Director - Regulatory Insights

The Opportunity

EY's Financial Services practice is a unique industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services to financial institutions and other capital markets participants, including banks, insurers and asset managers. We also work extensively with governments and regulators around the world.

EY UK’s Regulatory Insight Team operates across EMEIA and Globally to provide deep regulatory expertise. Our aim is to deliver the latest in regulatory thinking to clients in the UK and internationally. Our objective is to be market leading in the space where strategy, regulation and technology come together, looking at the regulatory agenda ahead and helping clients both comply with regulation, but also think about the design and delivery of regulation. We work closely with teams across EY delivering strategy, compliance, risk, financial crime and technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

We have vacancies for a director role. You will be expected to cover the regulatory waterfront, in both conduct and prudential, but in particular the following areas are of particular importance:

• Prudential policy and Insurance.
• Developing long‑term views of the strategic direction of regulation
• Changing regulation (eg Duty of Care, Insurance pricing)
• Innovative business models and fit with regulation
• Developing regulatory models overseas
• Senior manager appointments
• Approaches to authorisation
• Rapid communications for clients on changes to regulation
• Providing a centre of excellence internally for regulatory reviews like s166s.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Play a significant role in the delivery of our engagements to clients through the articulation of EY findings, conclusions and recommendations in writing or verbally
• Take responsibility for engagement planning and management on a day to day basis
• Act as day to day lead on client site, managing teams where required
• Own the analysis of emerging issues, the articulation of an EY point of view and the development of an EY proposition on agreed topics
• Where needed, lead the proposals process for new client opportunities
• Develop client relationships and utilise your network to identify opportunities for EY to perform additional services
• Work effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support and updating senior members on progress
• Mentor staff and conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff

We are looking for individuals who have a proactive attitude and are seeking the opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Skills and attributes for success

• Knowledge and experience of financial regulation
• Excellent client liaison and communication skills as well as commercial awareness
• Ability to develop new business opportunities for the regulatory team (or other EY colleagues) to deliver
• Strong project management experience
• Ability to work in a client facing and consulting role, with the ability to build networks and relationships
• There will be opportunity to travel in this role and to work across borders

Required qualifications

• Experience of working at senior level preferably as a regulator, or in regulatory affairs or regulatory consulting in another Advisory firm
• Experience of managing and developing people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring will be required.
• Up to date knowledge of the regulatory environment

Preferred qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for report writing and client presentations
• Ability to prioritise and challenge

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package rewarded for individual and team performance
• Comprehensive Total Rewards package including support for flexible working and career development
• FlexEY allows selection of benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well‑being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions
• Support, coaching and feedback from engaging colleagues
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing us to build our careers without sacrificing personal priorities.