Senior Fraud Policy Associate (18 Month Fixed Term Contract) in London

This role is a 18 Month Fixed Term Contract.

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 Specialist Directorate, this role is supporting the organisation’s lead specialist on fraud policy. You will help shape and deliver high-profile, technically complex fraud policy workstreams, provide expert advice across the organisation, and influence external partners to drive joined-up, cross-system approaches to preventing fraud and combating financial crime.

Role responsibilities

• Lead and deliver fraud policy workstreams, undertaking research, analysing regulatory developments, and producing evidence-based policy recommendations to inform decision-making.
• Provide specialist fraud policy expertise by delivering technical advice, policy analysis, briefings, and guidance to colleagues across the organisation.
• Support the development of fraud policy, assessing emerging fraud risks, regulatory changes, and market trends to help shape the organisation's strategic approach.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement activities, working with government bodies, industry representatives, and regulatory partners to support fraud-related initiatives and policy outcomes.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and ensuring a coordinated approach to policy development and implementation.
• Contribute to team capability and knowledge sharing, supporting colleagues through collaboration, mentoring, and the dissemination of best practice and policy insights.

Skills required

• Minimum: Prior experience of drafting or shaping policy; prior experience of financial crime and financial crime landscape; demonstrable stakeholder engagement skills.
• Essential: Experience of leading projects and supporting others; solid analytical skills, including ability to analyse complex quantitative and qualitative data, draw reasoned and logical inferences, and reach robust and practical conclusions within tight deadlines; interest in policymaking and developing regulation that protects client assets and reduces harm in firm failures; collaborative colleague who works inclusively and shares knowledge; experience of delivering a variety of competing high-profile tasks with challenging targets under tight deadlines, prioritising appropriately and escalating where necessary; an ability to identify and manage key stakeholders, build rapport and constructive relationships, and be a credible representative for the FCA; understanding of the financial services market in the UK and how firms operate within it.

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). 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: 9th August 2026.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 11th August 2026.
• First Interview: W/C 17th August 2026.

The role is a 18 Month Fixed Term Contract. 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. SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.