Deputy Head (Investment Firms and Funds) within Securities and Markets Supervision

As Deputy Head you will be leading the Investment Firms and funds team, making sure that team members are meeting and exceeding expectations and developing team members as required. Other duties will include:

• Ensuring that these teams consistently deliver high quality output;
• Helping shape and implement supervision strategies focused on business models, senior manager/director accountabilities and governance, risk and compliance units with the aim of taking supervision to the next level;
• Ensuring that the team delivers the onsite supervision plan with the minimum number of planned onsite visits being undertaken;
• Managing a large case load of investigations, analysing complex data, holding interviews and determing what regulatory action can be taken if warranted
• Contributing to the formulation, development and implementation of any relevant internal processes and procedures;
• Implement and transpose EU driven legislation in an accurate and timely manner and represent the Authority at EU fora as may be necessary;
• Recruiting, developing and managing the team to ensure that high performance is maintained;
• Deputise to the Head of unit as may be necessary.

We are looking for candidates with solid academic background in Financial Services, Accountancy, Law, or in another related finance areas. You will need to have academic qualification/s in a relevant field of study at National Qualification Framework Level 6 or better, duly certified by the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) or a widely recognised professional qualification at a comparable level.

To succeed within this role it is essential that you have:

• Excellent knowledge of the regulatory framework in which the funds and investment firm industry operate, ideally with industry experience;
• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to lead, motivate and inspire members of the team;
• Problem solving and analytical thinking skills with the ability to think out of the box and come up with pragmatic solutions in difficult situations;
• The ability to be strong and assertive with licence holders where circumstances warrant;
• Strong  verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence internal senior management and external stakeholders.