Unit Manager for Regulation and Sanctions in the Insurance Sector

Do you have extensive experience in qualified legal work? The Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) is now looking for a unit manager who wants to lead the work on regulation and sanctions within the insurance sector!

About the Job

As the head of the Legal Coordination unit, you will help lead the work in the Insurance Law department within the Insurance business area. The department is responsible for legal issues concerning insurance and occupational pension companies, insurance brokers, and pension foundations. You will manage a unit consisting of lawyers who mainly work with supervision and regulation within the area of responsibility. In this role, you are responsible for both the operations and your employees. An important part is to ensure a very high quality in the legal work, manage sanctions and interventions, and contribute to the development of employees, methods, and processes.

You report to the department head and work closely with the other unit manager in the department. You will also have ongoing contact with companies, industry representatives, the Government Offices, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa). You will also be part of the management team for the business area, thus having the opportunity to influence the strategic development of the operations.

A challenge now and in the future is to effectively contribute to the supervisory activities of the area and be responsible for the area's sanction cases. This places demands on you as a unit manager regarding ensuring a very high legal quality and continuing to develop routines and working methods both within the unit and the department, as well as in relation to other parts of the authority. You need to have a very good ability to identify, analyze, and transform complex material into understandable questions and reasoning, and you need to be skilled at prioritizing and navigating in a fast-paced environment.

In your role as a manager, you lead, support, and create good conditions for your employees' results and development, among other things through clear goals and ongoing follow-up. You develop the operations strategically and long-term based on FI's overall goals and work for the whole and collaboration across operational boundaries.

We expect you to have a strong interest in leadership issues and to develop in your role as a leader. We offer you leadership training to provide you with the conditions to succeed in your leadership.

Your Education and Experience

We are looking for someone who

has a law degree (jur.kand.) or equivalent
is an assessor from the court of appeal or administrative court
has extensive experience in qualified legal work within government, court, and/or financial companies, law firms, or equivalent
has a strong interest in leadership issues and in developing in your role as a leader
expresses yourself very well in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

It is advantageous if you

have a degree in economics, mathematics, or similar
have managerial experience or another supervisory position
have good knowledge of administrative law and public access to information
have knowledge of the financial system and companies under FI's supervision
have knowledge of financial regulations.

About You

In this job, you need to

contribute to good collaboration
have good analytical skills and be able to solve complex tasks
communicate clearly with different target groups
take initiative.

About Us

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) contributes to a stable financial system, well-functioning markets, sustainable development, and a high level of consumer protection. We offer you the opportunity to work with socially important tasks, where you can influence the financial market.

FI employs about 600 people, and our values are characterized by being engaged, determined, goal-oriented, and helpful. Our workplace is centrally located in Stockholm. There is also the possibility to work partially remotely. For more information about our organization: https://www.fi.se/sv/om-fi/organisation/ (https://www.fi.se/sv/om-fi/organisation/)

Good to Know

We base our recruitment on competence. This means that we carefully define the qualifications required and then base our entire recruitment process on them.

We actively work for diversity and equal treatment and therefore welcome employees with different experiences, backgrounds, and competencies.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Psychological tests may be included in the recruitment process.

At FI, we actively strive to be an attractive employer where you, as an employee, thrive and develop. Read more about what it is like to work at FI and what we offer: https://www.fi.se/sv/om-fi/arbeta-pa-fi/vi-erbjuder/ (https://www.fi.se/sv/om-fi/arbeta-pa-fi/vi-erbjuder/)

Employment at FI may involve security screening and background checks according to the Security Protection Act.