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About the Role

The FCA regulates UK financial services firms to ensure fair, thriving, and effective markets. This role is crucial for protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. You will join the Asset Management & Funds Department within the Buy-Side Supervision Directorate, focusing on developing and applying supervision strategies to protect consumers and maintain market integrity.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a deep understanding of major asset management firm operations, identifying consumer risks and shaping positive outcomes.
Lead the creation and delivery of supervision strategies to empower firms, improve consumer experience, and enhance protection.
Lead senior-level discussions with clarity and confidence, using sound judgment to shape firm conduct and influence key decisions.
Respond to firm-specific issues and industry developments, ensuring swift and effective action.
Build strong, productive relationships with internal teams (e.g., Enforcement, Authorisations) and external stakeholders, including other regulators.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of supervisory approaches by identifying sector-wide risks, driving innovation, and evolving processes.
Grow knowledge and build expertise in a role supporting a fairer, more resilient market, improving consumer confidence and protection nationwide.

Requirements

Prior experience in the asset management, insurance, or banking sectors, gained through industry, consultancy, or regulatory roles.
Demonstrable experience in reviewing, investigating, and assessing information from multiple sources to make sound, evidence-based judgments.
Prior experience in managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, demonstrating strong communication and influence.
Commitment to the FCA’s mission, with a strong desire to make a meaningful difference and operate with purpose in a regulatory environment.
A delivery-focused mindset, able to manage competing priorities while maintaining professionalism, credibility, and a positive presence.
A collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills, capable of building effective relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders.
Clear and concise communicator with the ability to influence others, learn quickly, and confidently take on new responsibilities and areas of work.
Ability to present yourself and the FCA in a professional and credible manner.
Ability to learn, develop, and take on new responsibilities, quickly filling gaps in understanding.

Skills

Asset management
Insurance
Banking
Regulatory environments
Information review
Investigation
Assessment
Evidence-based judgment
Stakeholder relationship management
Communication
Influence
Delivery-focused mindset
Priority management
Professionalism
Credibility
Positive presence
Collaboration
Interpersonal skills
Teamwork
Influencing others
Quick learning
Taking on new responsibilities

Location

Edinburgh
Leeds
London

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Associate, Regulatory

Salary/Compensations

£53,800 to £67,200 (National)
£59,200 to £73,800 (London)

Benefits

25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Hybrid model (minimum 40% in office, increasing to 50% from September)
Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age)
Life assurance at eight times salary
Private healthcare with Bupa
Income protection
24/7 Employee Assistance Program
35 hours of paid volunteering annually
Flexible benefits scheme

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).
The Buy-Side Directorate oversees asset management and alternative investment firms, ensuring they operate with integrity, provide products that deliver fair value, and support healthy, competitive markets for consumers and the wider economy.
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.