Financial Conduct Authority
Senior Policy Advisor
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Job title: Senior Policy Advisor
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition (SPC)
Department: Cross-Cutting Policy
Salary:
- National (Edinburgh and Leeds): £53,800 to £63,500
- London: £59,200 to £67,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
Role Grade: Senior Associate – Regulatory
Contacts:
- Internal recruitment: Louis Van Den Burg via louis.vandenburg@fca.org.uk
- External recruitment: Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk
Application Instructions: Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and Team
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 Overview:
- Supervision: Oversees firms and individuals.
- Policy: Creates and reviews rules by which they operate.
- Competition: Identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets.
Fees Policy Team: Sitting within Cross-Cutting Policy & Strategy (CCPS), we are responsible for developing and maintaining the FCA’s policy framework for recovering its costs. Our work is central to the operation of the FCA, requiring us to balance strategic, regulatory and operational considerations while working closely with stakeholders across the organisation and industry. Through our policy framework, we determine how the FCA funds its activities, ensuring that it remains sustainable and proportionate.
Role Responsibilities
- Own key policy projects: Drawing on solid methodical, stakeholder management and project management skills.
- Lead delivery: Of the team's core programme of work, including the annual fees cycle, managing multiple workstreams to ensure high-quality outcomes.
- Develop evidence-based policy proposals: And present recommendations to senior decision-makers across the FCA.
- Build productive working relationships: With stakeholders across the FCA to drive policy development and implementation.
- Represent the FCA externally: With government departments, including the Treasury, as well as industry participants, trade bodies and other regulators.
- Tackle complex fees policy questions: Using sound judgement to develop and advance policy thinking.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Skills Required
Minimum:
- 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.
Essential:
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, navigate governance processes effectively and deliver high-quality work at pace.
- Solid analytical skills, with the ability to analyse 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 judgement, well-developed attention to detail and the ability to work flexibly and on your own initiative with minimal supervision.
- Effective organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to deliver multiple tasks and workstreams when deadlines are tight and within challenging timeframes.
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 (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors).
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
Our Values and Culture
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.
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.
Disability Confident: our hiring approach
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.
Useful Information and Timelines
- Job advert closing: Tuesday 8th September at 23:59pm
- CV Review/Shortlist: 10th September
- Interviews: w/c 21st September
Please can you make your Recruiter aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location