Supervisory Project Lead (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Responsibilities

• Working closely with, and deputising for, the team manager and playing an important part in the department's leadership and management, thinking strategically about how we approach our work and further ways the team can add value to Consumer Investments
• Acting on their own initiative in planning and overseeing project work, and providing support and oversight to team members, ensuring we make appropriate supervisory decisions
• Developing and delivering supervision and mitigation strategies, setting clear expectations to firms, encouraging, persuading and where appropriate, using formal powers to change conduct behaviour to deliver better outcomes for consumers
• Making sound judgements that solve problems identified, through evidence-based analysis from a wide range of information and data
• Managing and engaging internal and external stakeholders, applying effective communication skills to advance our objectives. Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach across the FCA and leverage specialist input where required
• Preparing communications to deliver key messages, both internally and externally, both written and through presentations
• Skills required
• Minimum:
• Prior project management experience leading and supporting on complex, cross-cutting projects in a regulated environment
• Prior experience of building good relationships and effectively engaging with a range of internal and external senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience of reviewing complex information, making judgements and presenting key issues and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Essential:
• Demonstrated ability to work on your own initiative, effectively managing and prioritising workload in a demanding environment
• Demonstrated experience working within a compliance function in a regulated firm or regulatory body
• Experience managing, supporting, or mentoring junior team members, with a commitment to their development
• Ability to quickly build understanding of new or unfamiliar topics and address knowledge gaps
• Effective collaborative colleague with an inclusive mindset, capable of working well with others and contributing to shared departmental goals
• High level of responsibility, handling issues and delivering practical, solution-focused outcomes

Benefits

Additional Information

Job title: Supervisory Project Lead (12 Month Fixed Term Contract) Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition Department: Consumer Investments Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £70,730 and London from £66,600 to £77,630 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience) This role is graded as: Lead Associate, Regulatory Your external recruitment contact is Shafika via Shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk Your internal recruitment contact is Isabelle via Isabelle.Groves@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 Project Team carries out short, sharp multi-firm projects, discovery work and thematic reviews that examine the key risks across all Consumer Investment portfolios. The team focuses on high-priority issues across groups of firms to identify poor practice in the market and mitigate harm that could occur to consumers. Depending on the findings it may also require firms to carry out remediation.

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