Manager - Advice Policy Team

Posted 17 hours 56 minutes ago by PSR Limited

Permanent
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Banking & Financial Services Jobs
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Manager - Advice Policy Team page is loaded Manager - Advice Policy Team Apply locations London Leeds Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 18, 2025 (16 days left to apply) job requisition id JR Manager - Advice Policy Team Consumer Investments

Division - Market Analysis & Policy - Consumer Investments

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £90,000 and London £79,300 to £95,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA .

The Advice Policy Team plays a key role in supporting the Consumer Investments Directorate's work with strategic policy making and market insights across 6 portfolios (financial advisers and intermediaries, wealth managers, platforms, SIPP operators, crowdfunders, and peer to peer lenders). Firms in these portfolios service millions of consumers.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced policy manager to join the Market Analysis & Policy Department within the FCA's Consumer Investments Directorate and help shape the future of consumer investment advice and support.

What will you be doing?
  • Delivering policy change and implementation, which will include leading complex and innovative projects. You will also be overseeing a wide range of policy related work, including providing high quality policy advice and support to supervisors, firms, consumers and trade and consumer bodies
  • Working with the investments and pensions teams and current managers to deliver the Advice Guidance Boundary Review
  • Identifying and managing key stakeholders, building rapport and constructive relationships with government, industry, and consumer groups, and being a credible representative for the FCA
  • Developing and planning the team strategy and priorities, including identifying priority work, scoping new products, and considering how these supports FCA strategic priorities
  • Helping to develop and grow the expertise within the team and the wider Department
  • Taking a wider leadership role in the Department
What will you get from the role?
  • Influence and shape the regulatory treatment of consumer investments, driving meaningful change in financial regulation
  • This is your opportunity to work at the heart of the FCA, where your expertise will directly impact businesses and consumers
  • Opportunity for growth and challenge, perfect for those who thrive under pressure and want to drive innovation in financial regulation
  • The role is fast-paced and high profile that keeps you at the forefront of policy decisions
Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here )

Minimum
  • Prior policy-making and financial services experience in a regulator, government department, firm, or other relevant organisation, managing complex policy issues
  • Prior experience of managing large projects and line managing and coaching / supporting colleagues
  • Prior experience in managing senior stakeholders, both internal and external
Essential
  • Experience of proposing and developing innovative solutions, ideally in a policy context
  • Strong influencing and interpersonal skills and a proven record in managing stakeholder engagement
  • Ability to communicate key messages and explain technical issues in a clear and concise manner
  • Analyse complex information to draw reasoned and logical inferences from quantitative and/or qualitative data, and to reach robust and practical conclusions
  • Ability to make good judgements, to prioritise effectively, to respond positively to challenge and to adapt approach and working styles quickly and successfully
  • Experience of working to deliver complex projects to tight deadlines, and ability to exercise a high degree of initiative in response to changing circumstances
Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA
  • 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
  • Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
  • Private healthcare with Bupa
  • A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
  • Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
  • Income protection
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