Senior Manager - Policy

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) is responsible for the regulation of financial services providers in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and for the regulation of related activities.

The Senior Manager – Policy is to assist the Director – Policy in the efficient operation of the Policy team ("the team") within the Policy&Legal Division ("the division") in the following areas.

• Insurance.
• Asset Management.
• Fintech, Regtech and Suptech.
• Private Banking and Wealth Management.
• Market Infrastructure and Digital Assets.
• Sustainable Finance.

Participating in any workings groups and committees with other local and federal regulatory and government authorities, including international assessments of the UAE undertaken by the OECD, FATF and the IMF/World Bank.

• Provide other divisions in the FSRA with timely, high quality and consistent policy advisory services in order to enable the FSRA to achieve its objectives and those of the ADGM, including through peer reviewing materials produced by the team, the division and other areas of the FSRA and ADGM.
• Manage complex and large policy projects, including staff and external resources.
• Contribute to the legislative drafting process for both improvements to the current FSRA legislative framework and any new legislative initiatives, as well as any other associated legislation where relevant to the FSRA and the broader ADGM.
• Manage the public consultation process with respect to legislative changes proposed by the FSRA.
• In conjunction with the Legal team consider and where appropriate respond to policy queries and interpretation requests from internal and external stakeholders.
• Horizon scan for international financial services policy and legislative landscape and propose any relevant proposals for improvement for consideration by the FSRA.
• Monitor and seek to improve the internal processes and procedures of the team, the division and, where required to do so, the FSRA.
• Where required by the Director, manage relationships with external stakeholders, including international regulators, market participants and any other relevant stakeholders.
• Where appropriate, participate in national and international forums with regulatory bodies to consult on policy and legislative matters relating to financial services and its regulation.
• Demonstrate behaviours and actions consistent with ADGM’s competencies framework for this role including leadership, communication, collaboration, integrity and trust, problem solving, innovation, agility and accountability.

• Mentor more junior members of the team and line manage, if required.

• Understand, adopt, adhere and practice responsibilities or controls as per ADGM Information Security policy and as per best practices explained in the induction and awareness sessions.
• Confidentiality, Integrity and availability of the ADGM Information shall be maintained at all times i.e. within as well as outside ADGM.

• Bachelors / Masters degree, ideally in the fields of finance, public policy,…