Job title: Wholesale Bank Lead Supervisor
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: Wholesale Banks
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £77,200 and London from £66,600 to £85,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Lead Associate, Regulatory
Your external recruitment contact is Shafika via Shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk
Your internal recruitment contact is Iona via iona.magee@fca.org.uk Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
Please note that an application question is required as part of the recruitment process. Applications submitted without a completed response will not be considered.
“The Wholesale Banks Associate role requires strong analytical skills, sound judgement, effective stakeholder engagement, and the ability to contribute to high‑quality supervisory work. Please explain why you believe your skills, experience, and approach make you well‑suited to this role. In your answer, outline the specific strengths you would bring to the team and how you would add value during the 12‑month secondment.”
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 Sell Side directorate, the MI Wholesale Banks department focuses on the regulation of markets and the regulation of the individual firms that make up those markets, and is critical to ensure the effective operation of the UK’s financial markets and to help the FCA meet its objectives.
Role responsibilities
Explore firms’ evolving business models and strategies, identifying how market changes influence wholesale conduct risks and shaping our supervisory response
Guide firm supervision with confidence, developing strategic plans and swiftly addressing emerging and crystallised issues to protect market integrity
Build trusted relationships with seniors, both within firms and across the FCA, to enable effective collaboration and regulatory outcomes
Communicate insights and decisions clearly, briefing senior stakeholders through compelling written and verbal updates that inform high-level strategy
Improve internal engagement by collaborating with other teams to ensure coordinated supervision and a consistent regulatory approach
Champion transformation and efficiency, spotting opportunities to embed smarter ways of working and support the FCA’s wider change agenda
Skills required
Minimum:
Prior experience working in either a wholesale financial service environment, legal, consultancy or other regulatory organisation
Demonstratable experience in a role analysing complex business models, products and wholesale conduct risks
Written communication skills, and evidence of using evaluation to make conclusions and recommend proportionate courses of action
Essential:
Evidence of analysing large amounts of complex information, identifying key themes, drawing conclusions and developing and implementing a strategy and plan of action
Experience of analysing complex business models and products and/or wholesale conduct risks or evidence through another role you could quickly do this
Working effectively as part of a team by working inclusively, contributing to an environment where all opinions are listened to and respected
Ability to prioritise and complete key tasks efficiently
Effective interpersonal and stakeholder management skills: able to build and maintain relationships with senior management at wholesale banks, other regulators and staff at all levels within the FCA
Benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
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
Advert Close Date: 8th May 2026
CV Review/Shortlist: 12th May 2026
First Interview: W/C 18th May 2026
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.