Business Implementation Associate
Business Implementation Associate
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Job Description
Business Implementation Senior Associate
Division Authorisations
Salary National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 52400 to 65500 and London 57700 to 72000 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.
Department/Team
The Authorisations Division ensures thefirms and individuals who apply to us to be authorised orapprovedunderstand how wetest they will comply with our use authorisation to help deliver our public offer and as a tool to protect consumers from the harm that can be caused by bad conduct in the financial services industry. The division is also home to 2 of our most important external services our Supervision Hub and the Financial Services Register.
The Register and Authorisations services department is currently at the forefront of two FCA priorities seeking to strengthen our operational and regulatory excellence: enhancing the application journey with new forms at the gateway and improving our Financial Services Register products.
The Register Authorisations Services department is seeking to recruit a highly collaborative and motivated individual skilled in stakeholder management to help facilitate the successful rollout and embedding of these exciting transformation projects.
What will you be doing
Engage across the FCA to scope and determine impact of changes supporting effective business implementation
Provide strategic oversight of the adoption and embedding of businessled change and other changes against Authorisations business plan and objectives as well as the FCA strategy
Deeply understand the purpose and functionality of the Register and forms to support implementation of complex requirements and help identify/escalate challenges
Lead a group of Business Implementation Managers (BIMs) to identify challenges and coordinate businessled change across the division
Support the Register and Gateway projects directly as well as ensuring coordination across businessled change projects in the Change portfolio and other initiatives to enable thoughtful implementation
Supporting the Register Authorisations Services department leadership team to engage the department to improve our local ways of working and improving staff engagement & morale
What will you get from the role
The opportunity to help deliver highprofile public commitments
The opportunity to work with colleagues who are at the gateway of the FCA and develop a sound understanding of how the authorisation process works
The chance to play a key role in our work to revolutionise the Register and the way we use it to engage with consumers and firms
The opportunity to develop and share your experience and expertise while working in a team passionate about highquality delivery and improving the user experience
Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders and the ability to grow your network
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 in the delivery of change management on projects and experience in programme management understanding the links between projects
Prior experience in the delivery of stakeholder management including experience with liaising with senior stakeholders
Prior experience and a strong understanding of regulation and or experience working in a regulatory area
Essential
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills both writing and facetoface
Skilled at facilitation and an ability to challenge and work constructively with SMEs from across the business to deliver outcomes drawing on strong knowledge and understanding of regulatory processes and requirements
Organised and can plan own workload to meet deadlines and hold others to account
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to translate business requirements into functional outcomes in a strong understanding of processes and business architecture particularly the authorisations process
Ability to matrix manage large multidisciplinary teams across multiple workstreams
Possession of strong business acumen able to pick up quickly the content and business knowledge required
Innovative thinker challenging existing processes and seeking new solutions to business problems
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
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 Senior Associate
Advert Closing Date:18th May (Midnight)
CV Review/Shortlist: 20th May
First Round Case Study Assessment: W/C 2nd June
Competency Based Interview: W/C 9th June
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: Riley Fox at
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
