Operational Resilience Lead

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority Full time

Join the Financial Conduct Authority in a critical role advancing the resilience of the UK financial services industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Operational Resilience Lead to join our Incident Response and Engagement Team in Technology, Resilience and Cyber department (TRC). As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the resilience of the financial services industry, protecting consumers and markets, and building confidence in the effectiveness of technology that underpins financial services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and support TRC's incident engagement with other supervision teams within TRC and the wider FCA
  • Identify and drive up standards within the sector
  • Lead and support the FCA's response to operational resilience incidents reported to us by regulated firms; including Critical Third Parties designated by HMT
  • Line management of members of the Incident Response and Engagement Team, coach and mentor colleagues within the team
  • Support incident review process for operational resilience incidents using domain specific incident knowledge
  • Provide upward reporting and updates on major incidents to FCA Senior Leadership Team and managing key stakeholders
  • Lead and support coordination of major incidents between the UK Financial Authorities, where there is significant consumer harm or market disruption
  • Leading strategic analysis of incidents for portfolios arising from cyber-attack or technology disruptions
  • Track and produce detailed Management Information on incidents reported to the FCA by regulated firms

What You Will Get From the Role

This role will offer a unique insight into cyber, technology, and operational resilience risks in the Financial Services sector. With the opportunity to:

  • Work on high-profile regulatory initiatives
  • Work across a number of high-impact firms on cross-sector issues
  • Gain insight into current thinking on cyber, technology, and operational resilience matters
  • Build upon your existing skills and knowledge and develop your career
  • Work with and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and in doing so, build your network of contacts
  • Engage with senior management across the FCA

Requirements

Minimum

  • Substantial experience in fast-moving, end-to-end incident or crisis management processes
  • Experience of working in the financial sector or other regulated industry
  • Experience of working with the FCA's approach to Operational Resilience
  • The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting

Essential

  • Experience in motivating, leading, and delivering through others
  • Good experience of assessing operational resilience capabilities
  • Broad experience across a number of technology & cyber resilience management domains
  • Exposure to and understanding of resilience management frameworks (e.g. COBIT, NIST, ITIL)
  • Good analytical capability with appropriate application of judgement and diligence; can demonstrate taking pride in work and ensuring it is of the highest standard
  • Good interpersonal skills with evidence of team working, confidence, and credibility, and an ability to interact effectively with a range of stakeholders
  • Track record of being able to respond to fast-moving incidents, including providing briefings to seniors
  • Good judgement and attention to detail, including under time pressure

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.

Security Clearance/Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.



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