Consumer Investments Advice Policy Associate in Edinburgh

Overview

This role is graded as: Associate – Level 8 - Regulatory.

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 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 Consumer Investments (CI) directorate, the CI Market Analysis and Policy (MAP) department leads policy, strategy, and risk identification across the consumer investments market through four specialist teams focused on market insights, market analysis, advice policy, and distribution policy.

This role sits within the Consumer Investments Advice Policy Team. We are a friendly, collaborative team that works closely with stakeholders across the FCA and wider industry to shape investment advice policy that delivers good outcomes for consumers. By joining us, you will play a key part in delivering high-profile regulatory change that benefits millions of consumers, driving positive outcomes in the investment sector, and helping to set standards that promote trust in financial advice. This work is key in supporting the FCA's commitment to rebalance risk and support growth.

Role responsibilities:

• Provide project management support across multiple workstreams, helping to coordinate key deliverables and upcoming consultations across the policy team.
• Using evidence and analysis to develop practical policy solutions on issues relating to financial advice and guidance, with the aim of ensuring more consumers can access high-quality support on investing, and promoting a healthy investment culture in the UK.
• Provide support with implementing and monitoring a new financial "Targeted Support" framework, set for rollout in April 2026, affecting approximately 18 million people in the next decade.
• Take responsibility for external engagement with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including Government, industry and consumer groups, whilst building and developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders, creating trust and collaboration.
• Contribute to a positive, supportive team culture, adapting your approach to help colleagues succeed and drive collective achievement across shared goals.
• Shape policy on emerging technologies, including how advice firms use Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Skills required:

• Minimum: Proven experience of project management and delivery and managing governance sign offs. Prior experience of working within regulation or policy-making. Proven experience of internal and external stakeholder engagement.
• Essential: Prior experience of applying judgement to prioritise effectively and adapt your approach and focus when needed. Experience of analysing a range of complex information, identifying key risks and harm and making risk-based judgements. Excellent organisational skills, delivering multiple tasks under pressure, with the ability to take a collaborative and flexible approach. Ability to make a strong personal impact, in person and in writing, including being able to explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity to an audience less familiar with the subject matter. Willingness to learn and develop, take on new responsibilities. An ability to work effectively as part of a team and to support and assist others. This includes supporting team members to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

• 25 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.

Our Values & 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 Timeline

Job advert close: 3rd February at 23:59. CV Review/Shortlist: 5th February. Case study assessment: w/c 9th February. Interview: w/c 16th February. Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.