Senior Prudential Policy Leader, Financial Resilience in Edinburgh

Prudential Policy Manager, Financial Resilience Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition Department: Financial Resilience Department (FRD) Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £110,000 and London £82,300 to £120,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience). This role is graded as: Manager, 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 within the Specialist Directorate, the Financial Resilience department (FRD) leads the FCA’s efforts to minimise consumer and market harm from weaknesses in firms’ financial resilience by setting standards through rules and guidance, and by providing specialist supervision and data capabilities.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead and inspire an effective team to meet key objectives, including developing and empowering a team of professionals through performance management, coaching, and mentoring to build capability, enhance engagement, and develop future leaders across the wider department.
• Shape and guide prudential policy thinking, providing thought leadership that informs strategic decisions and improves the organisation’s regulatory and risk framework.
• Play a pivotal role in running the department, contributing to strategic direction as part of the leadership team and ensuring delivery of priorities that support long‑term value.
• Champion a well‑defined, values‑driven culture, role‑modeling the right behaviours to embed accountability, collaboration, and effective performance across the team.

Minimum Skills required:

• Significant depth of experience with prudential risk and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience of management, including leading, coaching and developing teams.
• Prior experience of regulatory policymaking.

Essential:

• Ability to lead a team including delegating effectively and motivating team members to meet high standards through empowerment and trust.
• Effective, persuasive communicator, able to communicate views confidently and with authority to senior stakeholders inside and outside of the FCA.
• Experience of contributing to the strategy of both a team and the wider department/division.
• Project management skills with experience of assessing resourcing issues and ability to perform quality control on projects to ensure high standards of delivery.
• The ability to make timely judgments supported by structured thinking that cuts through complexity and focuses on the bigger picture.

Benefits:

• 28 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 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).
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

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:

• Advert Close Date: 31st May 2026
• CV Review/Shortlist: 3rd June 2026
• First Interview: W/C 8th June 2026
• Hays Assessment: W/C 22nd June 2026
• Second Interview: W/C 29th June 2026

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.