Senior European Policy Advisor

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.

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.

The European Strategy and Engagement Team helps set, advise and deliver on the FCA’s strategic engagement with EEA authorities and jurisdictions. It enhances the FCA’s capacity to meet its statutory and strategic objectives through high-quality international engagement, using a range of influencing tools and techniques. Our work also includes driving the FCA’s relationship with the EU, working in collaboration with colleagues across the FCA and UK authorities more broadly, to tackle strategic issues and driving our engagement with EU authorities and counterparts.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting the team with the FCA’s engagement with European and national authorities (e.g. European Supervisory Authorities and national authorities). Acting as relationship manager to priority European jurisdictions
• Leading the drafting and implementation of engagement plans, working closely with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a coordinated and considered approach. Leading the planning and execution of European visits for senior members of the FCA
• Monitoring policy, regulatory and other developments across European countries on wholesale markets, trading policy, fixed income markets, wholesale conduct and prudential policy and producing good quality reporting and assessments for internal stakeholders
• Analysing and understanding key policy and political developments and providing advice on strategic, policy, operational and supervisory challenges, including to policy teams in support of UK policy making and regulatory interventions
• Producing high-quality communications products on regulatory developments for internal and external stakeholders
• Working closely with HMT and the Bank of England to support combined engagement opportunities, such as CEO-level Economic and Financial Dialogues, through to working-level led engagement

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