Supervisory Engagement Associate - Cross Cutting Portfolio Team (CCP)
Division – Consumer Investments
Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £53,700 and London £47,300 to £59,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About The FCA
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We are recruiting for two Associates for the Cross Portfolio Team (CCP) to join the Advisers, Wealth & Pensions (AWP) Department within the Consumer Investments (CI) Directorate. There is one permanent role and one 10-12 months Fixed Term Contract / Secondment available.
The Cross Cutting Portfolio (CCP) team works across Advisers, Wealth and Pensions Department (AWP) to be the beating heart of the department. The team guides on our extensive external supervisory engagement programme to reach as many firms as possible and stakeholder management strategy. This includes liaison with a range of external professional bodies and groups. We seek to join up our portfolios to ensure clear, compelling communication on issues. We also manage the delivery of the internal communications for the department.
As a colleague in AWP, you would play a vital role in helping to deliver our vision across over 6,000 firms that operate in the sector. CI’s vision is that consumers can:
- Invest with confidence and understand the risks they are taking
- Access & identify investments that suit their circumstances and attitude to risk
- Be protected from scams and fraud
- Get the right advice or support to invest, should they want it
AWP works to accomplish these goals through reducing and preventing the harm that comes from unsuitable advice, investment or pension scams, financial crime and disorderly failure, and by ensuring consumer interests (particularly consumers with vulnerabilities) are central to the firms within the sector.
What will you be doing?
- Play a role in communications and engagement work across the FCA
- Taking a proactive approach in preparing the department for external events through speeches, presentations, questions and answers and other materials
- Travelling to major industry events across the country representing the FCA
- Communicating with stakeholders within the industry to make improvements
- Analysing data, making comparisons and preparing insightful findings for internal colleagues and industry partners
- Mitigating and managing risks in firms, handling a variety of issues and identifying common themes and trends
What will you get from the role?
- Involvement in participating and directing cross-department / organisation-wide initiatives
- Opportunities to be representing the FCA at major industry events
- Opportunity to be at the heart of our supervisory strategy and engaging industry
- Contributing towards an environment of inquisitiveness, curiosity and fun within the team
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
- Experience in the financial services industry
- Experience drafting written and oral communication for internal and external stakeholders
- Experience with analysing large sets of data and being able to make informed decisions using this
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage and build stakeholder relationships internally and externally, whilst being organised with good coordination skills
- Able to adapt and follow evolving trends
- Ability to effectively break down and summarise key information
- Able to work flexibly and engage colleagues across divisions to achieve collaboration and joined up approach
- Comfortable working in a proactive manner with the ability to self-manage and prioritise own resources
- Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work
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 can’t 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 – Level 8 – Regulatory
- There is one 10-12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment and one permanent position available
- Advert Closing Date: 1st September at 23:59pm
- CV Review/Shortlist: 3rd September
- Competency Based Interview: W/C 8th September
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 Tahir Khan at
[email protected]Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
