Senior Associate in Crypto Technology

Background

Would you like to play a critical role helping the financial services industry become more operationally resilient? Would you relish the opportunity to work on challenging technology and cyber resilience related matters across regulated firms within financial services? Do you have a grounding and interest in the future of Cryptoassets and Distribution Ledger Technology?

We are pleased to be offering an exciting opportunity for a talented, self-starting individual to join the Technology, Resilience and Cyber department (TRC). At a time of rapid technology change, growth of Cryptoassets and Distribution Ledger Technology (DLT), new regulations to improve operational resilience, increasing cyber threats and, digital transformations you will have the unique opportunity to influence the FCA’s and industry's agenda. You’ll have the chance to analyse the risks and opportunities related to Cryptocurrencies and DLT. You will work in the public interest and be focused on increasing the sector's operational resilience whilst developing the Cryptoasset framework.

What does this job involve?
- Acting as a SME Operational Resilience and for Cryptoassets / DLT across the department, the FCA, and externally
- Collaborate and engage effectively with key internal and other regulatory stakeholders on crypto matters
- Identifying resilience and cyber risks within the existing crypto eco system where further analysis or development should be considered
- Ensuring delivery of firm assessments for prioritised high impact firms to provide supervisors with a forward-looking evidence and judgement-based assessment, supported by the facts, on whether a firm's technology, resilience and/or cyber capabilities are sufficient or require further mitigating actions
- Be able to gather the necessary intelligence and data to inform our understanding of the risks and the opportunities
- To create and maintain dashboards with agreed metrics
- Independently identify new opportunities to use data analysis and data visualisation to support Crypto / DLT projects and priorities
- Ensuring delivery of firm reviews and assessments to provide stakeholders with a forward-looking evidence and judgement-based assessment, supported by the facts, on whether a firm's Crypto / DLT technology, resilience and/or cyber capabilities are sufficient or require further mitigating actions
- Providing strategic analysis of incidents arising from cyber-attack or technology disruptions
- Conducting thematic work, owning delivery of key items and delivering through others
- Taking part in technical engagement with external stakeholders including other Authorities and Senior firm representatives
- Providing thought leadership in emerging and ongoing cyber and technology areas of specialism relating to Crypto / DLT; and
- Playing a key part in building the capability of others through coaching and feedback.

What will you 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
- Develop a deep understanding of the Crypto markets / DLT and how it functions
- Help develop thinking on how resiliency of the UK’s Crypto markets should look and function in the long term
- Work across a number of firms on cross-sector issues
- Gain insight into current thinking on cyber, technology and operational resilience matters for Crypto and non-Crypto related firms
- The opportunity to engage with the challenges of managing different and often innovative business and operational models for firms operating in the Cryptoasset / DLT market
- Challenging others constructively on sensitive issues around suitability and delivering difficult messages
- 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

As an Academy business, we place great value on your learning, and we offer world-class development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations. Our Academy offers you a range of opportunities for personal and professional development, including our MSC in financial regulation, Future Managers programme, sponsored study and more.

About You

Minimum
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- Any disabled applicant meeting the minimum criteria will automatically progress to interview stage, should they enter under the _
- Disability Confident scheme_
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- FCA’s Positive Action Framework._

- Experience analysing complex information and identifying and presenting recommendations in relation to technology and/or cyber resilience capabilities and Crypto / DLT.

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