The Director of Risk will lead a Directorate within Risk and Compliance Oversight and report directly to the General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer. The Director will oversee the maintenance of the Risk Management Framework, provide ongoing guidance and oversight of risk management across the FCA, and oversee the effective operation of the Assurance function.
Requirements
- Extensive senior-level experience with a second line of defence function, operating at organisational or enterprise scale
- Significant experience within financial services and/or a regulatory environment, with accountability for material risk outcomes
- Proven experience of leading and developing senior professionals, including setting direction, managing complexity and building capability
- Experience exercising independent judgement and influence in high scrutiny environments, including challenge of senior stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of operating within complex governance frameworks, with exposure to Board-level or equivalent decision-making forums
- Strong problem solving, communication and influencing capabilities
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including demonstrable ability to influence senior leaders, both inside and outside the regulatory system.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to balance creative challenge and pragmatism.
- Role model strong leadership behaviours in line with the FCA values and capabilities, and delivering cross-organisational priorities.
- Strong subject matter expertise in risk management and compliance, and in developing and operating associated frameworks in different contexts, including how they can support the strategy of an organisation
- Experience in reporting to and working with Board and Board Risk Committees
- Deep expertise in the three lines of defence model, with the ability to adapt this experience to a regulator if gained in another context
- Strong experience of using insights from second line of defence functions to inform and shape continuous improvement in the first line
- Deep understanding of the political and wider external (including media) environment which the FCA is operating in
- Experience of data protection and privacy issues
Benefits
- 30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month
- Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
- Income protection
