Financial Promotions (Crypto) Technical Specialist
Financial Promotions (Crypto) Technical Specialist
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Job Description
Technical Specialist (Crypto) Financial Promotions and Enforcement Taskforce (FPET)
Division Financial Promotions & Enforcement
Salary National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 72100 to 90000 and London 79300 to 99000 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.
This role is within the Financial Promotions & Enforcement Taskforce (FPET) which is a department that straddles the FCAs regulatory perimeter. The department has a wide remit covering both authorised and unauthorised activities in all sectors.
FPETs overarching role is to reduce harm arising from unauthorised activity scams fraud and breaches of the Financial Promotions Order by unauthorised entities. Prevent scams and highrisk nonstandard investments where authorised firms are involved in the production and distribution of products. While monitoring unregulated activity conducted by authorised firms that has the potential to cause significant customer harm and financial loss.
What will you be doing
Working collaboratively with management and teams across FPET to advise on industry and policy developments as well as cases related to crypto asset financial promotions across authorised and unauthorised firms. This may include individual firm cases multifirm projects adhoc queries and industry initiatives
Provide leadership to the Perimeter Teams crypto asset project team on cases related to unauthorised firms
Lead Financial Promotions & Enforcement Taskforce engagement with other department on matters related to crypto asset financial promotions and the regulatory perimeter particularly crypto asset supervision authorisations and policy
Provide technical expertise and input into the development of the future crypto asset regulatory regime particularly around the regulatory perimeter
Providing deep subject matter expertise on topics and issues relating to crypto assets financial promotions and the regulatory perimeter
Create and build relationships with a diverse range of external stakeholders in this field including representing the department in crossFCA or industry forums
What will you get from the role
Opportunity to lead on high profile cases across authorised and unauthorised firms
Develop a deep understanding of UK and international crypto assets business models and how they function
Opportunity to shape the FCAs supervisory approach to crypto asset particularly in relation to unauthorised crypto asset firms breaching our perimeter
Gain exposure to FCA Senior Management across multiple areas (policy supervision authorisation) with discussions at relevant FCA governance forums
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 of blockchain crypto asset business models and the risks in those models
Prior experience of delivering complex analytical work drawing on insights and intelligence from data to understand risks and reach robust judgements
Prior experience of supporting training and coaching others
Essential
Strong understanding of the crypto asset financial promotions regime
Knowledge of investments (particularly nonstandard investments) wholesale and retail markets and financial promotions
Strong knowledge of the regulatory perimeter and tools for tackling firms breaching the perimeter
Teamwork collaboration and stakeholder management ability to build strong working relationships with others as part of a team to achieve desired outcomes
Judgement Ability to think clearly analytically and rigorously about how best to assess and validate risks of harm and reach robust riskbased judgements including under pressure
Organisational ability Ability to work under pressure manage a variety of competing work streams and issues and prioritise accordingly
Good understanding of conduct risk consumer behaviour and the drivers of potential harm and poor consumer outcomes
Excellent communication skills both written and oral ability to communicate key messages and explain complex issues in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders at all levels
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 Technical Specialist (Crypto) Financial Promotions and Enforcement Taskforce role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
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 Technical Specialist Regulatory
Advert Closing Date: 18th May
CV Review/Shortlist: 19th 20th May
Competency Based Interview: W/C 26th May
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 Declan Sassman on
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
