Global Strategy and Engagement Associate

Salary: National – ranging from £41,800 – £52,200 and London from £46,000 – £57,400 per annum

Do you want to join a diverse team working to shape and prioritise the FCA’s strategic engagement with authorities in the Asia-Pacific region?

The team/department

The FCA is a global regulator, supporting open markets through shaping the international regulatory agenda. The International Division leads our strategy for international engagement, working collaboratively across the FCA to ensure the organisation delivers on its international priorities.

The Global Strategy and Engagement Team helps set, advise and deliver on the FCA’s strategic engagement with non-European authorities and jurisdictions. This role sits in the team covering Asia-Pacific, a fast-growing and dynamic region and priority area for the FCA. This involves covering a wide range of topics, with a focus on FinTech, asset management, investment banking, sustainable finance, international data flows, and financial crime.

What you will be doing (the role)

• Helping shape and prioritise the FCA’s engagement with authorities in the Asia-Pacific Region

• Maintaining key relationships with counterparts from embassies, Asia-Pacific regulators and other key stakeholders

• Contributing to the development and delivery of creative strategy and engagement plans for priority jurisdictions, such as China, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, working closely with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a coordinated and considered approach

• Advising and supporting FCA Executive Directors and  the Senior Leadership Team in their engagements with key international partners, including during overseas visits

• Contributing to Economic and Financial Dialogues and bilateral Financial Regulatory Forums, working closely with HMT and the Bank of England

• Analysing key policy and political developments in jurisdictions shaping global policy and providing advice on the opportunities and challenges arising for the FCA

• Helping with the FCA’s day-to-day engagement with overseas regulators, including handling supervisory and assistance requests, and monitoring whether appropriate information sharing agreements are in place

What you will get from the role

• Help the team shape, design and implement important aspects of our international engagement strategy with up to two priority jurisdictions

• Be responsible for overseeing a wide-range of relationships with regulatory authorities within the Asia-Pacific

• Work across multiple policy areas and challenges, with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring we take account of international examples and evidence in our decision-making;

• Work in a dynamic, fast-paced and changing environment, in a friendly team with experienced, highly skilled and motivated individuals

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 plus bank holidays

• 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 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

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.   

• Experience of policy development, supervision or enforcement in financial services

• Proven experience of identifying and managing stakeholders, building rapport and constructive relationships

• Proven analytical skills with experience of being able to evaluate complex information at pace, making sound judgements supported by evidence

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues succinctly and compellingly, adapted to the audience

• Can do attitude and ability for independent problem-solving

• Inclusive and collaborative working method, with ability to draw on range of expertise across the wider organisation to deliver

• Excellent self-management and organisational skills, delivering multiple tasks under pressure

• Political awareness and curiosity regarding regulatory systems and actors in the Asia-Pacific region

• Clear understanding of the FCA’s functions and objectives within the UK financial regulatory framework and our approach to supervision and enforcement

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.  

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 can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices.  This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from. 

Useful information

Applications for this role close at midnight on Sunday 25th August 2024.

This role is graded as Associate Level 8 – Regulatory.

Got a question?    

If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:  

• For internal applicants, please contact Melanie Dubock at [email protected]   

• For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam at [email protected] 

What to expect from our interview process  

The process will involve a technical/competency-based interview and potential case study exercise with potential for a follow up informal interview. 

Application support  

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.  

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.