Explore exciting PwC jobs and risk management careers with PwC. At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively. In regulatory risk compliance at PwC, you will focus on confirming adherence to regulatory requirements and mitigating risks for clients. You will provide guidance on compliance strategies and help clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes. This role, Independence, Ethics and Business Conduct - Quality & Control Framework Lead, is based in Jersey/Guernsey, within the Business Enablement - Independence, Ethics and Compliance line of service, at a Manager grade with 37.5 contracted hours per week.
PwC Channel Islands is a highly dynamic professional services firm offering Advisory, Tax, Audit and other assurance services to a large portfolio of international and local clients. The Channel Islands firm employs 600+ staff in offices across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney and is part of an international network of 151 PwC firms employing over 364,000 staff. This role supports the Independence, Ethics and Business Conduct Team in maintaining the firm’s integrity, ethical conduct and compliance with independence standards, key for any leading firm offering financial services jobs. The Manager will lead operational execution of compliance monitoring, training, reporting, and process improvements, ensuring alignment with global and UK policies. This role is central to PwC’s mission to build trust in society and solve important problems. By proactively identifying ethical risks and promoting principled behaviour, the Ethics and Business Conduct Manager helps safeguard the firm’s reputation and ensures that PwC remains values and quality driven. The Independence, Ethics and Business Conduct team plays a critical role in ensuring that employees and the firm remain independent of our clients in accordance with applicable independence and ethical standards and fulfilling the Firm’s reporting obligations to the wider PwC network. This involves:

• carrying out monitoring with the Firms’ policies and procedures.
• ensuring we keep policies and procedures up to date.
• providing training to employees.
• maintaining and providing input to client deliverables and templates.
• issuing a number of reports/communications to Staff and the Leadership team, as well as the PwC Network.

As a key professional in PwC careers, you will lead and coach a team delivering key activities for the Compliance, Independence and Ethics team, ensuring the firm’s business conduct is always managed carefully and consistently, covering Engagement Independence, Anti-Trust and Fair Competition; Bribery and Corruption; Conflicts of Interest, Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Insider Trading. You will champion PwC’s Code of Conduct across all levels of the firm and promote a “speak up, listen up, follow up” culture, encouraging open dialogue and ethical decision-making.
The role involves extensive responsibilities related to policies and procedures including supporting engagement teams in meeting independence requirements, liaising with UK counterparts for policy alignment, monitoring network communications, implementing process improvements, drafting and proposing policy updates, overseeing approval and communication of changes, managing ethics-related initiatives, supporting training development and delivery, responding to consultations and escalations, and leading technology initiatives. This is a vital position for maintaining corporate governance and ethical standards.
Further, you will contribute to the design and implementation of the independence compliance framework, manage regular monitoring and assessments of independence, ethics, and business conduct, maintain and update risk assessments and action plans, coordinate stakeholder input, collaborate with Risk and Quality teams, maintain compliance logs, liaise with the People Pillar on ethics case outcomes, ensure timely completion of monitoring, analyse results, and provide updates to leadership, actively participating in network calls to inform risk assessments in this dynamic environment for compliance jobs.
Key responsibilities also include compliance reporting, such as managing responses to document and data requests, preparing and reviewing reports for the Risk and Quality Committee, overseeing quarterly and annual reporting under Audit Quality Standards (QMSE, ISQM1, QC 1000), and coordinating reporting to global teams under Network Standards. You will also serve as a lead for regulatory, internal audit, and network review engagements, coordinating external assessments, managing documentation submissions, informing stakeholders, and reviewing outcomes to update risk assessments and action plans. This role reports to the Compliance, Ethics and Independence Senior Managers, Directors, and the Partner Responsible for Independence and Ethics / Conflict of Interest Specialist, and will oversee a Senior Support - Independence role, with additional resources to be recruited as the team develops for this critical PwC Manager job.

Eligibility / Qualification Required:

Qualifications & Certifications:

• A relevant professional qualification (i.e. ACCA, ICAEW). Further study support is also available.

Degrees/Field of Study:

• Degrees/Field of Study required: Not specified.
• Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Not specified.

Certifications:

• Not specified.

Skills & Experience Required:

Essential skills:

• Solid understanding of independence and ethics requirements, including IESBA guidelines, a global firm’s network standards, and risk management policies.
• Ability to assess and mitigate risks related to independence, ethics, and business conduct.
• Analytical capability to interpret regulatory requirements and evaluate their impact on firm operations.
• Experience in compliance monitoring and audit, applying a risk-based approach.
• Skilled in interpreting data and producing clear, actionable reports.
• Ability to resolve issues pragmatically and develop effective solutions.
• Experience drafting policies and designing controls to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including regulators.
• Commercial awareness and ability to align compliance solutions with business strategy.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and psychologically safe working environment.
• Experience designing and delivering.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing self and others, with strong collaboration and team management skills.

Desirable skills:

• Familiarity with PwC’s Code of Conduct and its practical application, as well as Network Standards, PwC Risk Management Policies and PwC Methodologies.
• 3-5 years relevant experience in audit, independence and ethics.
• Experience with compliance systems implementation projects.
• Proficiency in compliance-related technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to recommend practical compliance solutions.
• Experience and knowledge on how to go about driving ethical culture, responding to cultural shifts, and implementing firm-wide campaigns and initiatives.

Required Skills (Additional Listing):

• Accepting Feedback
• Active Listening
• Analytical Thinking
• Anti-Bribery
• Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
• Business Ethics
• Coaching and Feedback
• Code of Ethics
• Communication
• Compliance and Governance
• Compliance and Standards
• Compliance Auditing
• Compliance Frameworks
• Compliance Program Implementation
• Compliance Reporting
• Compliance Review
• Compliance Risk Assessment
• Compliance Training
• Controls Compliance
• Creativity
• Cybersecurity Risk Management
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• Data Protection Management (DPM)
• Disability Support {+ 35 more}

Optional Skills:

• Accepting Feedback

How to Apply:

Application instructions are not explicitly provided in the job description.

General Conditions:

Travel Requirements:

• This role may require you to travel between our PwC Jersey / Guernsey (depending on where candidate based) and UK offices from time to time (circa 4 - 6 times per annum).
• You may also be required to attend training in other locations.

The skills we look for in our people:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, The PwC Professional. The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes: whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop, and assess our people, at all grades and in all areas of our business, because we expect all our people to be leaders.

Diversity:

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://www.pwc.co.uk/diversity

Visa Sponsorship & Government Clearance:

• Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No
• Government Clearance Required? No

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