Registration and Licensing Administrator

London

Contract to 5th September 2025 - maternity cover

Salary from £60,000pa, plus benefits (see below)

Pontoon is an employment consultancy, we put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identifies, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

My client is on the world's leading financial institutions united in their purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. They are dedicated to helping teammates be their best at work and at home. It starts with having a diverse, inclusive workplace where employees are valued for their individual strengths and perspectives. They firmly believe all employees should be treated with respect, live free of discrimination and be able to bring their whole selves to work. This is core to who they are as a company and how they drive responsible growth.

They are seeking a Registration and Licensing Administrator in London on a maternity cover contract to 5th September 2025. This role is hybrid working with 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home, however you will need to be fully office based at the start whilst undergoing training. You will be working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

About the Role:

They are looking for a dedicated professional to join the Compliance and Operational Risk team in London, as part of the Registrations and Licensing department (R&L). You will be part of a team responsible for Associate registrations across the UK, Ireland and France regimes.

In this role you will contribute to the independent oversight of Front Line Unit (FLU) and Control Function (CF) performance in alignment with the Compliance Risk Management Program. As an individual contributor the Compliance and Operational Risk Analyst promotes a culture of compliance and the identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance risks. You will get exposure to a wide range of Associates across Global Markets and Global Banking as well as support functions such as Human Resources

Main Responsibilities:

Assisting the team with Operational aspects of registrations work, ensuring the appropriate due diligence has been conducted prior to certification.

Assisting with weekly rota tasks such as terminations, monitoring and reporting.

Promote a culture of compliance and the identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance and operational risks.

Core Skills

A background in a similar role ideally within the financial sector.

Solid written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate and work with all levels within the organisation and with external regulators (e.g. senior manager applications).

Ability to multitask; completing a high volume of transactions within specific deadlines.

Ability to appropriately handle sensitive and confidential material.

Excellent analytical skills - analyse documents for accuracy and risk; mitigate and/or call out where appropriate.

Independent - can accurately perform functions with little direction.

Computing skills for windows applications.

Keen problem solver who can handle multiple projects.

Follow-up initiative to resolve items.

Excellent attention to detail.

Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Possess a positive, cooperative and professional attitude.

Some knowledge the UK Certification Regime or the Irish Fitness and Probity regime is desirable.

Please apply with an up-to-date CV which must show evidence of the above to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.

You will be an integral part of Ajilon (Adecco), a FTSE500 Global organisation with over 52 clients and sole supplier to the biggest organisations in the country and the world. You will be employed by ourselves as an Ajilon Consultant working on-site with our client where you will receive a regular salary, pension contributions, holiday and sick pay, plus a number of additional benefits such as medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life insurance, access to our discounted benefits website and library of online training materials and future career and certification opportunities.

This great opportunity is being offered on a PAYE basis which means a LTD/Umbrella company cannot be used