Senior Wholesale Banking Firm Supervisor
Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Wholesale Banking Firm Supervisor
Division: Supervision Policy & Competition (SPC)
Department: Sell Side
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 53800 to 69000 and London 59200 to 76000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Senior Associate Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via . 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 Senior Associate role requires strong analytical skills sound judgement effective stakeholder engagement and the ability to contribute to highquality supervisory work. Please explain why you believe your skills experience and approach make you wellsuited to this your answer outline the specific strengths you would bring to the team and how you would add value during to the role.
About the FCA and team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK to keep financial markets fair thriving and effective. By joining us youll 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 UKs financial markets and to achieve the FCAs objectives.
Role responsibilities
Understanding firms business strategies and activities how they adapt in response to the external environment and what implications these changes have for wholesale conduct risks
Working collaboratively within a focussed supervisory team including contributing to relevant workstreams
Contribute to developing and implementing strategies to supervise firms
Building and developing effective relationships with firms senior management internal stakeholders and other regulators
Providing timely briefings to FCA senior management both verbally and in writing
Collaborating inclusively contributing to an environment where everyone is listened to and respected and engaging with the FCA Diversity and Inclusion agenda
Skills required
Minimum:
Prior experience working in either a wholesale financial service environment such as firms legal and consultancy or other regulatory and governmental organisations
Proven experience working in an analytical role
Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with senior management and other key stakeholders both internally and externally
Essential:
A curious and inquisitive mindset ability to see the big picture and to deliver in the public interest
Evidence of working with large amounts of complex information identifying key themes drawing logical conclusions and developing and implementing a strategy and plan of action
Experience of working with complex business models and products and/or wholesale conduct risks or evidence through another role you could quickly do this
Able to work 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 respond to changing circumstances and work quickly and effectively on key tasks
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Ability to organise tasks effectively use sound judgement and escalate issues appropriately
Benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of50% for senior leaders). Changing from September toa minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of60% for Directors andExecutive Directors
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 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 thats 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
Were 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 cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the roles key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
Timeline:
Job advert close: 23rd April 2026 at Midnight
CV Review/Shortlist: 27th April 2026
In Person Case Study Assessment & Interviews: w/c 4th 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
The Financial Conduct Authority is the conduct regulator for around 50,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK and the prudential supervisor for 48,000 firms