Senior Digital Markets and Artificial Intelligence Advisor

Senior Digital Markets and Artificial Intelligence Advisor

Salary: National – ranging from £51,200 – £64,000 and London from £56,400 – £70,400 per annum

Do you want to join a diverse team working to shape and prioritise the FCA’s strategic engagement with global regulators on artificial intelligence and other digital markets issues?

The Team

The FCA is a global regulator, supporting open markets through shaping the international regulatory agenda. The International Division leads our strategy for international engagement, working collaboratively across the FCA to ensure the organisation delivers on its international priorities.

You will help to shape the way we think about and approach regulation, and what the future of financial services looks like both in the UK and globally, for years to come. You will work with a wide range of colleagues across the FCA, as well as external domestic and international stakeholders.

We are looking for a talented individual who can contribute to complex, high-profile and fast-moving portfolios in an often-uncertain policy environment. Good organisational, analysis and communication skills are essential.

What you will be doing

• Helping shape and prioritise the FCA’s engagement on digital markets issues, such as artificial intelligence

• Maintaining key relationships with counterparts from global standard setting bodies, other regulators, and other key stakeholders

• Developing, delivering and supporting creative strategy and engagement plans on priority topics, 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

• Analysing key policy and political developments at global bodies and in jurisdictions shaping global policy and providing advice on the opportunities and challenges arising for the FCA

What you will get from the role

• An opportunity to take on a high-profile, wide-ranging and interesting role which helps to drive the FCA’s international agenda

• Shape, design and implement important aspects of our international engagement strategy on key digital markets topics

• Intellectual challenge from the opportunity to think about complex issues in a wide range of policy areas, and how they impact the FCA and global markets more widely

• An opportunity to be creative, problem-solve, and develop and enhance your influencing, engagement and communication skills

• A unique insight into international regulatory policy debates, and the surrounding political environment

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash. 

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• 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 support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

• Prior experience of the international financial regulatory agenda gained through practical experience / experience working on financial services policy issues

• Prior experience of advising and influencing internal and external stakeholders

• Prior analytical experience of evaluating complex information at pace, making sound judgements supported by evidence

Essential

• Ability to identify, manage 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

• Can do attitude and ability for 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

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

• Interest in key digital markets topics, such as artificial intelligence and FinTech is welcome

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. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion 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. 

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

Flexible working

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 won’t judge you for asking.

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from. 

Useful Information

• This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Applications for this role close on Sunday 29th September (midnight)

• CVs will be reviewed by the recruiting team from Monday 30th September onwards

• Please apply with a CV and covering letter demonstrating your motivations for applying to the position

Got a question?

For internal candidates: please speak to Jen Wishart on [email protected]

For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam on [email protected]

What to expect from our interview process

The process will likely involve two stages:

• A competency based interview

• A final round interview / fireside chat

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role.

Application support  

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.