Fintech Associate

FinTech Associate

The team/department

An innovative industry demands an innovative regulator.

The FCA’s Innovation department is looking for talented, motivated and outcome focused individual with varied experience and backgrounds to join our enthusiastic and diverse team. We sit within the Data, Technology and Innovation Division, which is at the forefront of transforming the FCA as we meet the demands of a digital regulatory future.

We support the FCA to be a progressive and forward-thinking regulator. We protect consumers, encourage competition and enable innovative financial services firms to be the best they can be. We see our role as enabling the financial services sector to achieve its potential. In a nutshell, we want to support businesses in the interest of consumers and markets, not just scrutinise them.

We are currently recruiting for an Associate in our RegTech & SupTech team:
RegTech & SupTech is an exciting team within Innovation. Our primary focus is to keep our finger on the pulse of developments within the areas of Regulatory technology (RegTech) and Supervisory technology (SupTech) to educate our colleagues and inform our regulatory approach. In this role you will work closely with academics, technologists, financial institutions, innovators and international and domestic regulators in cultivating and encouraging a thriving RegTech ecosystem.

You will develop a deep knowledge of the underlying technologies being used by firms to comply with our regulations and feed this knowledge in to the FCA’s data science and digital transformation agenda. You will build networks across regulators, think tanks and standard setting bodies, helping to shape international efforts to grow the use of RegTech and SupTech on the global stage.

For anyone thinking of joining prior experience of one or more of the following is a plus:- Financial services sectors such as retail banking, payments or lending, general insurance, pensions, investments and wholesale markets.- FinTechs, RegTechs and the wider financial services industry, including trade bodies, government departments and regulators domestically and/or internationally.

What you will be doing (the role)- Engage with the RegTech & SupTech ecosystems to identify emerging trends and analyse their current and future impacts on financial services- Build a sustainable framework to allow Supervisors to improve their understanding of RegTech and inform the FCA’s digital transformation programme via showcase days and other events- Contribute to RegTech & SupTech Workstreams of a network of global (GFIN) and local regulators (DRCF), working with members to help shape its future work programme and identify areas of potential collaboration (including working with the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum)- Develop opportunities for RegTech and SupTech solutions to support FCA corporate priorities,- Participate at industry events to ensure the FCA maintains an awareness of RegTech and SupTech developments, and what they may mean for the FCA’s current and future regulatory approaches.

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum- A proven ability to translate technical concepts and approaches into easily understandable language and concepts- Experience in successfully taking initiatives from a planning to an implementation stage- Translating commercial and industry developments to Regulatory environment and vis versa.

Essential- A curiosity to understand how RegTech and SupTech can positively influence regulation and compliance- A strong team player with the ability to be flexible and pragmatic, taking account of others’ perspectives and adapting to changing circumstances.- Strong organisation, prioritisation and time management skills; ability to thrive under pressure, manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.- Good communication skills, including an ability to communicate effectively in person, and to communicate complex issues in writing succinctly.- Able to identify relevant issues from a wide range of data points and present the outcomes of your analysis quickly, clearly and effectively.- The ability to identify, build and maintain constructive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable- A knowledge of the domestic and international RegTech industries, as well as working knowledge of FinTech and SupTech sectors, familiarity with other ‘Techs’ eg InsurTech, WealthTech, Green FinTech- An understanding of emerging technologies and their potential points of interaction with financial services- Ability to create working networks and convene stakeholders around common goals- Understanding of financial services and/or regulation

What you will get from the role- Creative Freedom: we are a team that values new ideas and approaches, you will have time and support to develop new ideas and the backing to implement them.- Exposure to a network of international regulators, industry experts, leading technologis