Overview

WE Talent are working with a small regulatory business in the City of London who are recruiting for a Policy Manager to join their team.

This is an ideal role for an experienced Policy and Regulation expert with a financial regulation background who is looking for a role working inside a regulator where you will have autonomy and work closely with the leadership team on projects with significant financial implications.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from inception to completion including comprehensive scoping, stakeholder mapping, research planning, investigation, analysis, and implementation of evidence-based policy recommendations.
• Project manage policy projects and reviews, drafting policy options and making recommendations.
• Launching new policies.
• Conduct thorough stakeholder engagement and consultation processes, managing relationships across diverse groups including regulated entities, consumer representatives, and industry bodies.
• Undertake detailed research and investigation activities, analysing complex data and information to inform policy development.
• Ensure that the Handbook and related regulatory tools are up to date, reflecting current legislation, regulatory requirements, and good regulatory practice.
• Identify high-risk areas of practice and gaps in regulatory arrangements, work to introduce new guidance and mandatory requirements.
• Provide policy briefings, advice and guidance recommendations both internally and externally.
• Respond to complex enquiries from stakeholders and the regulated community including drafting submissions, consultation responses and briefing documents for different audiences.
• Help to organise and run successful events, planning and organising webinars and assist with preparing communications material as required. Represent at events, conferences and external working groups as required.
• Collaborate widely with your stakeholders internally and externally including inspection teams, businesses you regulate, other regulators and industry bodies.

Requirements

• Previous experience in policy development and implementation (essential)
• Strong regulatory experience ideally working within a regulator (essential)
• Proven experience managing projects from conception through to delivery and implementation (essential)
• Financial regulation background - valuable for current projects that intersect with financial matters affecting consumers and regulated entities (highly desirable)
• Strong relationship building skills (internal and external)
• Experience in stakeholder management and consultation processes
• A confident communicator able to converse with all levels of seniority and have challenging conversations when necessary
• Able to work with a high degree of confidentiality
• Confident with analysing data and information
• Proven research and investigation skills
• Self-motivated and able to take ownership
• Experience of working within law either through studies or work history (desirable)
• Process driven with strong project management capabilities
• A confident user of IT (Outlook/Word/Excel to intermediate level)

You will be rewarded with

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Vitality healthcare scheme
• Auto enrolment pension
• Hybrid work from home option after training (1-2 in London, remaining at home with some flexibility)
• 35 hours per week
• Wellness Room
• Games Room

Please note the successful candidate will be required to undertake screening checks prior to starting. You must have permanent right to work in the UK

This may suit: Senior Policy Officer, Policy & Regulatory Affairs Officer, Policy Manager

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