Lead Global Engagement and Strategy Associate

Job Title: Lead Global Engagement and Strategy Associate

Department: International

Division: The Global Strategy and Engagement Team

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £79,100 and London from £66,600 to £85,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Lead Associate - Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Riley 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.  

The Global Strategy and Engagement Team sets and delivers 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 advocacy tools and techniques.

The Global Strategy and Engagement Team also leads the Division’s work on international sustainable finance issues and our participation in international fora. The team works closely with the FCA’s Sustainable Finance Division, Global Institutions Team, and domestic and international partners to ensure UK financial services and the UK regulatory regime are leaders in sustainable finance internationally.

Role responsibilities

• Support the Manager in organising and leading the Global Strategy and Engagement Team, ensuring smooth operations and a clear strategic direction

• Develop, guide and line manage a team of Associates, enabling professional growth

• Direct the work that shapes and prioritises the FCA’s strategic engagement across key Asia Pacific jurisdictions, helping the organisation build strong and constructive international relationships

• Oversee a team that analyses major policy and political developments in priority APAC markets and provide insight on strategic, policy, operational and supervisory opportunities and challenges

• Maintain and deepen bilateral relationships with counterpart authorities in the APAC region, working closely with the FCA’s Financial Services Attachés and the APAC Director

• Lead the International Division’s engagement on sustainable finance, ensuring the FCA’s priorities are represented in global forums such as IOSCO

• Develop and deliver strategic engagement plans for APAC markets and global sustainable finance themes, coordinating with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a consistent and evidence based approach

• Provide insight and advice to Executive Directors and senior leaders to support impactful engagement with international partners, working closely with HM Treasury and the Bank of England on joint opportunities including senior level dialogues and working level engagement

Skills required  

Minimum:

• Demonstrable experience in international relations and in advising a range of internal and external stakeholders

• Experience of policy development, supervision or enforcement, either in relation to financial services or sustainability-related issues

Essential:

• Work inclusively and collaboratively, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, drawing on a range of knowledge across the wider organisation to deliver

• Able to deliver through others, leading, motivating and supporting colleagues across multiple projects

• Assured strategic approach - able to analyse complex issues, making judgements and proposals to build a long-term plan. Comfortable working with incomplete information

• Clear written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues succinctly and compellingly, adapted to the audience

• Identifies and manages key stakeholders, building rapport and constructive long-term relationships. Planning engagement with high-impact stakeholders

• Project management experience, with effective self-management and organisational skills, delivering multiple tasks amid competing priorities

• Clear understanding and articulation of the FCA’s functions and objectives within the UK financial regulatory framework and our approach to regulation and supervision

• Comfortable working across a wide range of regulatory policy areas and challenges

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)

• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary

• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance

• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually

• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
 

Disability Confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
 

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: 23rd February

• CV Review/Shortlist: 25th February

• Interviews: w/c 2nd March

• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.  

• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.