Manage, develop and inspire a capable team overseeing buy-side firms, ensuring consistent, high-quality supervisory outcomes while shaping a collaborative and inclusive team culture
Set clear priorities and strategic direction, ensuring focused and effective supervision across a complex portfolio and enabling the team to deliver meaningful market outcomes
Own and deliver the supervisory strategy for Buy-Side Custody & Fund Services, enhancing oversight of critical market infrastructure and contributing to market stability and investor confidence
Apply judgement on complex and high-profile regulatory issues, guiding key decisions and interventions while working on market sensitive and impactful challenges
Support risk focused supervision across asset servicing and asset management, tackling investor protection, operational resilience and governance to shape how firms operate and safeguard clients
Manage engagement with senior stakeholders including Boards and executives, building trusted, professional relationships and enhancing your impact at the highest levels
Collaborate with internal teams and international regulators, delivering coordinated, forward-looking regulatory outcomes and broadening your exposure across an evolving regulatory landscape
Contribute to directorate strategy and cross organisational initiatives, supporting the future of supervision and playing a key role in supporting innovation and long-term priorities
Requirements
Demonstrable leadership experience, including managing people or leading complex work in financial services, at regulators or adjacent environments
Demonstrable experience of stakeholder engagement with the ability to explain complex supervisory judgements and engage effectively with senior internal and external stakeholders
Experience of supervising, assessing or engaging with regulated firms, or operating in a comparable risk, compliance, policy or regulatory role
Sound judgment, with the ability to make and explain difficult decisions in sensitive situations
Ability to prioritise effectively, manage competing demands and deliver outcomes in a high‑profile, risk‑sensitive portfolio
Solid understanding of the buy side industry, including asset servicing and asset management business models and operating environments
Experience dealing with operational and investment risks across the lines of defence
Experience of supervising systemically important firms or engaging with regulators
Benefits
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders).