Senior Fraud Policy Associate - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
National £49,700 to £63,500 and London £53,300 to £70,000 depending on skills and experience

Are you ready to develop your career and specialism joining our fraud team as a policy advisor?

The team/department

The role will be within the fraud team and is aligned with our work on fraud supervision.

The role will also be working closely with teams in financial crime policy, payments policy and other areas that impact fraud policy.

We are looking for a Senior Associate with excellent communication and analytical skills to develop and deliver our fraud policy work setting out expectations to the firms we regulate.

What you will be doing

As a Senior Associate you will:

Be responsible for identifying and drawing together the strands of fraud policy work across the FCA, and externally, and developing and delivering a holistic fraud policy
Working closely and effectively with key internal and external stakeholders to provide a joinedup approach to antifraud policy. This includes undertaking comparison and analysis of current antifraud policy, identifying gaps and setting out how to address these and putting in place a plan to deliver this
Developing policy relating to antifraud systems and controls of the firms the FCA regulates
Briefing and engagement, including with seniors, on aspects of FCA's fraud work
Attending and contributing to meetings and forums with internal and external stakeholders to support a cross industry joined up approach to tackling fraud through policy initiatives, representing the team and the FCA
Building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on those across government and law enforcement
Being a point of expertise and advice for the Department and across the FCA
Support others in the team, including through coaching and developing the team and members of the wider department and encouraging knowledge sharing

What you will get from the role

You will use your experience (or potential) to contribute to the formulation of a comprehensive antifraud policy for the firms the FCA regulates.
Exposure and interaction with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

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.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

25 days holiday per year pro rata plus bank holidays.
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 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.

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum

Experience of financial crime, including fraud experience
Experience of the UK's financial and economic crime agenda, with a particular emphasis on fraud
Experience of FCA supervision; and use of regulatory tools and how policy can influence both for maximum impact
Experience of making policy judgements and presenting key issues and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Essential

Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills: able to build and maintain relationships with senior management, other regulators and staff at all levels within the FCA
Strong verbal communication skills, ability to deliver impactful messages to stakeholders
Ability to work independently, use sound judgement and escalate issues appropriately
A curious and inquisitive mindset, and an ambition to deliver in the public interest
Ability to take the lead on complex issues, identifying and delivering solutions
Ability to join the dots and understand how workstreams support strategic organisational objectives and wider government fraud initiatives
Ability to manage a variety of competing tasks and issues, prioritising appropriately and escalating where necessary
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our threeyear strategy can be found

- here.

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