Lead Global Engagement and Strategy Associate – Americas & Consumer Protection

Overview

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). This role is in the Global Strategy and Engagement Team, which sets and delivers on the FCA’s strategic engagement with non-European authorities and jurisdictions. It enhances the FCA’s capacity to meet its statutory and strategic objectives through high-quality international engagement, using a range of influencing tools and techniques.

Role Responsibilities

• Supporting the Manager and leadership of the Global Strategy and Engagement Team, particularly through the line management of around three Associates.
• Managing delivery of the FCA’s strategic engagement with authorities in the United States and wider Americas region as well as the International Division’s work on international retail & consumer protection policy.
• Leading the team in the analysis of key policy and political developments in priority Americas-region jurisdictions, notably the United States, and delivering the organisation’s response on strategic, policy, operational and supervisory challenges arising.
• Managing and enhancing bilateral relationships with key counterparts in the US and wider Americas region, as well as authorities responsible for the regulation & supervision of retail activities – including supporting participation in global standard-setting bodies that pertain to retail policymaking.
• Working with the team to set creative strategy and engagement plans for priority jurisdictions, working closely with colleagues across the FCA to ensure a coordinated and considered approach.
• Advising and supporting FCA Executive Directors and senior leadership in their engagement with key international partners – both virtually and in-person, which may require international travel.

Requirements

• Demonstratable experience of international relations, and advising & persuading internal and external stakeholders, preferably in relation to the US or Americas-region or on international retail/consumer protection issues.
• Prior experience of policy development, supervision or enforcement in relation to financial services and financial regulation.
• Work inclusively and collaboratively, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, drawing on a range of skills across the wider organisation to deliver.
• Demonstrated experience delivering results through others, directing, motivating and supporting colleagues across multiple projects.
• Assured strategic approach - able to analyse complex issues, making judgments and proposals to build a long-term plan.
• Comfortable working with incomplete information.
• Highly effective at both written and spoken communication, able to convey complex topics concisely and engagingly for different audiences.
• Identifies and manages key stakeholders, building rapport and constructive long-term relationships.
• Coordinating and planning engagement with senior stakeholders.
• Project management experience, with effective self-management and organisational skills, delivering multiple tasks on tight deadlines.
• Clear understanding and articulation of the FCA’s functions and objectives within the UK financial regulatory framework and our approach to regulation and supervision.
• Comfortable working across a wide range of regulatory policy areas and challenges.

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 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders).
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

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.

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.

Useful information and timelines

• Advert Close Date: 18th May 2026.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 20th May 2026.
• First Interview: W/C 25th May 2026.