Business Management Advisor – Controls, Capabilities and Frameworks (CCF)

at  Financial Conduct Authority

Salary: National up to £59,000 and London up to £62,000
An exciting time to join the team to impact how one of the divisions at the FCA changes the way it operates!
We are recruiting a Business Management Advisor for the Business Management, Change and Operations (BMC&O) Team in the Controls, Capabilities & Frameworks (CCF) Directorate within Supervision, Policy & Competition (SPC) division.
BMC&O is responsible for ensuring SPC has well-defined and resourced plans for delivering strategic business plan priorities - that the Division’s financial performance and use of resources is actively managed to optimise delivery; that strategic decision-making and operational performance is assured through effective governance, and ensures that change is effectively embedded across SPC. The team works flexibly across this broad remit and the successful candidate will be required to lead on key aspects whilst also providing operational resilience by having the knowledge and capability to deliver across the full breadth of functions. This is an exciting time to join CCF as SPC seeks to change the way it operates, and the importance of operational excellence and continuous improvement grows.

What you will be doing

• Lead on the running and oversight of the Business Implementation Committee (BIC) working closely with Change Directorate to ensure effective performance of the sub-portfolio
• Responsible for the operational efficiency of SPC projects and their reporting (via Clarizen) to aid in effective SPC business planning and strategic alignment of key SPC projects and initiatives
• Working with projects to assess the impacts of project led change, securing a shared view of the change and the impact with SPC stakeholders; building a consolidated picture (and narrative) of change being delivered across SPC
• Working alongside other colleagues in the team to provide back-up and resilience for the broad range of the team’s remit. The role holder will need to ensure they are sufficiently knowledgeable to be able to step-in to provide cover or additional capacity at times of high demand
• Ensuring SPC governance committees are run effectively with strategically focussed agendas supported by robust record-keeping
• Actively contributing to the further development of the BMC&O Team and wider CCF Division as SPC integrates and transforms the way it operates, and ensuring underpinning processes are documented and appropriately governed

What will you get from the role?

• Gain an excellent understanding of and opportunity to influence how the SPC operates
• Frequent exposure to senior management across the division and with Operations functions and the opportunity to engage with cross-FCA operational change initiatives
• Fantastic opportunity to develop skills in leadership, problem solving, innovation and change management and to broaden your network across the organisation

As an Academy business, we place great value on learning and offer development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Minimum

• Experience in analysing and assessing complex issues and information to make appropriate recommendations
• Strong experience in stakeholder management and influencing senior stakeholders
• Strong written communication skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise and manage a complex workload, including appropriate escalation of issues when necessary and exercising sound judgements
• Ability to plan and execute work independently and as part of a team to achieve desired outcomes
• Proactively educate, mentor and coach others in areas of expertise to raise the capability of others
• Attention to detail and willingness to adapt to change, positively embracing new approaches
• Ability to identify and drive improvements in operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Effective prioritisation, resource management and tenacity to deliver to tight deadlines
• Experience or ability to rapidly build knowledge of supervision, policy making and competition processes and frameworks

About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found
here.
The FCA’s Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Senior Associate - Corporate role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.
Useful information
Applications for this role close at midnight on 10th April 2024
This role is graded as Senior Associate – Corporate
What to expect from our interview process
All applications will be reviewed once the advert has closed.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a case study first. If you are successful at the case study stage, you will be invited for a 60-min competency-based interview.
Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:
For Internal applicants, please contact Cheryl Cheung at
cheryl.cheung@fca.org.uk
For External applicants, please contact Aaron Ward at
aaron.ward@fca.org.uk
Application support
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.
Please note – Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted

What you will be doing

• Lead on the running and oversight of the Business Implementation Committee (BIC) working closely with Change Directorate to ensure effective performance of the sub-portfolio
• Responsible for the operational efficiency of SPC projects and their reporting (via Clarizen) to aid in effective SPC business planning and strategic alignment of key SPC projects and initiatives
• Working with projects to assess the impacts of project led change, securing a shared view of the change and the impact with SPC stakeholders; building a consolidated picture (and narrative) of change being delivered across SPC
• Working alongside other colleagues in the team to provide back-up and resilience for the broad range of the team’s remit. The role holder will need to ensure they are sufficiently knowledgeable to be able to step-in to provide cover or additional capacity at times of high demand
• Ensuring SPC governance committees are run effectively with strategically focussed agendas supported by robust record-keeping
• Actively contributing to the further development of the BMC&O Team and wider CCF Division as SPC integrates and transforms the way it operates, and ensuring underpinning processes are documented and appropriately governe

What will you get from the role?

• Gain an excellent understanding of and opportunity to influence how the SPC operates
• Frequent exposure to senior management across the division and with Operations functions and the opportunity to engage with cross-FCA operational change initiatives
• Fantastic opportunity to develop skills in leadership, problem solving, innovation and change management and to broaden your network across the organisatio