Senior Consumer Finance Policy Advisor

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively work with colleagues to develop policy proposals and take them through internal and external processes
• Draft briefings and papers to explain complex issues
• Present recommendations to the FCA Board and Executive Committees
• Help manage the team's reactive workload (supporting other teams, responding to MPs letter & queries)
• Work with external stakeholders (e.g., the consumer credit industry, HM Treasury, consumer bodies) to promote our objectives
• Share your knowledge and best practice with colleagues
• Work on high-profile projects including reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, the Credit Information Market Study, and our review of our CONC 3 financial promotion roles
• Skills required:
• Minimum:
• Prior experience of assessing data and intelligence and identifying relevant issues and themes
• Demonstrable experience of analysing and resolving policy issues
• Experience of communicating complex policy developments effectively to internal and external stakeholders
• Essential:
• Knowledge derived from direct and recent experience of working in the consumer finance market or in the regulation of similar markets
• Experience of leading projects to deliver strategy, framework, risk strategy and controls
• Good understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment
• Well-developed analytical capability with the ability to quickly and clearly draw out key implications from a broad and varied range of information
• A self-managed thinker with a collaborative mind-set and a risk-based approach, including the ability to reach sound and timely judgements which can be justified in a concise and effective manner
• An ability to produce consistently high-quality outputs to tight deadlines
• Effective communications skills with experience in stakeholder management and persuasion

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Additional Information

Job title: Senior Consumer Finance Policy Advisor Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition Department: Consumer Finance Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £68,000 and London from £57,700 to £75,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience) This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory Your Internal recruitment contact is Rumana Hussain via rumana.hussain@fca.org.uk . Your external recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk . Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted. About the FCA and team We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you'll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). The Consumer Finance Directorate is responsible for the supervision and policy making for the consumer finance market encompassing 30,000 firms across 8 portfolios. It also encompasses 3 additional portfolios claims management companies, credit unions and mortgage intermediaries. The successful candidate will play a vital role in the critical work the Consumer Finance Policy team undertakes in protecting consumers in the UK. Our work is frequently concerned with issues facing the most vulnerable in society and their use of credit and debt products. As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will have the opportunity to make an impact through ownership of one or more projects and in supporting the work of the wider team.

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