Manager - Listings Department - #1795999

Listings Manager

Division – Enforcement and Market Oversight

Department - Market Oversight (MO)

Team - Listings

Salary - London £85,000 to £115,000 per annum, National £72,000 - £100,000 (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.

As a manager in our listings department, you will join the department’s management team. Your role will involve line managing a team of around half a dozen professionals, overseeing case teams in the transaction manager role on assigned cases as directed by the department’s allocations manager, and being a large contributor within the department’s management team, ensuring that the department is fit for the future.

What will you be doing?

• You will be a team manager focused on motivating your team and be a member of the departmental management team
• Acting as a Transaction Manager (TM), you will oversee case teams carrying out our core review and guidance functions, following the Listings Department’s review and approval methodology
• You will liaise with both internal and external stakeholders, including with sponsor firms, reporting accountant firms, and law firms advising issuers on the corporate transactions with which we are concerned
• Attending Listings Department and Market Oversight management meetings and play a large role in the department and directorate’s management team. You will sit on the department decision making panels. You will participate in the department’s QA programme
• You will manage project work aimed at ensuring we continuously update our processes and remain fit for the future
  
  

What will you get from the role?

• Line management experience and being a part of our departmental leadership team
• Already experienced in the review of corporate transactions, you will now oversee the review teams working an exciting, fast-moving area
• You will get to manage teams solving some of the most complex problems in this part of the Listings Department portfolio
• You will participate in our panels which shape the future of the department
• Broaden your contacts and raise your profile within your area
• Improve your problem-solving skills. Representing the department in more senior forums, you will sharpen your presentation skills
  
  

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

• Experience of applying the FCA’s Listing and Prospectus Regulation Rules to real-life situations and cases
• Experience in the application of the FCA’s systems and processes for the vetting and approval of prospectuses
• Either Equity Capital Markets (ECM) or Debt Capital Markets (DCM) experience and expertise, including a wide understanding of deal structures, corporate transaction due diligence, and corporate finance commercial practice
  
  

Essential

• Experience of managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to deal with people at all levels and build good working relationships
• Excellent communications skills written and oral, with good attention to detail and strong verbal reasoning skills
• A "can-do" attitude with the ability to manage a broad workload and maintain standards under pressure
• Highly effective influencing skills, including delivering difficult messages
• Strong organisational skills with the proven ability to prioritise work and escalate issues
• The ability to digest a large amount of written information and identify relevant issues from such information
• Knowledge and experience of the broader capital markets regulatory framework
  
  

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.

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 - Regulatory
• Advert Closing Date: 20th July at 23:59pm
• CV Review/Shortlist: 22nd July
• First Round Competency Based Interview: W/C 28th July
• Final Round Interview: W/C 4th August
  
  

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.