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Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.\nAbout the FCA and team\nWe regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.\nThe Mutuals Team sits within the Approved Persons and Mutuals Department (APM), which is part of the Authorisations Division.\nYou will assess and manage applications from societies, help deliver the Mutuals strategy through stakeholder engagement, project work, policy development and casework, and lead cases involving the use of discretionary statutory powers.\nThe Mutuals Team delivers the FCA’s functions as registering authority for mutual societies: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/mutual-societies\nRole responsibilities\nPlay a pivotal role in shaping outcomes across the mutual societies sector, contributing to work that has a direct impact on consumers and markets\nBuild specialist expertise by assessing applications under multiple pieces of mutuals legislation and managing complex statutory cases\nGain exposure to high-profile and challenging issues, balancing legal compliance, regulatory judgement and evidence-based decision making\nLead meaningful casework with significant responsibility, including exercising discretionary statutory powers and society cancellations\nDevelop strong stakeholder management skills through close engagement with industry professionals, legal representatives and internal specialists\nConduct pre-application meetings with new and existing societies, influencing outcomes from the earliest stages and building trusted relationships\nThrive in a varied and fast-paced environment where you can apply project management approaches to deliver a diverse portfolio of work\nBenefit from extensive learning, development and career progression opportunities within a supportive team committed to helping colleagues grow and succeed\nSkills required\nMinimum:\nProven experience of independently planning, prioritising and delivering a varied and demanding workload to agreed timescales and quality standards\nRelevant experience of investigating complex issues and critically assessing and analysing information from multiple sources to reach sound, evidence-based decisions\nProven experience of communicating complex information clearly in writing and verbally, and of building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders\nEssential:\nDemonstrating the ability to identify and evaluate key issues arising from complex or incomplete information, investigate matters thoroughly and exercise sound, proportionate judgement to reach balanced, evidence-based decisions\nCommunicating complex issues clearly and persuasively, adapting your approach to influence stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and build effective relationships at all levels\nTaking ownership of outcomes by organising and coordinating work effectively, delivering accurate, high-quality outputs while managing competing priorities and dependencies\nOperating independently with appropriate escalation, remaining effective under pressure and adapting constructively to changing priorities, feedback and challenge\nBringing knowledge and understanding of the mutual societies sector and the environment in which mutual societies operate\nExperience of interpreting and implementing legislation, regulatory requirements or comparable formal frameworks, alongside project management approaches to plan, coordinate and deliver work or change initiatives\nExperience of translating business requirements into practical process or system improvements and contributing to policy development, including preparing guidance or other materials for external audiences\nBenefits\n25 days annual leave plus bank holidays\nColleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices\nNon-contributory pension (8-12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary\nPrivate healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance\n35 hours of paid volunteering annually\nA flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle\nFor a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.\nOur values & culture\nOur colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. 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