Job Title: Senior Prudential Policy Associate
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Financial Resilience
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £68,000 and London from £57,700 to £72,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.
SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). Sitting in the Specialists Directorate, the Prudential Policy team develops, implements, and maintains prudential regimes for over 46,000 FCA-regulated firms, working closely with supervision to enhance understanding of these frameworks and their role in supporting financial resilience across the sector.
Role responsibilities
Shape the future of regulation by contributing to the development and rollout of rules for firms undertaking key financial activities, helping ensure a safer, more transparent financial system
Lead innovation in crypto regulation by implementing policy proposals for the prudential regime for cryptoassets, contributing to the safe growth of emerging financial technologies
Drive strategic transformation by supporting the creation of a streamlined prudential regime, delivering clarity and consistency through a unified sourcebook that balances core standards with sector-specific guidance
Influence policy evolution by updating prudential frameworks in line with our mission, market shifts, and stakeholder feedback, ensuring our regimes remain relevant, effective, and forward-looking
Strengthen financial resilience by collaborating with supervision teams to tackle firm-specific challenges
Represent the FCA by engaging in domestic and international forums, promoting our prudential standards and shaping global regulatory conversations
Build the foundations of future regulation by supporting the creation of a new sourcebook for core prudential standards, helping define the prudential framework for new and evolving regulatory activities
Skills required
Minimum:
Experience analysing policy issues relevant to regulated industries
Experience in financial services policy development and/or analysis
Proven experience of prudential regulation
Essential:
A self-starter with the ability to work independently to deliver key workstreams
A proven understanding of the role and remit of the FCA and its regimes and rule-making, or those of other financial services regulators
Ability to rapidly assimilate new facts, understanding complex issues, and conveying their implications in a concise manner
Experience in managing a variety of competing high profile tasks with challenging targets under pressure, prioritising appropriately and escalating where necessary
Benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
35 hours of paid volunteering annually
A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
Our values and culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
CV Review/Shortlist: 19th November
First Interview: w/c 24th November
Job advert close: 17th November at 23:59pm
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.