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About the Role

The Supervision, Policy and Competition (SPC) division oversees firms and individuals, creates and reviews rules, and addresses ineffective competition. Within this, the Fees Policy team develops and maintains the FCA’s policy framework for cost recovery, balancing strategic, regulatory, and operational needs to ensure the FCA's sustainability and proportionality.

Responsibilities

• Own key policy projects, utilizing methodical, stakeholder management, and project management skills.
• Lead the team's core program of work, including the annual fees cycle, managing multiple workstreams for high-quality outcomes.
• Develop evidence-based policy proposals and present recommendations to senior FCA decision-makers.
• Build productive working relationships with internal FCA stakeholders to drive policy development and implementation.
• Represent the FCA externally with government departments, including the Treasury, industry participants, trade bodies, and other regulators.
• Address complex fees policy questions, using sound judgment to develop and advance policy thinking.

Requirements

• Demonstrated policy experience within financial services or other regulatory environments.
• Experience in building constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience preparing papers, publications, and briefings for senior audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, navigate governance processes effectively, and deliver high-quality work at pace.
• Solid analytical skills, with the ability to analyze complex information and develop proposals for new policies and approaches.
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team, supporting others to reach shared goals and adjusting your approach as circumstances require.
• Capability to identify and manage key internal and external stakeholders, with the experience to engage with, question, and work constructively with them.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate persuasively and credibly, explaining complex issues succinctly and clearly to audiences less familiar with the subject matter.
• Sound judgment, well-developed attention to detail, and the ability to work flexibly and on your own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Effective organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to deliver multiple tasks and workstreams when deadlines are tight and within challenging timeframes.

Skills

• Methodical skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• Project management skills
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Time-management skills

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 £63,500
• London from £59,200 to £67,000

Benefits

• 25 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 50% in the office each month
• 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.
• Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.