Sam Jarvis

Senior Consultant

Sam Jarvis, Senior Consultant

Sam is married and has two young children. She works part-time, balancing work with home life and lots of volunteering in her village. As well as being a parish councillor, she coordinates a group of volunteers organising the events in her village, so depending on what time of year you speak to her, you will usually hear about a summer fayre or Christmas event! Sam also sings in Chorus Iceni, an all-female acapella chorus who compete nationally.

Meet Sam

Sam joined Avyse in 2024 after 15 years in the FCA’s Financial Crime Supervision team. She has experienced and led every type of regulatory visit and action, from supervisory interviews with MLROs and CEOs to s166s, VREQs and enforcement action. She has experience with firms across all sectors and of all sizes so at Avyse, she is helping lots of clients prepare for and navigate regulatory interaction.

Experience:

  • Sam was the engagement lead for two section 166 reviews in the wealth and stockbroking market. As well as ensuring the firms were brought up to a good standard of compliance, her regulatory expertise meant that the firms met FCA expectations, and both firms had their VREQs lifted before the end of the s166 process.

  • Sam is our first port of call to help clients prepare for FCA scrutiny, carrying out mock interviews, senior briefings or staff training to ensure they can tell the best possible version of their story to the regulator. After 15 years there, she knows exactly what they expect, what to say and what not to say!

  • Sam led on the FCA’s cash-based money laundering work, focusing on the firms who use the Post Office for cash deposit services. She drafted and implemented the FCA’s expectations on tightened controls for these firms to reduce the level of money laundering through this channel.

  • At the FCA, Sam has done multi-jurisdictional deep-dive reviews at large high street banks, and also visited firms with only one member of staff. She truly understands and believes in the importance of proportionality when considering firms’ compliance with their financial crime obligations, and brings a tailored, bespoke offering when advising clients of all sizes.