Lead Operational Resilience 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 talented, self-starting individual to join the Technology, Resilience and Cyber department (TRC), within the Specialist Supervision Division. At a time of rapid technology change, new regulation to improve operational resilience, and increasing cyber threats, you will have the unique opportunity to influence the FCA’s and industry’s agenda.

What will you be doing?

Acting as a subject matter expert for Operational Resilience across the department, the FCA, and externally

Ensuring delivery of firm assessments for prioritised high impact firms to provide supervisors with a forward-looking evidence and judgement-based assessment, supported by the facts, on whether a firm’s technology, resilience and/or cyber capabilities are sufficient or require further mitigating actions

Leading strategic evaluation of incidents in your portfolio arising from cyber-attack or technology disruptions

Taking part in technical engagement with external stakeholders including other Authorities and Senior firm representatives

Undertaking peer comparison and evaluation of the maturity of firms’ technology and cyberenvironment in relation to other firms in the sector and the wider market

Playing a key part in building the capability of others through coaching and feedback

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