Head of Compliance and Data Protection Officer

At the FCA, we’re creating a fair and more resilient financial system. We’re establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.

We’re currently on an exciting journey as we drive forward significant organisational, people, process, and technology transformation to become a more forward-thinking, proactive regulator. We will use data more effectively to drive better regulatory decisions and build greater cohesion across our broad financial services remit.

Significant improvements in digital enablement, business intelligence, market data and information management maturity are all being pursued to maintain our position as a world leader in financial services regulation.

 Risk & Compliance Oversight (R&CO) is the FCA’s second line of defence. The Division works in partnership with Senior Management, members of the Board and colleagues across the organisation, providing challenge and insight to successfully manage internal and external risks to the delivery of the FCA’s strategy and business plan and, hence, its statutory and operational objectives.

This is done by:

• driving practical approaches to effective risk management across the organisation

• delivering insight that is both valued and valuable

• providing independent challenge that supports risk-conscious, considered decision making

• embedding risk and compliance knowledge and awareness FCA-wide

• promoting continuous improvement through regular reflection, root case analysis, quality assurance and lessons learned reviews.

The Role

The Head of Compliance and Data Protection Officer will be responsible for leading the FCA’s Compliance and Data Privacy Department, and reports to the Director of Risk,  Compliance and Data Privacy. They will hold the position of Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the FCA. The DPO is a legislative requirement under the GDPR, and the role holder is responsible for a number of statutory functions.