Lead Financial Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Lead Financial Specialist

The Wholesale Department within Authorisations is recruiting for a Lead Financial Specialist, to work collaboratively within a team of 8 specialists providing accounting, financial analysis, prudential and data analysis expertise to colleagues across the Authorisations division.

Key responsibilities include:

engage with these firms and colleagues, to communicate assertively and potentially influence them;
form a view on which risks and harms matter most, and how to mitigate them.

Background

What does this job involve?

The Role Involves

Lead Associates in the department are responsible for:

Ensuring the right decision is made with respect to financial assessments and/or analysis across different prudential risks and business models.
Providing coaching, oversight and support to associates in the division
Building prudential capabilities of associates across Authorisations, including through training.
Dealing with complex prudential queries from firms and associates.
Identifying cross-cutting trends and themes and reporting these via governance channels and local management.
Continuous improvement, e.g. designing and implementing any changes to financial information requested in our forms
Role modelling Judgement, Engagement, Delivery and Self-Management and the FCA values.
Intellectual curiosity and an investigative mindset are critical qualities for the role.

The role will provide exposure to both a breadth and a depth of business models and issues.

You will also have the opportunity to work with, learn from and influence a wide range of industry professionals, both internally and externally to the FCA.

Working in the Authorisations Division, you will have a rare opportunity to understand and shape the workings of the financial sector at a time of considerable change:

Have the chance to work in a high
profile, fast
paced, and intellectually challenging environment, within a supportive and friendly team and department.
Have interesting, challenging and rewarding work, helping the FCA to add public value and deliver its operational objectives.
Gain exposure to senior management within the FCA and the financial sector.
Be able to build upon you existing skills and knowledge and develop your career.
Develop your own expertise of a wide and diversified range of business types, with a role spanning across retail and wholesale markets in financial services

You will enjoy a unique perspective on the financial services industry, with the opportunity to do meaningful work that makes a real difference.

You will work in a stretching environment, to grow your expertise at Europe's largest prudential regulator.

As an Academy business, we place great value on your learning and we offer world-class development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations.

Our Academy offers you a range of opportunities for personal and professional development, including our MSC in financial regulation, Advanced Managers programme, sponsored study and more.

Which minimum, essential & desirable skills are required?

Minimum- Trained at graduate level in accounting / financial analysis / prudential risk / data analysis (or working towards such a qualification) - both academic and professional qualifications welcome- Proven work experience in role relating to accounting / financial analysis / prudential risks / data analysis

Essential- The ability to make logical and timely decisions, cutting through complexity and seeing the big picture.- The ability to identify and manage key stakeholders, building rapport and constructive relationships.

Ability to make a strong personal impact, persuading with well-reasoned arguments and challenging where appropriate.- Coaching others- A good team player who demonstrates an inclusive approach and the impact and influence to generate shared goals for the Department.- Ability to influence individuals while maintaining the integrity of messages that may need to be conveyed, ensuring consistency of outcomes.- Some experience of prudential/financial risk management and regulatory frameworks.- Able to prioritise work and to meet deadlines.- Good verbal and written communication skills, with some experience of writing reports.

Desirable- Experience of a number of business models of firms we regulate.- Experience working in a financial analyst capacity- Leading the diagnosis and remediation of prudential risks in firms so that the potential for harm is reduced.- Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, positively embracing innovative approaches.

Divisional Information

At the FCA, we're creating a fair and more resilient financial system.

We're establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.

Authorisations ensures that only firms and individuals in key roles that are fit and proper may enter and remain in t