Financial Conduct Authority

Lead Prudential Risk Specialist

Financial Conduct Authority

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £59,100 - £95,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Conduct financial resilience assessments of firms with diverse business models across the wholesale and retail financial services sectors
  • Deliver high quality assessments and analysis efficiently, ensuring timely, accurate outputs that enable informed outcomes and regulatory confidence
  • Handle prudential queries and coach supervisors and others in the department, providing clear guidance and building capability to enhance compliance and industry best practice
  • Produce impactful, evidence-based work, translating analysis into actionable insights that shape policy and improve financial resilience communicating the results of our work to both internal and external senior stakeholders
  • Role model FCA values and behaviours, demonstrating Judgement, Engagement, Delivery, and Self-Management to inspire collaboration and integrity

Requirements

  • Prior experience of using sound judgement and making logical and timely decisions, cutting through complexity, weighing risks and implications
  • Demonstrated experience in financial resilience, including risk management, accounting, audit, compliance, and related regulatory roles
  • Demonstrable experience of communicating complex issues clearly and succinctly to internal and external audiences, both orally and in writing, while effectively identifying and managing key stakeholders
  • Reviewing complex risk management frameworks and prudential issues with sound judgement and analytical rigour
  • Overseeing the identification and remediation of prudential risks to reduce potential harm to consumers and markets
  • Demonstrating effective teamwork and an inclusive approach, with the ability to build consensus and align others towards shared departmental goals
  • Providing coaching and mentoring on technical and professional matters to support the development of colleagues
  • Presenting complex issues and critical judgements confidently to senior internal and external stakeholders
Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders)
  • 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
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Soft Skills
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