Compliance Consultants within the UK are in extremely short supply. Whilst banks and insurance companies install and augment their regulatory obligations, such as Solvency II, they have pulled in all the expertise from what was a bouyant marketplace.
Daily rates for freelance consultants have skyrocketed as all the quality and efficient consultants have been locked into medium to long term contracts on quality projects, that recruiters are now trying increased rates to lurethem into breaking their contracts, something any consultant with a long term view would never do, as the marketplace is small and word gets around.
Niche Consultancies are struggling to find quality consultants for the ad-hoc projects that are arising more and more frequently, such as remedial actions, enforcement actions and FSMA S166 Skilled Persons Reports. CEI Consultancy has a reliable bank of experienced and qualified consultants but is always looking for more as the value for money projects we tender for are snapped up, over and above the more expensive “practices” that have to charge for a small army of consultants, many whom never even see the client or their premises.
If you are a qualified or experienced Compliance Consultant, especially in sales training or S166 reports as well as other specialisms, please contact us at consultant@ceicompliance.co.uk .
