Americas Policy Advisor

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority Full time

Americas Policy Advisor (International)

**Salary**: National - ranging from £49,700 - £61,500 and London from £53,300 - £68,300 per annum
- Are you interested in joining a team that advises and delivers on the FCA’s strategic engagement with overseas authorities and jurisdictions?_

The FCA is a global regulator, supporting open markets through shaping the international regulatory agenda. The International Division leads our strategy for international engagement, working collaboratively across the FCA to ensure the organisation delivers on its international priorities.

The Global Strategy and Engagement Team helps set, advise and deliver on the FCA’s strategic engagement with non-European authorities and jurisdictions. It enhances the FCA’s capacity to meet its statutory and strategic objectives through high-quality international engagement, using a range of influencing tools and techniques.

What you will be doing- Helping shape and prioritise the FCA’s engagement with authorities, industry and organisations located in the Americas- Developing and delivering creative strategy and engagement plans for priority jurisdictions in the Americas, with particular responsibility for the USA. Working closely with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a coordinated and considered approach- Advising and supporting FCA Executive Directors and SLT in their engagements with key US and other international partners, including overseas visits- Working closely with HMT, the Bank of England and other UK and foreign authorities to support joint UK-US engagements, such as Economic and Financial Dialogues and regulatory forums.- Analysing key policy and political developments shaping global policy and providing advice on the opportunities and challenges arising for the FCA- Managing the FCA’s day-to-day engagement with regulators, including handling assistance requests and ensuring appropriate information sharing agreements are in place

What you will get from the role- Shape, design and implement important aspects of our international engagement strategy- Be responsible for overseeing a wide range of relationships with authorities within the Americas region- Work across multiple regulatory areas and workstreams with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring we take account of international examples and evidence in our decision-making- Work in a dynamic and changing environment with opportunities for growth, and in a friendly team with experienced, highly-skilled and motivated individuals

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
- 25 days holiday per year- Private healthcare with Bupa- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach age 35).- Life assurance of eight times your basic salary- Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.

The skills and experience you’ll have

Minimum- Experience of international relations, and advising and influencing internal and external stakeholders

Essential- Identifies and manage stakeholders, building rapport and constructive relationships.- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues succinctly and compellingly, adapted to the audience- Work inclusively and collaboratively, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, drawing on range of expertise across the wider organisation to deliver- Ability to analyse complex issues and make judgements supported by evidence, including where only partial information is available- Clear understanding of the FCA’s functions and objectives within the UK financial regulatory framework and good understanding of financial services

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found

here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Flexible working

Multilocation & hybrid working

Useful information

Applications for this role close Thursday 22nd June 2023

This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory

Got a question?

If you are interested learning more about the role, please contact the following:
For internal applicants, please contact Darren Chambers on

For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam on

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