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About the Role

The Policy team drives the PSR's strategy, offering an exciting opportunity to work on policy development, analysis, project delivery, and stakeholder engagement. The PSR is an independent economic regulator ensuring payment systems function effectively for everyone. While currently an independent subsidiary of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the PSR will consolidate into the FCA by 2027, continuing its vital work in payments regulation.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and contribute to policy projects and analysis, individually and within a team, overseeing junior colleagues' work.
Collaborate in multi-disciplinary project teams, building relationships with policy, economist, legal, and communications colleagues to deliver high-quality work.
Build relationships with external stakeholders, including firms, government, other regulators, and consumer groups, to gather evidence, test policy options, and explain the PSR's approach.
Oversee and utilize robust policy and economic analysis to manage policy development.
Draft briefings and papers to explain complex issues under tight deadlines and present policy recommendations to PSR leadership.
Act as a role model, sharing knowledge and best practices with junior colleagues.

Requirements

Experience working in a policy or regulatory environment.
Experience in project delivery, including leading workstreams, planning, meeting deadlines, and understanding risks and opportunities.
Prior experience developing policy proposals and presenting recommendations to leadership, ideally in a regulatory role.

Skills

Effective written and oral communication skills, including distilling complex issues into succinct messages and professional presentation to diverse stakeholders.
Effective relationship and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate at senior internal and external levels.
Solid prioritization skills to define priorities and contribute effectively where most needed.
Ability to identify and exercise judgment in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, including economists, lawyers, and payment specialists.
Ability to consider conflicting views while maintaining focus on overall strategic aims and objectives.

Location

Edinburgh
Leeds
London
Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid
Part-time options available
Job sharing options available

Experience Level

Senior
Senior Associate, Regulatory

Salary/Compensations

National (Edinburgh and Leeds): £53,800 to £67,200
London: £59,200 to £73,800

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age)
Life assurance at eight times your salary
Private healthcare with Bupa
Income protection
24/7 Employee Assistance
35 hours of paid volunteering annually
Flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

About the Company

The PSR is an independent economic regulator ensuring payment systems work well for everyone.
It challenges the industry to adapt, supporting innovation and improving competition for world-leading UK payment systems.
The PSR encourages collaboration to solve problems and uses its powers when necessary.
It is a subsidiary of the FCA, fully independent with its own Managing Director and Board.
Funded by the payments industry and directly accountable to parliament.
The PSR will be consolidated into the FCA by 2027, continuing effective regulation of payments.

Equal Opportunity

Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, free from discrimination and bias.
Celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best.
Provides adjustments for disabilities or conditions.
Welcomes diverse working styles and offers flexible solutions like part-time and job sharing.
Proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions meeting minimum criteria will progress to the next recruitment stage.