IT Sourcing Specialist

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £39,100 to £42,000 and London from £41,600 to £45,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience); Level: Associate – Level 8 – Corporate.

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 financial services. Operations provides the platform and tools to enable the organisation to deliver on its statutory objectives. Procurement sits within the Finance and Corporate Services Directorate and works with departments across the FCA to source goods and services (£300m annual spend) required from third parties. We are responsible for ensuring procurements deliver contracts to agreed time, budget and quality, which are compliant with Public Procurement Regulations.

Role Responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing and contracting strategies across a portfolio of IT categories (including cloud services and end‑user computing) in line with the FCA procurement strategy.
• Lead low‑risk/low‑complexity sourcing activity end‑to‑end (e.g., RFx, supplier negotiations, contract drafting/renewals), ensuring policy compliance, minimum standards and alignment to business needs.
• Manage external supplier spend and drive value through strong commercial judgement, market awareness and effective sourcing/contracting approaches.
• Ensure procurement projects meet objectives – delivered on time, within budget and to required quality standards, managing moderate‑complexity/risk renewals and sourcing projects.
• Use and promote FCA procurement systems and processes, delivering work consistently with FCA procurement standards and governance.

Minimum Skills required

• End‑to‑end procurement understanding: Able to scope business requirements, plan sourcing projects, produce tender documentation and follow appropriate project governance.
• Experience running simple procurement exercises: Confident liaising with stakeholders, issuing tenders, evaluating responses and producing contract documents using templates.
• Systems & development mindset: Working knowledge of procurement/purchasing systems and willingness to work towards a relevant qualification.

Essential

• Clear, concise communication (written and verbal), able to explain complex issues succinctly to audiences at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management & influencing skills, building rapport with senior stakeholders and challenging constructively when needed.
• Cross‑functional collaboration, comfortable working with teams such as Legal, Finance, Risk, IT and other specialist functions.
• Commercial & negotiation capability, applying market/industry insight to deliver tenders, negotiate contracts and drive value/innovation.
• IT category awareness, ideally with knowledge of cloud services and end‑user computing (or ability to learn quickly).
• Sound judgement & business acumen, able to cut through complexity, make timely decisions and keep focus on the bigger picture.
• Organisational resilience & delivery focus, able to prioritise/multitask under pressure with a methodical, detail‑oriented approach and strong customer service mindset.

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: minimum of 40% office each month (50% for senior leaders; 60% for Directors and Executive Directors).
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

We welcome diverse working styles and offer flexible solutions such as part‑time, job sharing where applicable. We are a Disability Confident Employer, ensuring applicants with disabilities and long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria progress through recruitment.