Japan Financial Services Agency opens recruitment for fixed-term supervisors of foreign banks and foreign securities companies

The Japan Financial Services Agency has opened recruitment for a small number of fixed-term employees at Assistant Section Manager level to support supervision and monitoring of foreign banks and foreign securities companies. The roles focus on analysing financial data, risk information and business models, and using that work to inform monitoring policy and prudential regulatory drafting. The duties include comparative assessments of governance, compliance and risk management frameworks at foreign firms, as well as planning and consideration of monitoring policy issues based on those analyses. Work also covers drafting prudential regulations for securities companies in light of international regulatory trends, including those of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Applicants are expected to have knowledge of relevant banking and securities laws and financial practice, practical experience aligned to the role, and English skills sufficient to review materials and conduct interviews. Appointments are expected to be full-time national civil service roles under Japan’s fixed-term employee framework, with employment in principle for around two years and potential renewal. Applications are accepted on an open-ended basis and may close once sufficient candidates have applied, with selection via document screening followed by interview.