Incident Response & Engagement Team Associate

Requirements of the role

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.

We are pleased to be offering an exciting opportunity for a committed Associate to join the Incident Response and Engagement Team in the Technology, Resilience and Cyber Department (TRC) in the Specialist Supervision Division of the FCA. TRC works to ensure firms are resilient to operational disruptions to protect consumers and markets, and to build confidence in the effectiveness of technology that underpins financial services. The Incident Response and Engagement team leads on the FCA’s response to operational resilience incidents (covering technology, non-technology, and cyber incidents) within the financial sector, as well as the department’s engagement with domestic and international stakeholders on operational resilience topics.

What will you be doing?

Support the FCA response to operational resilience incidents reported to us by regulated firms, including leading on supervisory interventions
Support incident review process for operational resilience incidents using domain specific incident knowledge
Provide upward reporting and updates on major incidents to the FCA Senior Leadership Team
Support coordination of major incidents between the UK Financial Authorities, where there is significant consumer harm or market disruption
Support the supervision teams with specialist knowledge in responding to and assessing firm’s responses to operational resilience risks and incidents
Maintain records of auditable quality of operational resilience incidents reported to the FCA

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