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Senior Critical Third-Party Oversight Associate
Apply locations London Leeds Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: July 19, 2025 (7 days left to apply) job requisition id JR0018642
Senior Critical Third-Party Oversight Associate
Division – Critical Third-Party
Department – Technology, Resilience & Cyber
Salary – National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £ 52,400 to £ 74,000 and London from £ 57,700 to £ 82,000 (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 .
Are you ready to help shape the FCA’s approach to overseeing Critical Third Parties (CTPs) and the vital services they deliver to the UK financial system?
Join the CTP Oversight team within the Technology, Resilience and Cyber department (TRC) at the FCA.
Under FSMA 2023, the FCA shares responsibility with the PRA and the Bank of England to ensure operational resilience across designated CTPs—an area central to our commitment to reducing disruption across financial services .
You will help shape our oversight strategy and take forward supervision of designated third parties in this high-impact, evolving space .
What will you be doing?
* Collaborate with FCA supervisors and operational resilience specialists to help shape the regulators’ joint oversight approach for Critical Third Parties (CTPs) and their services supporting the financial sector
* Contribute to the preparation and delivery of departmental engagements with a broad range of stakeholders, including HM Treasury, the Bank of England, PRA, National Cyber Security Centre and I nternational counterparts
* Assess CTPs’ compliance against our published rules and resilience expectations, helping to reduce systemic risk to the UK financial system; this includes setting the oversight strategy, doing thematic reviews, preparing meeting agendas and drafting internal briefings
* Participate in discussions with senior leaders from CTPs (e.g. CISOs, CIOs, COOs) focused on the resilience of their service delivery
What will you get from the role?
* This role provides a meaningful opportunity to support the Department’s strategic commitment to reducing operational disruption across financial services
* Join a forward-looking initiative as the UK champions regulatory leadership in overseeing critical third parties within the financial ecosystem
* Contribute to shaping global standards in third-party risk management, cyber security and emerging technologies, using collaboration and influence to drive positive change
* Working closely and building networks across other financial and non-financial regulat ors
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
* Experience working within financial services, technology firms, or consultancy roles focused on operational and cyber resilience and third-party risk management
* Experience in tailoring technical messaging for diverse stakeholder groups
* Prior experience in a role where excellent written communication skills were required
Essential
* Ability to successfully influence and build effective relationships with key stakeholders – both internal and external
* Very good judgement with a proven ability to make challenging, risk-based choices in a complex and changing landscape, utilising available information
* Highly organised and experienced in managing competing priorities in a high-pressured environment at the same time, prioritising appropriately and escalating where necessary
* An ability to get up to speed on new concepts quickly and harness innovative thinking on how to deal with new complex problems most effectively
* Experience of working in an agile way both in person and virtually
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 are women (4 in 8)
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for this role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
* 25 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%
* Life assurance
* Income protection
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.
Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA - Life at the FCA
Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
* This role is graded : Senior Associate – Regulatory
* SC Clearance is required for this role ( SC Guidance ) – you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting
* Advert Closing Date: July 18 th (please send applications by July 1 8 th 11:59pm)
* CV Review/Shortlist: July 21 st
* Interview Stage : W/C July 28 th
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.
Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
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