Senior Policy Advisor

This is a management position. The Policy Advisor (PA) manager the work of the Policy Unit and reports to the Managing Director. The PA and the Policy Unit provides support to the Board, Managing Director and the regulatory departments in researching, developing, and advising on regulatory policies and practices in the arears regulated and supervised by the Commission. The office holder is expected to remain current on international developments in regulatory standards and best practices (micro and macroprudential, and AML/CFT)

• Graduate/post graduate degree or professional certification in one or more of the following or related fields:
  Accounting, Finance, Management, Law, Banking, Insurance, or Compliance.

• Five years’ relevant experience in financial regulation, with specific experience in micro and macroprudential supervision, research techniques, and policy formulation.

• Sound knowledge of contemporary regulatory concepts, principles, and methodologies.
• Sound knowledge of risk management techniques and the assessment of risk from a regulatory perspective.
• Working knowledge and experience in credit, liquidity, and interest rate stress testing.
• Strong IT competencies, including in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Sound knowledge of statistical and econometric modelling, and regression analysis.
• Sound knowledge of the financial services ordinances and regulations in the TCI.

Suitable candidates should have:

• Sound background in financial mathematics, economics or statistics;
• Excellent research skills;
• Sound conceptual, interrogative and analytical skills;
• The ability to interpret and analyse financial statements and economic indicators;
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build and maintain a successful team.
• The ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
• The ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision;
• The ability to deliver acceptable results while working under pressure; and
• The ability to work well as part of a team.

• Exposure to highly confidential information
• Required to travel occasionally among islands and overseas
• Required to work beyond normal working hours, when necessary, to meet deadlines

Reports To:

Nature of Supervision Received:

Directly:

Managing Director

Supervision Given To:
Nature of Supervision Given:

Directly:

Senior Policy Analyst

Indirectly:

N/A

Internally:

Various regulatory department staff and the Managing Director

Externally:

Officers of the Statistical Department and other sections of the Ministry of Finance;

Staff and management of licensees; and

Regional regulators and Central Banks.

The successful candidate will be responsible for, among other things: