Job Description

What you will be doing

• Owning and managing a portfolio of supervision cases related to the crypto sector
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to resolve cases in line with departmental processes and agreed SLAs
• Forming judgements on supervisory issues within firms, with support and training from colleagues and seniors
• Supporting colleagues on complex casework, helping deliver regulatory outcomes that can set precedent for future decisions
• Participating in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities both domestic and international, using FCA powers to reduce and prevent harm
• Contributing to projects that help to facilitate BAU work, ranging from developing processes, frameworks, and strategies serving a range of operational and regulatory objectives
• Delivering against the supervisory strategy

What will you get from the role?

• The opportunity to shape and deliver the supervision of a fast-changing, diverse portfolio and gain insight into innovative business models and innovation across each sector
• Working in a friendly and supportive directorate overseeing exciting sectors
• Building supervisory experience, such as use of relevant regulatory tools, taking ownership and justifying case decisions, and using influencing skills to secure good outcomes from stakeholders
• Developing knowledge of a fast-moving sector, including a strong understanding of the technology, and international regulation behind it
• Potential for interacting with internal senior management on high profile work
• Experience inputting into a wide variety of internal requests, such as information for international law enforcement agencies, FOI requests, press or media briefings, and more

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

• 25 days holiday per year
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of your basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach the age of 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection
• We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations

We are a signatory to the Government\'s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we guarantee an interview to any disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Minimum

• Experience of analysing information from a broad range of sources and reaching sound, reasoned judgements
• Proven experience presenting key issues clearly and succinctly both orally and in writing
• Proven experience of building and managing relationships with stakeholders

Essential

• Experience of managing competing priorities, often with factors outside of your control
• Curiosity and motivation to continually learn about and investigate issues within the firms and industries we supervise
• Willingness to learn and develop yourself, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work
• Ability to manage work with support when required
• Ability to identify and escalate issues appropriately

Desirable

• Understanding of FCA supervision, risk management and prioritisation approaches
• Interest and/or knowledge of the key products, services and conduct risks in crypto or financial crime
• Knowledge of prudential analysis and/or insolvencies

The FCA\'s Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion 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. We particularly welcome applications from women, disabled, and minority ethnic candidates, as under-represented groups

Flexible Working

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 cannot promise to give you exactly what you want but we will not judge you for asking.

Useful Information

Applications for this role close on at midnight on 26th July 2023

This role is graded as Associate level 8 - Regulatory

What to expect from our assessment and selection process

The assessment process consists of an initial case study, and should you be successful at the initial stage, followed by a competency-based interview.

Please note: that all applications must be submitted through our online portal before the closing date, applications sent via email will not be accepted

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