Financial Stability Associate

Financial Stability Associate

Division International

Salary National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 43100 to 57400 and London 47300 to 63000 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 International Division leads our strategy for international engagement working collaboratively across the FCA to ensure the organisation delivers on its international priorities. Our work includes taking forward the FCAs strategic relationship with global standard setting bodies (GSSBs) working in collaboration with colleagues across the FCA and UK authorities more broadly and engaging directly with GSSB and other regulatory counterparts.

The Global Institutions (GI) Team helps set advise and deliver on the FCAs strategic engagement with the GSSBs enhancing the FCAs capacity to meet its statutory and strategic objectives through high-quality international engagement using a range of influencing tools and techniques. GI also leads on non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) and innovation priorities including AI crypto working closely with colleagues across the division and the wider FCA.

Our team is responsible for the relationship and engagement with relevant standard setting bodies. This includes the international organisation of securities commission (IOSCO) the Financial Stability Board (FSB) the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and others.

We are particularly looking for candidates with an understanding of the international landscape relating to any of these bodies and or individuals with a regulatory or policy background.

What will you be doing

• Supporting the lead associate in overseeing the teams engagement with regards to the FSB and the IMF ensuring the FCAs voice is clear and influential

• Driving and overseeing policy workstreams such as innovation NBFIand operational resilience within the FSB to support FCA deliverables

• Supporting senior FCA principals in relevant FSB committee meetings

• Helping to manage relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders as well as engaging effectively with key internal and other regulatory stakeholders including international regulators HM Treasury and the Bank of England

• Supporting the upcoming FCAs and the UKs delivery of the upcoming IMF financial sector assessment programme (FSAP)

What will you get from the role

• The opportunity to work in an evolving area within the FCA and to shape and deliver on the FCAs international agenda.

• Significant exposure to UK and international financial markets and institutions including regulatory and government bodies as well as market participants.

• The opportunity to play an important role in shaping the FCAs relationship and engagement with the FSB and IMF

• Exposure to FCA Senior Management with periodic discussions at relevant senior committee and board meetings

• A deep understanding of relevant policy portfolios in the international team and how they function

• Work in a dynamic and changing environment in a friendly team with experienced highly skilled and motivated individuals

Which skills are required

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore disabled people or individuals with long-term 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 with international policy and regulations

• Prior experience in the financial services industry working in policy or a stakeholder focused role

• Prior experience of working within international markets

Essential:

• Ability to effectively build and maintain stakeholder relationships at a senior level

• Strong analytical skills

• Good self-management skills to meet deadlines

• Ability to be flexible to accommodate to urgent priorities when required

• Ability to work inclusively as part of a large team

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.

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 non-contributory 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 part-time 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 Associate - Regulatory

• Advert Closing Date:Wednesday 15th October at 23:59pm

• CV Review/Shortlist: Thursday 15th October

• Competency Based Interview: W/C 27th October

• Second Stage Interview: Commencing 10th November

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.

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