Technical Specialist – Regulatory
Financial Conduct Authority
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £72,100 - £120,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead strategic market analysis and risk assessment within the Insurance directorate, acting as the Portfolio Lead for Life Insurance and Chair of the Life Risk Group
- Scope and plan multi-firm and project work to address market issues, ensuring efficient use of resources and clear project objectives
- Deliver projects that provide rigorous, timely assessments and reach well-supported conclusions based on thorough analysis
- Manage the final stages of projects, including stakeholder engagement, drafting reports, and presenting findings internally and externally
- Design and implement mitigation strategies using appropriate regulatory tools to address risks identified through multi-firm work
- Mentor team members and contribute to departmental leadership, helping to embed learnings and improve practices in laws and regulations across the FCA
Requirements
- In-depth experience in the life insurance sector
- Knowledge of the FCA regulatory framework as it applies to insurance
- Experience of leading complex work/Experience of making judgements and presenting key issues and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Experience in a role requiring excellent drafting skills
- Ability to apply knowledge of the sector in a regulatory environment
- Ability to draft and deliver complex, strategic written communications in line with the FCA tone
- Coaching, mentoring and developing staff whilst delivering through others on complex issues and projects
- Understanding of what makes markets work well for consumers and the impact of regulation on consumers, including unintended outcomes
- Extensive stakeholder management experience and having confidence in managing senior stakeholders, both internal and external
- Ability to respond rapidly to a changing environment with changing priorities, with the ability to plan, oversee and drive delivery of complex projects
- Qualified actuary or equivalent, or progressing towards the qualification
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
- Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
market analysisrisk assessmentproject managementregulatory toolsdrafting reportsstrategic communicationsstakeholder engagementmitigation strategiescomplex project deliverylife insurance
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationcoachingadaptabilityanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingteam collaborationstrategic thinking
Certifications
qualified actuaryFCA regulatory framework