Overview
Financial Conduct Authority
Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK. https://www.fca.org.uk/careers
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.
Our Legal Division provides advice and legal services across the full range of FCA activity, including regulatory, policy, enforcement and operational work. Operations Legal provides operational and commercial legal advice across the whole of the FCA. We support the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and other business areas on public procurement, commercial contracts, data and technology, finance & business services and cyber and information resilience.
Role Responsibilities
* Lead on complex, sensitive and strategically important procurement and commercial law matters
* Advise on end-to-end public procurement issues, including Procurement Act 2023 compliance, tender design, evaluation and challenge risk mitigation
* Provide high-quality, pragmatic legal advice on key commercial contracts, including technology, data, managed services and professional services agreements
* Work directly with senior stakeholders across the FCA, including programme directors, procurement leads and policy owners
* Identify and articulate legal risks and options clearly for non-lawyer audiences, enabling robust and defensible decision making
* Contribute to knowledge sharing, training, capability building and best practice development within the Legal Division and across operational teams
Location
London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Contract type
Full time, Permanent
Profession
Commercial, Lawyer, Procurement
Working pattern
Flexible working, Hybrid
Closing Date
09/02/2026
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