Jobs at Financial Conduct Authority

Lead identification and scoping of AI opportunities, run discovery workshops, translate business problems into functional requirements, prioritise AI initiative pipeline, work with data scientists and stakeholders to design AI solutions, and promote business analysis best practices across the department.

Lead a technical team to design and deliver high-quality digital products using Java/Kotlin, Angular and AWS. Translate product requirements into scalable architectures, establish engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, maintain reliable services, and collaborate with product owners and architects to deliver impactful outcomes and continuous improvement.

Lead payments policy development within the Payments & Digital Assets directorate, manage policy workstreams and stakeholder relationships, oversee and develop a team, provide strategic input, and draft and deliver complex technical communications to support regulatory objectives.

Lead development and enhancement of FCA prudential regimes (IFPR/MIFIDPRU, MIPRU, IPRU, payments/e‑money/crypto). Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of capital, liquidity and prudential risks, engage stakeholders, lead consultations, advise senior management, manage multiple workstreams, and line manage 1–2 staff to deliver high‑impact policy outcomes.

Lead delivery of the FCA's redress data strategy by analysing complaints and redress data, producing evidence-based insights, improving data governance and catalogues, supporting complaints reporting reforms, and engaging stakeholders including FOS and FSCS to strengthen consumer protection.

Lead supervision of insurance firms to identify and mitigate risks, analyse market and firm data, manage complex cases, engage senior stakeholders, design regulatory strategies, and drive interventions that protect consumers and promote market stability.

Lead supervisory and intelligence work assessing firms' compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations. Analyse complex information to identify AML risks, assess controls and business models, develop supervisory interventions and cases, draft high-quality briefing materials, engage with internal stakeholders and firms, and contribute to cross-functional programmes and team knowledge to strengthen AML systems and controls.

Design and deliver an integrated AI and data upskilling programme: create scenario-based, role-specific learning, embed training into technology adoption, define tool readiness, pilot cohorts, evaluate behavioural and process outcomes, and align stakeholders to enable safe, applied AI and data use at scale.

The role involves conducting financial resilience assessments, supporting regulatory decisions, mentoring associates, and applying prudential regulatory knowledge within financial services firms.

Lead benefits and value management for AI initiatives: define measurable outcomes, shape PoCs, track and validate benefits, drive organisation-wide engagement and communications, build communities of practice, capture and triage ideas, and continuously improve how the FCA realises value from AI.

Supervise and assess cryptoasset and payments firms for regulatory compliance, identify emerging risks, and take action to protect consumers and market integrity. Collaborate with internal teams (Authorisations, Policy, Enforcement) and external partners (law enforcement, regulators) on cross-border risks and supervisory strategies. Draft communications, build stakeholder relationships, support regulatory interventions, and contribute to development of the crypto regulatory framework.

Lead the user research community and practice across the organisation, set and evolve standards, prioritise demand, build capability, embed user-centred insights into products and services, deliver research that protects consumers and supports policy and service design, and collaborate across digital teams to advance inclusive, accessible research methods.

Provide high-quality executive support to the Director of Change and senior leadership: manage diary and sensitive communications, prepare briefings and presentations, coordinate follow-up actions, build stakeholder relationships across the FCA, and prioritise competing demands within a fast-paced, regulated public-sector environment.

Lead supervision of cryptoasset and payments firms, assess compliance and risks, manage complex/high-profile cases, coordinate with UK and international stakeholders, prevent financial crime and protect consumers while shaping regulatory strategy.