Senior Asia-Pacific Associate – International

Senior Asia-Pacific Associate – International

Division – International

Salary

London between £56,400 - £70,000 and National between £51,200 - £60,500 per annum

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

The Global Strategy and Engagement Team helps set, advise and deliver on the FCA’s strategic engagement with non-European authorities and jurisdictions. We are recruiting for a Senior Associate in the team covering Asia-Pacific, a fast-growing and dynamic region and priority area for the FCA. You will contribute to our strategy for the region, build a network with regional stakeholder and provide analysis of regional developments for stakeholders within the FCA.

The role will cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on FinTech, asset management, investment banking, sustainable finance, international data flows, and financial crime.

What will you be doing?

The successful candidate will support the work of the team and International Division in several ways, including:

• Helping shape and prioritise the FCA’s engagement with authorities in the Asia-Pacific Region, where we focus on China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia

• Building and maintaining key relationships with counterparts from embassies, relevant regulators and other key stakeholders

• Developing and delivering creative strategy and engagement plans for priority jurisdictions, working closely with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a coordinated and considered approach; advising and supporting FCA Executive Directors and the Senior Leadership Team in their engagements with key international partners, including during overseas visits

• Working closely with HMT and the Bank of England to support joint engagements, such as CEO-level Economic and Financial Dialogues and bilateral Financial Regulatory Forums

• Analysing key policy and political developments in jurisdictions and providing advice on the opportunities and challenges arising for the FCA.

• Managing the FCA’s day-to-day engagement with overseas regulators, including handling supervisory and assistance requests, and ensuring appropriate information sharing agreements are in place

What will you get from the role?

The work of the Global Strategy and Engagement Team is high-profile, challenging, and fast-paced. The successful candidate will:

• Work at the heart of international financial policymaking

• Shape, design and implement important aspects of our international engagement strategy with multiple priority jurisdictions

• Be responsible for overseeing a wide range of relationships with regulatory authorities within the Asia-Pacific region

• Work across multiple policy areas and challenges, with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring we take account of international examples and evidence in our decision-making

• Work in a dynamic, supportive and changing environment, in a friendly team with experienced, highly skilled and motivated individual

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Prior experience of policy development, supervision or enforcement in financial services

• Prior experience of advising and influencing internal and external stakeholders

• Prior experience analysing complex information at pace and make judgements supported by evidence

Essential

• Ability to identify and assist and support 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

• Pro-active attitude and ability for independent problem-solving

• inclusive and collaborative working method, with ability to draw on range of expertise across the wider organisation to deliver

• Excellent self-management and organisational skills, delivering multiple tasks under pressure

• Strong political awareness and curiosity regarding regulatory systems and actors in the Asia-Pacific regions

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

• Expertise in key policy area relevant to either the Asia-Pacific region, such as FinTech, Sustainable Finance, wholesale or asset management is welcome

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our Senior Associate role.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• 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 also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

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Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as Senior Associate, Regulatory

• Advert Closing Date: Sunday 30th March (midnight)

• CVs will be screened by the Recruiting Team from Monday 31st March onwards

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. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: 

For internal candidates: please speak to Jen Wishart on jennifer.wishart@fca.org.uk

For external candidates: please speak to Ifrah Azam on ifrah.azam@fca.org.uk

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.