Financial Conduct Authority

Director – Payment Systems

Financial Conduct Authority

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £200,000 - £260,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Ensuring the PSR meets its objectives and commitments
  • Shaping and influencing the medium to long term strategy for the PSR/Payment Systems Directorate working alongside colleagues in the Payments and Digital Assets Directorate and the FCA /PSR as a whole to ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to Payment’s regulation
  • You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the PSR and FCA, through appropriate cross organisation programme management help drive the National Payments Vision working closely with the Bank of England (BoE) and the Treasury
  • Lead on specific pieces of PSR work including, but not limited to, market studies and interventions, supervision of Payment Systems Operators and firms more broadly and reforming our Supervisory model
  • Building a strong, diverse and inclusive directorate through attracting talent and developing existing colleagues
  • Maintaining an awareness of emerging business models and, where relevant, the underlying technology, and assessing the likely impact upon consumers and markets
  • Leading and executing a data led strategy to systematically assess firms and implement appropriate tools in the delivery of agreed outcomes
  • Working closely with internal, external and international partners ensuring appropriate policy standards are in place and effective
  • Promoting and representing the FCA /PSR perspective both internally and externally
  • Ensuring an operating model that delivers the desired market outcomes in the sector to an agreed budget and within deadlines, with a focus on continuous improvement and delivering at pace
  • Maintaining constructive and effective relationships with firms, trade and consumer and payment user bodies

Requirements

  • Exceptional leadership and people management skills, demonstrating commitment to diversity and inclusion and empowering leadership
  • Demonstrable operational delivery skills, with the ability to raise standards and drive effective operational and business performance across diverse teams
  • Role model for strong leadership behaviours in line with the FCA /PSR values and capabilities
  • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving ability
  • Aptitude for and experience of using data strategically to systematically assess market and/or firm outcomes
  • Ability to drive change and process efficiency/improvements, delivering value for money and innovation
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities
  • Experienced leader with outstanding track record of managing intellectually demanding teams through effective delegated authority
  • Proven capability to lead change, drive effective operational delivery
  • Experience/knowledge of the regulatory environment and regulatory issues associated with payments systems
  • Ability to weigh up risks and then take a justifiable decision which demonstrates transparent decision-making
  • Ability to develop strong understanding across the broad range of the FCA/PSR’s activities and supervision responsibilities
  • Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and deliver public accountability
  • Able to lead strategic planning of resources, budgets and capability strategies to deliver an effective value for money operation aligned to strategic market outcomes
  • Understanding of new or technology-led business models within payment services, particularly those heavily reliant on new or emerging technologies, or a proven track record of being able to get up to speed with associated risks
  • Ability to influence and work effectively and collaboratively with peers
  • Ability to learn quickly about relevant regulatory issues.
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