Prudential Supervision Specialist

Overview

Division:
Supervision, Policy and Competition. Department:
Market Interventions – Payments and Digital Assets. This role is graded as:
Technical Specialist, Regulatory. Salary information varies by location:
National (Edinburgh and Leeds) £72,100–£87,100 and London £79,300–£95,800 (salary offered based on skills and experience).

Your recruitment contact is Shafika Shaikh via  Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

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 Market Intervention department supervises and drives regulatory standards in payments and crypto asset firms.

• Deliver expert insights on payments regulation and supervision. Apply deep expertise in financial resilience, prudential soundness and safeguarding customer funds to shape firm operations and protect vulnerable customers, influencing industry standards and consumer trust
• Support firm cases, multi-firm initiatives, and industry forums with high-quality input to ensure robust decision-making and effective supervision, driving collaboration and innovation
• Assess industry and regulatory changes to enable proactive supervision strategies and portfolio planning, shaping the future of payments oversight
• Lead on key supervisory themes, own critical areas like financial resilience and prudential soundness as the go-to expert, providing clarity and confidence to teams and stakeholders for consistent, excellent practices
• Build strong external partnerships by representing the department in discussions with bodies such as the Bank of England, HM Treasury, and trade associations to strengthen regulatory alignment and amplify FCA’s influence
• Grow team capability through knowledge sharing, design and deliver training, teach-ins, and technical guidance to elevate expertise and foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth

• Proven experience of applying or advising on UK payments and/or e-money regulatory requirements in a regulatory, legal, compliance or industry role
• Prior experience of judgement-based decision making, with a focus on prudential risk or financial resilience analysis.
• Demonstratable experience in leadership; coaching, mentoring and supporting less experienced team members

• Strong analytical capability with a proven ability to quickly, clearly and efficiently draw out key implications from a broad and varied range of information
• A subject matter expert in understanding and interpreting the payments sector and business models within it. This should be accompanied with a demonstrated ability to quickly fill any gaps in understanding
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the credibility to effectively engage with FCA senior management
• The ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• A risk-based approach to decision making, including the ability to reach sound and timely judgements which can be justified in a concise and effective manner
• Ability to work with centralised and local data sources to produce and present reports and insight

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
• 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

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

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