Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop specialist expertise in cryptoassets? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Team
The Cryptoassets Unit leads on HM Treasury policy development for cryptoassets as financial services, including work to update the UK's regulatory framework address the risks and opportunities posed by this new asset class. The Unit consists of one Grade 6/E2, two Grade 7s/E, one HEO, and one SEO (the post being advertised here). We sit within a welcoming, friendly wider Payments and Fintech (PAF) team within the HMT Financial Services Group. The PAF team leads on:
* payments systems and services policy, including all the ways you can make a payment, such as cash, card, and the 'plumbing' which enables the payment to be made.
* financial technology innovation, known as 'FinTech', which refers to both technological innovation across financial services (such as Open Banking) and to a specific group of firms that combine innovative business models with technology to enable, improve, and disrupt the
* financial services sector; and financial services policy for cryptoassets.
About the Job
Cryptoassets have become a high-profile issue within financial services. They have significant implications for consumers and the financial system more broadly. The post holder will join a high-performing team advising ministers on how best to manage these rapid developments and...