fca.org.uk
Financial Services
PolicyLead–ModernisingPaymentsRegulation
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“Policy Lead – Modernising Payments Regulation at fca.org.uk. Skills: Policy Lead, Modernising Payments Regulation, Stakeholder management, Policy development and delivery. Support the Payment Policy Manager in maintaining and managing a friendly, supportive, and high performing policy team, with direct line-management responsibilities for around five Associates and Senior Associates. Managing key policy workstreams within our Modernising Payments Regulation programme”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive the development and delivery of policy
Industry & Context.
High standard of problem solving and strategic thinking with sound judgement; An ability to consider complex information and to drive the development and delivery of policy
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Prior experience of policy making in FCA, other financial services regulators or government, An understanding of the UK payments ecosystem and regulatory framework, Prior experience of managing complex projects, marshalling input from numerous teams, and manging challenging stakeholder relations, An ability to consider complex information and to drive the development and delivery of policy, Excellent collaboration skills needed to work with many other areas, Excellent organisational skills with a capability to manage a variety of priorities and issues, High standard of problem solving and strategic thinking with sound judgement, Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with a clear ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally, Experience of influencing senior stakeholders and navigating governance to deliver policy solutions, Able to prepare and deliver complex, strategic written technical communications, Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopt a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work
What You'll Do.
Support the Payment Policy Manager in maintaining and managing a friendly
and high performing policy team
with direct line-management responsibilities for around five Associates and Senior Associates
Managing key policy workstreams within our Modernising Payments Regulation programme
Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with colleagues in Supervision, Authorisation, Legal, Communications and in other policy teams; Work very closely with others in the regulatory family including the Treasury and Payments Systems Regulator (PSR), as well as other external stakeholders; Excellent collaboration skills needed to work with many other areas; Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with a clear ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally
Communication Scope
Able to prepare and deliver complex, strategic written technical communications
Process & Methodology
Managing key policy workstreams within our Modernising Payments Regulation programme, Prior experience of managing complex projects, marshalling input from numerous teams, and manging challenging stakeholder relations
Full Job Description
**Job title: Policy Lead – Modernising Payments Regulation** **Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition** **Department: Payments & Digital Assets ** * **Salary:** National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £73,000 and London from £66,600 to £80,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience) * **This role is graded as:** Lead Associate - Regulatory * **Your Internal recruitment contact is** Louis Van de Burg via [email protected] * **Your external recruitment contact is** Tahir Khan via [email protected]. 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). Sitting in the Payments and Digital Assets directorate, the Policy department develops policy to address the challenges and opportunities the FCA identifies in payment, crypto, open banking and open finance sectors. **_Role responsibilities:_** * Support the Payment Policy Manager in maintaining and managing a friendly, supportive, and high performing policy team, with direct line-management responsibilities for around five Associates and Senior Associates * Managing key policy workstreams within our Modernising Payments Regulation programme, working closely with colleagues in Supervision, Authorisation, Legal, Communications and in other policy teams * Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders * Work very closely with others in the regulatory family including the Treasury and Payments Systems Regula
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