Executive Assistant to Directors of Risk and Compliance Division: R&CO
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,300 to £59,000 and London from £46,000 to £64,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience).
Role Responsibilities
- Ensure the R&CO Director’s office runs efficiently, working closely with both Director PAs and providing support and direction to operational tasks.
- Act as the operational contact point for the R&CO Division, coordinating input to business planning, resource and budget discussions, and monitoring risk and control assessments and internal audit actions.
- Support Directors and the R&CO senior leadership team by managing their collective agenda, ensuring collaboration, and overseeing action tracking to ensure delivery.
- Deliver high‑quality briefings for senior meetings, coordinate and produce key outputs on behalf of Directors, including presentations, Board reports and weekly updates, ensuring consistency, accuracy and impactful communication.
- Manage divisional internal and external communications and help organise divisional events.
- Identify key issues that may need escalation to Directors and pinpoint opportunities to improve the efficiency and smooth running of the Division.
- Provide full secretariat support for divisional meetings, including agendas, papers and actions, supporting senior leadership governance and building networks across senior offices.
Skills Required
Minimum:
- Proven experience managing a busy workload, prioritising effectively and delivering under pressure, including handling multiple issues.
- Proven experience of managing work autonomously and delivering outputs efficiently.
- Proven interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships at all levels through collaboration and influencing.
Essential:
- Understanding of (or willingness to learn) R&CO’s organisational remit.
- Ability to analyse and rapidly assimilate new information and understand complex issues to provide practical and constructive recommendations or to escalate issues as appropriate.
- Strong written communication skills with good attention to detail and good verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor your approach to varied audiences.
- Discretion, confidence and composure when dealing with sensitive and complex situations.
- Tenacity to question and challenge all levels of the FCA (where appropriate) in a constructive and positive manner.
- Works well with others and earns trust quickly, while communicating ideas clearly and effectively.
- Willingness to handle shifting workloads and commitment to the role, including the ability to work well when demands are high and to short deadlines.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Hybrid model – employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders).
- Non‑contributory pension (8‑12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.
Values & Culture
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture that is free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. 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.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help – reach out for tailored support.
We are a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore people with disabilities and long‑term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process.
