Fintech Advisor, Financial Stability Institute

Description

The Financial Stability Institute (FSI) was jointly created by the BIS and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to assist financial sector supervisors and financial regulatory authorities worldwide in strengthening their financial systems.

The FSI achieves its mandate by:

1. disseminating global financial standards;


2. facilitating the adoption of sound supervisory practices; and


3. contributing to capacity-building in supervisory authorities and central banks.

The FSI carries out these tasks through the following activities: policy implementation work; outreach events; and FSI Connect, the BIS’s e-learning tool. Furthermore, as part of the BIS’s Innovation 2025 Strategy, the FSI will place special emphasis on the areas of crisis management and the regulatory and supervisory aspects of financial technology (fintech).

Purpose of the job 

Assist financial sector authorities globally in strengthening their financial systems and promote financial stability by contributing to the above-mentioned FSI activities and strategy.

Principal accountabilities 

• Leading and contributing to policy implementation work and its main output – FSI Insights (publications that focus on providing information and analysis on practical regulatory and supervisory issues based on experiences in different jurisdictions).


• Designing, organising and chairing FSI events ( meetings, seminars and conferences) in Switzerland and around the world, and presenting at these events.


• Supporting the FSI Connect project by contributing to its content development/review process and by undertaking other tasks needed to keep this e-learning tool relevant and useful for the supervisory community.


• Working together with FSI staff in delivering key strategic projects.


• Maintaining in-depth knowledge of the work of global financial sector standard setters.


• Representing the FSI at international meetings/events and in global standard setters’ groups.


• Building relationships with central banks and other financial supervisory authorities as well as regional supervisory groups and international organisations.

Qualification, skills and experience

• Advanced degree in finance, economics or another relevant discipline


• A minimum of seven years’ relevant work experience in the financial sector/financial stability area of central banks/supervisory authorities, as a financial sector supervisory/regulatory expert with an international organisation, and/or in the financial industry or at a consulting firm


• Expert knowledge of financial regulation


• Strong presentation skills, including experience in delivering presentations to large and diverse audiences


• Excellent conceptual, analytical and drafting skills


• Ability to work accurately and independently as well as part of a team under tight deadlines


• Excellent command of English


• Extensive knowledge and practical experience on crisis management and/or fintech issues is an asset


• Experience working in an international environment is an advantage

All new staff members are recruited on a fixed-term basis without expectation either of any contract renewal or conversion. The contract may however be extended or converted to an open-ended one at the end of the term, subject to organisational needs and individual performance. The BIS is fully committed to equal opportunity employment and strives for diversity among its staff.

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