Senior Open Banking Associate - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
London up to £63,500 per annum and National up to £58,300 per annum

Are you interested in joining a team that will help shape and deliver the future of Open Banking at the FCA?

The Department

We are seeking a motivated Senior Associate to join the Cross-cutting Market Analysis and Strategy department in the Payments and Digital Assets Directorate.

The Department performs an integral role in defining the FCA strategies for Payments and Digital assets, designing and implementing data strategy, identifying, and managing risk, training, external engagement, horizon scanning and proactive identification of trends, amongst other things.

The Department comprises the payments sector team and the digital assets sector team and works closely with colleagues in the Payment and Digital Assets policy and market interventions departments as well as more widely across the FCA.

What will you be doing?

Delivering workstreams to shape and develop the strategies and the delivery of the strategies across the FCA for Open Banking
Contributing to the delivery of an effective stakeholder engagement strategy both internally and externally
Effectively engaging with key external stakeholders including other regulators/authorities and trade associations
Maintaining good relations with a wide range of internal stakeholders, including supervisors, policy specialists and other sector teams
Researching information and making recommendations based on the information
Being part of a high performing team

What will you get from the role?

There is ample opportunity to engage directly with the industry, trade associations and firms and work with data, communications, and the industry to influence and drive forward a number of focus areas including supervision and policy
The role is a great opportunity to make a difference in the fascinating world of Open Banking and to develop indepth knowledge of the payments sector

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
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory 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

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum

Experience of working in the payments sector for either a regulated firm, public body, or consultancy
Experience of delivering strategy related projects and awareness of risk management in a regulated environment
Evidence of strong written communication skills

Essential

Knowledge of Open Banking and the payments sector
Excellent analytical capabilities, supporting robust recommendations you will be proficient at analysing complex information or data; and exercising robust, consistent judgements that balance a range of opposing factors
Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills
Experience in managing projects
Ability to work with pace and under pressure, using sound judgement and escalating issues appropriately
Experience of balancing and managing opposing priorities, working selfdirected and in a team

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 three-year 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 delivers better regulation.

Flexible Working

Multilocation & Hybrid Working

Useful Information

Applications for this role close on 28th March 2024

This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory

Got a question?

If you are external and are interested in learning more about the role, please contact Chhavi Bartaria at

If you are internal and are interested in learning more about the role, please contact Kezia Downie at

What to expect from our assessment and selection process

The assessment process will be a competency-based interview.

Application Support

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