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About the Role

The Sustainable Finance Division's Advisory team leads the work to embed sustainable finance across the FCA and support front line supervisors on sustainable finance matters. You will work across various areas with a focus on ESG rules on disclosures including the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime (SDR).

Responsibilities

• Building valuable supervisory experience.
• Carrying out analysis and using judgement to embed rules in a proportionate and effective manner.
• Collaborating with diverse stakeholders including internal teams, industry experts and regulators to build consensus and deliver impactful outcomes.
• Supporting strategic objectives across the Division, contributing to other projects.
• Working in a motivated and focused team that values innovation, collaboration and supporting practical progress in sustainable finance.
• Building leadership skills by supporting and mentoring other members of the team.

Requirements

• Minimum: Experience in implementing rules in an advisory/supervisory role.
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring firms’ implementation of relevant rules in a proportionate and risk-based manner, including knowledge of FCA supervisory and enforcement processes and decision-making.
• Prior experience managing stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
• Essential: Effective written communication skills, including the ability to distil complex issues into succinct messages.
• Ability to work collaboratively on complex cross-organisational projects.
• Working effectively and inclusively as part of a team.
• An understanding of sustainability disclosures rules as they apply to regulated persons and the broader FCA sustainability frameworks and their relevance for the FCA’s strategic and operational objectives.
• An engaged approach to learning about other key industry and regulatory priorities in sustainable finance.
• Good self-management skills to plan and progress work to meet deadlines, with an adjustable approach if priorities change.

Skills

• Experience in implementing rules in an advisory/supervisory role
• Monitoring firms’ implementation of relevant rules in a proportionate and risk-based manner
• Knowledge of FCA supervisory and enforcement processes and decision-making
• Managing stakeholder relationships internally and externally
• Effective written communication skills
• Ability to distil complex issues into succinct messages
• Ability to work collaboratively on complex cross-organisational projects
• Working effectively and inclusively as part of a team
• Understanding of sustainability disclosures rules as they apply to regulated persons
• Understanding of broader FCA sustainability frameworks and their relevance for the FCA’s strategic and operational objectives
• Engaged approach to learning about other key industry and regulatory priorities in sustainable finance
• Good self-management skills to plan and progress work to meet deadlines
• Adjustable approach if priorities change

Location

• National (Edinburgh and Leeds)
• London

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior Associate - Regulatory

Salary/Compensations

• National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £63,000
• London from £59,200 to £69,000

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 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)
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.