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About the Role

Play a key role as a member of the Payments and Digital Assets Policy departmental management team, providing strategic input and supporting the delivery of key policy objectives. Manage material workstreams to shape and develop various aspects of payments policy, working closely with the existing payments policy team as well as the stablecoins team and the crypto policy teams. Establish, develop, and maintain close relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, promoting open communication and collaboration. Maintain and manage an effective team through effective recruitment, performance management and development of staff from diverse backgrounds and of various levels.

Responsibilities

Play a key role as a member of the Payments and Digital Assets Policy departmental management team, providing strategic input and supporting the delivery of key policy objectives
Manage material workstreams to shape and develop various aspects of payments policy, working closely with the existing payments policy team as well as the stablecoins team and the crypto policy teams
Establish, develop, and maintain close relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, promoting open communication and collaboration
Maintain and manage an effective team through effective recruitment, performance management and development of staff from diverse backgrounds and of various levels

Requirements

Prior experience of payments, including developing payments policy, experience in a payments firm, or similar
Prior experience of policy making
Prior experience of managing a team
An ability to consider complex information and to support the development and delivery of policy
Solid organisational skills with a capability to manage a variety of priorities and issues
High standard of problem solving and strategic thinking with sound judgement
A self-managed thinker with an inquisitive mind-set and a pragmatic approach to making judgements
Effective interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with a clear ability to work with and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally including the confidence and credibility when representing the FCA externally
Able to prepare and deliver complex, strategic written technical communications and deliver sensitive messages
Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work

Skills

payments policy
policy making
team management
complex information analysis
policy development and delivery
organizational skills
priority management
problem solving
strategic thinking
sound judgement
self-management
inquisitive mind-set
pragmatic approach
interpersonal skills
stakeholder management
collaboration
written technical communication
sensitive message delivery
learning and development
flexibility
pragmatism

Location

Edinburgh
Leeds
London

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Manager, Regulatory

Salary/Compensations

National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £88,900
London £82,300 to £97,800 per annum

Benefits

28 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

About the Company

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 Payments and Digital Assets directorate, the Policy department develops policy to address the challenges and opportunities the FCA identifies in payments and crypto sectors.
At the FCA, we’re creating a fair and more resilient financial system.
We’re establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.

Equal Opportunity

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.
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.