Associate Research Manager – Third-Party Due Diligence
Control Risks
Retail Banking – Fixed Firm Manager
Financial Conduct Authority
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £72,100 - £117,100 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Developing and delivering effective supervisory strategies to address key risks of harm and considering interventions where appropriate
- Engaging with the senior management of firms and influencing them to deliver better customer outcomes, including discussions regarding the culture, business model, governance and systems and controls within their firms
- Forming sound judgement on a variety of regulatory topics and communicating this clearly and succinctly to internal and external stakeholders
- Working collaboratively and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key external stakeholders such as the Prudential Regulation Authority, overseas regulators and trade bodies
- Leading and motivating the team to deliver - ensuring the team has the right people and skills to deliver its goals, supporting the development of staff to meet personal and corporate goals, and actively managing talent in the team
- Playing an intrinsic part in the division's leadership and management team and direct line management for team members, including setting appropriate deliverables and managing performance
Requirements
- Minimum Prior experience and an understanding of the financial services industry and the FCA’s regulatory responsibilities in relation to that industry
- Strong experience of people management
- Prior experience of managing complex workplans to deliver outcomes
- Strong judgement: making decisions based on an assessment of the facts, consideration of the options and providing a clear rationale for your recommendation and ability to make a strong personal impact, persuading with well-reasoned arguments and challenging where appropriate
- Strong analytical skills: ability to think clearly about how best to assess and analyse risks (or consumer harms) and reach robust judgements
- Flexible approach to change and an ability to adapt working styles accordingly
- Influence: able to identify and manage key stakeholders, to build and maintain constructive relationships, and win the support of firms and trade bodies for our conduct agenda
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills demonstrable through the writing of papers and / or presentation at committees and the ability to work positively with others to achieve outcomes
- Commercial awareness: understanding of business models and the impact of the wider economic climate on firm behaviour
- An understanding of the banking sector with experience of using insights and intelligence from data
- Willingness to learn and develop yourself and others, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work.
Benefits
- 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
- Competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.
- Access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Soft skills
people managementstrong judgementanalytical skillsflexible approach to changeinfluenceverbal communication skillswritten communication skillscommercial awarenessrelationship buildingteam leadership
