If youre interested in making a difference to peoples lives, the Treasury can offer an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate to promote responsible public spending and drive sustainable economic growth.
Our work ranges from protecting customers through financial regulation and supporting a greener economy, to promoting British trade and supporting people across the country on jobs and growth.
We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to work on key issues while being closer to the communities we serve. The campus enables people from across the UK to help shape the future, with flexible working supporting collaboration.
The Financial Services Group advises the government on promoting a stable and efficient financial services sector, delivering strong outcomes for consumers and businesses, enhancing the UKs position as a global financial hub, and supporting economic growth.
The sector is vital to the UK economy, creating jobs, contributing to output, and providing essential services such as payments, mortgages, and retirement planning. During COVID, it played a key role in supporting individuals and businesses, including payment holidays and Bounce Back Loans.
We ensure firms such as banks, investment firms, financial advisers and insurers are well regulated, treat customers fairly, and operate in a competitive market with safeguards when things go wrong.
We also lead an international agenda, promoting openness and strengthening trading links through Free Trade Agreements, working closely with overseas colleagues.
Collaboration with stakeholders is central to our work, including regulators, consumer groups and industry, to support policymaking and priorities such as net zero.
The Prudential and Sustainability Team has a varied and high-profile remit, developing policy on prudential regulation and sustainable finance. The team is made up of two units: one focused on prudential issues (where this role will sit) and one on sustainability.
In recent years, the team has delivered significant legislation, including the UKs approach to the final post-crisis reforms. It is also leading major changes to how UK banks and investment firms operate in overseas jurisdictions and delivering a programme to amend retained EU financial services legislation to ensure it works effectively for the UK.
This role sits within the Prudential and Sustainability team, although the wider structure of the Financial Services and Financial Stability Groups may evolve over time which could affect where in the department the role ultimately sits.
