Financial Compliance Specialist
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Advertising Specialist at Sesame Ltd
- Web Designer / Developer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Compliance Helpdesk Team Leader at Misys IFA Services Ltd
- Compliance Technician at Countrywide Independent Financial Advisers Ltd
- Connections
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Andrew Rickmann’s Summary
I have worked in retail Financial Services for 11 years, 8 within compliance, most recently as a specialist in the FSA financial promotion regulations and their application to traditional and new media.
I have professional qualifications in life, pensions, mortgages, equity release, and regulated general insurance.
I also have a working knowledge of web standards, xhtml, css, javascript and PHP. I blog regularly about web design and development.
Andrew Rickmann’s Specialties:
Application of the Financial Services Authority regulations to Financial Advertising, Qualifications in Mortgages, Lifetime Mortgages, Financial Planning, General Insurance.
Freelance experience of web standards, xhtml, css and php development.
Andrew Rickmann’s Experience
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Advertising Specialist
Sesame Ltd
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)
December 2002 — Present (5 years 8 months)
This is a technical role that requires:
General knowledge and understanding of the Financial Services Authority Handbook;
In depth knowledge of the the areas of the Handbook applicable to financial advertising;
Understanding of advertising media, and the way it is used by the public;
An awareness of the various ways advertising methods can be understood, or misunderstood, by the public;
Team training and coaching;
Providing in depth feedback on technical requirements in plain English;
Helping customers with detailed enquiries about interpretation and application of the regulations;
Writing manuals and other guidance documents for use by busy professionals.
Concept & function planning for internal & external online applications;
Information Design for print and online guidance publications -
Web Designer / Developer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
December 2002 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Design and production of web sites based on W3C and accessibility standards. Development of sites based on PHP, MySQL and Javascript including integration with Google Maps and Wordpress.
Knowledge, but not extensive use, of the .net framework including VB.net and C# -
Compliance Helpdesk Team Leader
Misys IFA Services Ltd
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)
June 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 7 months)
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Compliance Technician
Countrywide Independent Financial Advisers Ltd
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)
December 1999 — June 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Additional Information
Andrew Rickmann’s Websites:
Andrew Rickmann’s Interests:
Web Design, Photography, Guitar, PHP
Andrew Rickmann’s Contact Settings
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