Director – Corporate Governance, Company Secretary

Financial Conduct Authority

Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, https://www.fca.org.uk/careers


Requirements of the role

About the FCA

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.

 

The Role

Corporate Governance Division is a busy and dynamic division working at the centre of the FCA, led by the Company Secretary who reports directly to the General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer, and works closely with the Chair and the Boards of the FCA and PSR.

The division is at the heart of the governance structure in the FCA, ensuring the highest standards of governance and decision making. It also has a key role in the management of the relationships with our statutory panels. The Company Secretary is also the FCA Ethics Officer and is responsible for our conflict-of-interest policy.

The Director will be responsible for leading, directing and overseeing the work of the division, setting the strategic direction and objectives for the division.

 

The role of Company Secretary will also be responsible for the governance function of the PSR Board. The PSR is an independent economic regulator, directly accountable to Parliament and funded by the payments industry. The PSR works closely with other regulators involved in this sector, notably the Financial Conduct Authority, the Bank of England and the Competition and Markets Authority. Operationally the PSR is an independent subsidiary of the Financial Conduct Authority.

 

The Corporate Governance Division comprises the following teams:

  • The Central Secretariat which provides a secretariat and governance function for the FCA and PSR Boards and Board Committees, the FCA’s Executive Committee and the principal other executive committees
  • The Decision-Making Committees Secretariat which provides legal and secretariat support for the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), the PSR’s Enforcement Decisions Committee (EDC) and the Competition Decisions Committees (CDC) of both the FCA and the PSR
  • The Consumer Panel Secretariat which provides policy and secretariat support for the Financial Services Consumer Panel
  • The Practitioner Panels Secretariat which provides policy and secretariat support for the FCA’s Practitioner Panel, Smaller Business Practitioner Panel, Markets Practitioner Panel, Listing Authority Advisory Panel and the PSR Panel
  • The Conflict of Interests Policy unit which provides advice and guidance on the management of conflicts of interests and is responsible for maintaining and operating the FCA’s Conflict of Interests Policy


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 Location

London

 Contract type

Full time, Permanent

 Profession

Corporate Governance, Director


 Working pattern

Flexible working, Hybrid

 Closing Date

19/11/2024