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)
Role 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 letters & 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
Minimum Skills Required
* 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 Qualifications
* 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 communication skills with experience in stakeholder management and persuasion
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). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
* 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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