Senior Prudential Policy Associate

Job Title: Senior Prudential Policy Associate

Division:Supervision Policy & Competition

Department:Financial Resilience

• Salary:National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from52400 to 68000 andLondon from57700 to72000(salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as:Senior Associate Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact isTahir Khan via Applications must besubmittedthrough our online portal. Applications sent viasocial media oremail 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 usyoullplay 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 46000 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

Skillsrequired

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

• 25days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work

• Non-contributory pension (812% 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 visitour benefits page.

Ourvaluesandculture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusiveculture: onethatsfree from discrimination and bias celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their 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 yourequireany 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.

Disabilityconfident:ourhiringapproach

Wereproudto be aDisability Confident Employer andtherefore people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet theminimumcriteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment cases ofhigh application volumes we may progressapplicants whose experience most closely matches the roles key requirements.

Usefulinformation andtimelines

• CV Review/Shortlist: 19th November

• First Interview: w/c 24th November

• Jobadvertclose: 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.