Senior Firm Supervisor - Retail Banking Portfolio Firm Supervision team
Senior Firm Supervisor - Retail Banking Portfolio Firm Supervision team
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Job Title Senior Firm Supervisor Retail Banking Portfolio Firm Supervision team
Division Retail Banking
Department Portfolio 2 Supervision team
Salary National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 52400 to 80600 and London 57000 to 88600 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.
The Retail Banking division works alongside an extensive network of internal and external stakeholders to help drive our FCA objectives and priorities with a wide variety of banks. The teams across the division work collaboratively on policy and projects including sector wide cross cutting themes such as the CostofLiving Crisis Consumer Duty Access to Cash Savings Market review the Provision of Banking Services and more.
The Portfolio 2 Supervision team is responsible for supervising a portfolio of banks which includes challenger foreign and digital banks.
What will you be doing
Engaging with the senior management of firms and influencing them to deliver better customer outcomes including discussions regarding the culture business model governance and systems and controls within their firms
Analysing firms business models and strategies and identifying the key risks of harm dealing with complex problems and finding solutions
Contributing to the development implementation and oversight of effective assertive supervisory strategies to address key risks of harm and recommend supervisory interventions where appropriate
Using data to identify trends outliers and provide insights to support the Divisions work and working on eventdriven (reactive) work in response to firm issues and industry developments
Forming sound judgement on a variety of regulatory topics and communicating this clearly and succinctly to internal and external stakeholders
Working collaboratively and building strong relationships with stakeholders across the Directorate the wider FCA and key external stakeholders such as the Prudential Regulation Authority and trade bodies
Contributing to the wider Department and Division including making recommendations for continuous improvement of our processes supporting colleagues and identification of sectorwide risks and issues
What will you get from the role
Enjoy a unique view of the largest firms in the UK financial services industry undertake interesting challenging and rewarding work.
Gets hand on experience of utilising regulatory tools and interventions to support delivery of FCA priorities across a variety of topics.
Work at pace on key policy initiatives and cross cutting sector wide issues that impact us all helping the FCA to add public value and deliver its objectives
Share your knowledge within an environment of excellence and continuous learning
Which skills are required
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore disabled people or individuals with longterm conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here
Minimum
Prior experience regulating or working with regulated financial services firms on one of the FCA retail banking priorities: consumer duty financial crime fraud operational resilience
Previous experience working in a role where strong written communication skills and experience in building and maintaining relationships with senior management and stakeholders internally and externally
Past experience working in an analytical role to reach sound judgements quickly and clearly from a broad and varied range of information.
Essential
The ability to act on your own initiative to make informed and timely decisions cutting through complexity identifying the key issues and escalating issues appropriately
Ability to present yourself and the FCA in a professional and credible manner with strong oral and presentation skills
Experience of successful teamwork. You will work with others to deliver outcomes and achieve tasks and you will proactively offer your support to colleagues
Proven ability to balance and manage competing priorities with factors often outside of your control.
Ability to manage work with minimal oversight.
Willingness to learn and develop yourself and others taking on new responsibilities and
adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work.Flexible approach to change and an ability to adapt working styles accordingly.
Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths views and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Did you know 50 of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this we particularly welcome applications from women minority ethnic disabled and neurodivergent candidates for our Senior Associate role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (amend based on grade)
Hybrid working (work from home up to 60 of your time)
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory Pension of at least 8
Life assurance
Income protection
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package tailored to suit your lifestyle.
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working parttime staggered hours and job shares. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.
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Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need disability or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
This role is graded as: Senior Associate
Advert Closing Date: Midnight on 18th April 2025
Case study sent out: between 23rd and 24th April 2025
Competency based interview: Week commencing 28th April 2025
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role therefore please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Got a question
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:
For external applicants please contact Riley Fox at
For internal applicants please contact Riley Fox at
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
