At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead initiatives to enhance operational resilience and improve processes within Authorisations.
- Company: Join a dynamic team focused on regulatory excellence and operational improvement.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, career development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for innovation and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving improvements and shaping the future of Authorisations.
- Qualifications: Experience in regulatory environments and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 74900 - 102000 £ per year.
This position sits within the Register and Authorisations Services Department within Authorisations and will lead the Controls and Capabilities team. The purpose of the role is to strengthen Authorisations’ ability to identify, understand and act on issues that affect delivery, control, capability and operational resilience.
Responsibilities
- Manage high‑profile, cross‑cutting initiatives that improve how Authorisations operates, from identifying problems and analysing evidence through to delivery, implementation and measuring impact.
- Shape and improve key processes, using quality assurance findings, operational data, risk insight and stakeholder feedback to ensure effective and well‑controlled ways of working.
- Use data, assurance outcomes and regulatory knowledge to identify themes, question assumptions, drive improvement activity and ensure actions deliver meaningful results.
- Develop clear reporting, management information and governance frameworks that enable senior leaders to understand risks, issues, priorities, decisions and progress at a glance.
- Oversee the implementation of the Authorisations capabilities framework, ensuring training, guidance and expectations support both current performance and future organisational needs.
- Support the practical use of AI, automation and external best practice, assessing opportunities and risks whilst delivering improvements that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Oversee operational change across Authorisations, ensuring new requirements are understood, embedded into processes and adopted across day‑to‑day activities.
- Build strong relationships across teams and stakeholders, setting clear priorities, developing capability, improving resilience and holding delivery owners accountable for outcomes and results.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience of leading complex, cross‑cutting delivery in an operational, regulatory, risk, assurance, control, change or improvement environment, with the ability to apply regulatory understanding to practical delivery issues.
- Experience of producing written analysis, reporting or governance material for senior stakeholders.
- Experience of using evidence, data, assurance findings or risk information to support recommendations, decisions or improvement activity.
Essential Requirements
- Ability to set direction, coordinate complex work through others, agree priorities, assign ownership, track progress, hold delivery to account.
Capabilities and Controls Manager in Leeds employer: Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Leeds that fosters innovation and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, the organisation provides numerous opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary, all while promoting a progressive hybrid working model that supports work-life balance. Joining the FCA means being part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the financial sector.
Contact Details:
Financial Conduct Authority Recruitment Team
