MANAGER – CLIENT ASSETS SUPERVISION - #1700092

2 Vacancies

Division - Supervision, Policy and Competition

Department - Resolution, Strategy and Client Assets

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £65,900 to £98,500 and London £72,500 to £110,200 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About The FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

We’re currently on an exciting journey as we drive forward significant organisational, people, process and technology transformation to become a more forward-thinking, proactive regulator. We will use data more effectively to drive better regulatory decisions and build greater cohesion across our broad financial services remit.

Our specialist CASS supervision teams deliver the FCA’s regulatory agenda for client assets, a pivotal part of the UK’s financial services regulatory framework designed to promote speedy return and minimise losses of customers’ money and assets following insolvency of regulated firms. These rules cover more than 3,000 regulated firms, holding £18bn of client money and £16 trillion of custody assets. They protect a wide range of financial services users – from people doing everyday things such as purchasing insurance or investing their savings, to large wholesale firms moving significant amounts around the financial system.

What will you be doing?

• Developing and delivering the FCA’s strategy for supervising client assets
• Representing the FCA’s expectations with credibility and authority, influencing firms to make meaningful, positive change
• Forging and maintaining strong, collaborative partnerships with key internal stakeholders to ensure coordinated, effective and forward-looking FCA approaches to client assets
• Working as part of the department’s leadership team to ensure that we work effectively and there is a positive and inclusive culture
• Delivering through others - coaching, empowering and managing performance of team members
• Role modelling strong leadership behaviours in line with organisational values 
  
  

What will you get from the role?

• The opportunity to lead and collaborate with a team of highly motivated and skilled client assets specialists
• Being part of an exciting time of change in financial services and its regulation
• Exposure to a wide range of firms and business models, using the range of FCA’s regulatory tools to influence positive change
• Working in a supportive, collaborative environment that values teamwork
  
  

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

• Proven experience of managing and influencing key stakeholders, including senior decision makers internally and externally
• Experience of leading change and build high performing teams
• Detailed technical understanding and practical experience of CASS
  
  

Essential

• An open and flexible management style and the ability to communicate effectively to a wide-ranging audience with different experiences and perspectives
• Sound judgement, being able to make well-reasoned decisions including in circumstances where information is limited
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• The ability to deal with several different priorities and workstreams, often under significant time pressure
• A strong sense of the value of teamwork
  
  

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.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled and neurodivergent candidates for our manager role.

Benefits Of Working At The FCA

• 28 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 Manager
• Advert Closing Date: 23rd May
• CV Review/Shortlist: 27th-30th May
• First Round Case Study Assessment: W/C 2nd June
  
  

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.