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Form of workData Governance Associate- 12 Month Maternity Cover
Salary: National – ranging from £49,700 - £70,000 and London from £53,300 - £80,000 per annum
Would you like an opportunity to be at the forefront of our ambition to be a data and technology driven regulator of the future?
The team/department
The Data Strategy and Services department, within the Intelligence & Digital Division, drives the FCA’s Data Strategy by enhancing the value of data through data management, governance and analysis activities and providing central co-ordination of all data-related activities. As part of the Data, Technology & Innovation we are leading the FCA in harnessing the power of data and advanced analytics to transform financial regulation.
In Intelligence and Digital, we believe in doing things differently:
- We believe the best approach is sometimes a new approach
- Place emphasis on curiosity and experimentation
- Collaborate widely with academics, innovative companies and the rest of the FCA
- Believe that people need space to continue learning and the support to develop new ideas, so we commit to giving them both
What you will be doing
- Oversee the day to day running of the Information Governance Board (IGB) Triage function, supporting the committee, and managing the relationship between Triage and IGB members and IGB Secretariat.
- Ability to pick up when needed on the review of draft papers, providing constructive feedback in a timely manner; ensuring approvals are in line with the agreed tolerances.
- Assess the best route of sourcing data and challenge new requests, assumptions and proposed solutions to ensure appropriate due diligence and proportionate firm burden
- Responsible for the relationships with Data Front door, Data Governance and other areas which are heavily involved in the data collection process.
- Overseeing, reviewing and updating the standard operating procedures for all IGB functions so a consistent approach is understood and adopted.
- Engaging with Sector teams and other key areas to capture and maintain up and coming data acquisitions in the Pipeline.
What you will get from the role
- The opportunity to have a tangible impact on the business
- Utilise and build on interactions with a wide range of stakeholders
- Exposure to the wide variety of data held within the FCA
- Challenging and varied work in a friendly and collaborative environment
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’ll have
Minimum
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.
- A thorough understanding of the GDPR regulation
- Strong evidence of maintaining responsibility over multiple tasks, prioritising workload and managing deadlines
- Experience of working with executive committees, including reviewing committee papers and engaging with senior decision-makers and paper authors
Essential
- Strong organisational skills to ensure work is completed on time and to a high standard
- Ability to analyse incoming requests / queries, make sound judgment and prioritise appropriately
- Meeting service level agreements on a day-to-day basis
- The ability to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders whilst managing expectations
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to talk to colleagues at varying levels throughout the business
- The ability to adapt to changing situations, balance, prioritise and manage competing demands
- A "can-do" attitude and the ability to work under pressure and meet challenging deadlines
- A proactive, constructive, individual who will generate solutions to process issues
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 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.
Multilocation
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. This role will require time working at the Leeds office alongside team members when it is more practical and effective to do so, for example planning sessions, workshops. This might average at 1 day per month.
Useful information
Applications for this role close at midnight on Tuesday 30th January 2024
This role is graded as Senior Associate – Regulatory
Got a question?
If you are interested learning more about the role, please contact the following:
For internal applicants, please contact Mandeep Ubhi on
Mandeep.Ubhi@fca.org.uk
For external applicants, please contact Asha Gladis on
Asha.Gladis@fca.org.uk
What to expect from our assessment and selection process
The assessment process consists of a screening conversation and if successful a competency based interview followed by a case study.
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.
