsibilities
- Support team members with handling compliance matters and queries arising from BII’s operations in relation to FCA and overseas regulations
- Updating compliance risk registers and collating key metrics
- Keep abreast of UK compliance requirements relevant to BII’s operations, as well as understanding the compliance obligations in other countries in which BII operates
- Support with the development of senior management reporting dashboards
- Support the creation of interactive training material
- Support compliance investigations and internal reviews
What we look for
- This position is designed for, and ideally suited to, school leavers holding three A levels, grades A* to C (or equivalent).
- You must have achieved Level 2 in English and Maths (equivalent to GCSE grade 4-9/A*-C)
- To comply with the apprenticeship eligibility rules, at the start of the apprenticeship, you must be aged 18 or over, living in England, and not in full-time education and have the right to work in the UK.
- A strong commitment towards successfully completing the Level 3 Risk and Compliance Officer Apprenticeship.
Essential skills
- Motivated and proactive, with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in basic MS Excel and Word
- Willingness to learn operational skills within compliance software
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisation and the ability to manage and meet competing deadlines
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Flexibility in working styles to suit business needs (e.g., in cross-functional teams, independent working)
- Integrity and discretion when handling confidential information
Desirable skills
- Candidates should be strongly motivated by BII’s development mission and ideally demonstrate some commitment to development or social goals through previous executive or non-executive activity.
About us
Our mission and objectives
- British International Investment is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. We invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
- We have 75 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, long-term growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
- We invest to achieve impact and a financial return which is then reinvested for more impact. Over the past five years, we have committed £7 billion of new investments, with our net assets growing in value to approximately £8.1 billion. We are now invested in 1,400 businesses which directly employ over 950,000 workers and support many more. Over the next five years, we plan to grow further, and aim to commit around £9 billion of new investments over the period.
- Our current five-year strategy responds to the opportunities and challenges facing developing and emerging economies. To ensure our capital is used in the best way possible to meet these opportunities and challenges, it sets out three clear strategic objectives – to invest in productive, sustainable and inclusive development. These objectives mean an increased focus on climate finance, including investing in green infrastructure; on financing digital transformation; and on driving inclusive outcomes, including through gender and diversity finance.
- We changed our name to British International Investment in 2022, to more accurately reflect our central role in the UK Government’s international financing offer.
- In the last few years, we have expanded our presence in Africa and Asia by opening new offices in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ghana and Singapore; with further expansion planned.
- We take an entrepreneurial approach to investment. We think innovatively about ways to deploy our capital, attract, and mobilise other investors, and drive transformational impact.
- Deliver impact. We are a team of over 600 and place immense value on diversity within our organisation.
- Read more about us and the strategy at bii.co.uk
Our cultural values
We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be:
- Impact-led, commercially rigorous
- Tenacious in the face of challenges
- Collaborative and caring
British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
