Job Title: Senior Supervisor - Advisers and Wealth Supervision
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition (SPC)
Department: Advisers, Wealth and Pensions (AWP)
1. Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £62,000 and London £59,200 to £69,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
2. This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory
3. Your recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via k. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
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 the Consumer Investments (CI) directorate, the AWP (Advisers, Wealth and Pensions) department supervises two red-rated portfolios with around 6,000 firms, working to reduce harm from poor advice, scams and financial crime, while promoting consumer protection, sector sustainability and better outcomes through regional engagement and cross-team collaboration.
Role responsibilities
4. Working at pace to make sound, well‑reasoned judgements and connect the dots to identify risks early and shape smarter, more effective regulatory decisions
5. Developing supervision and risk mitigation strategies, setting clear expectations to firms, directing, persuading and where appropriate, using formal powers to change behaviour to deliver better outcomes for consumers in line with the Consumer Duty
6. Reviewing the business models/strategies of firms and identifying how risks could cause harm to consumers and/or markets
7. Developing constructive working relationships with senior leaders in firms to enhance regulatory and consumer outcomes
8. Play an engaged role in cross‑department and FCA‑wide initiatives to enhance collaboration and deliver practical, organisation‑wide improvements
9. Managing key stakeholder relationships across internal and external partners to build trust, improve communication and accelerate delivery of shared goals
Skills required
Minimum:
10. Prior experience in financial advice, wealth management, or investment‑intermediary environments, with openness to similarly relevant backgrounds from regulatory or consultancy firms
11. Demonstrable experience producing polished, high‑quality written communication for diverse internal and external stakeholders
12. Proven experience shaping and delivering robust strategies, supported by timely, risk‑based decision‑making grounded in clear analysis and well‑evidenced justification
Essential:
13. Ability to build trusted, collaborative working relationships that support effective supervisory outcomes, adapting your approach to engage and persuade a diverse range of stakeholders
14. Confidence in owning complex problems and turning insight into clear, pragmatic, action‑focused solutions
15. Strong organisational awareness, with the ability to balance shifting priorities and respond professionally and efficiently when unexpected changes arise
16. The capability to influence and negotiate while maintaining clarity, integrity and conviction in the issues you need to communicate
Benefits
17. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
18. 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)
19. Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
20. Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
21. 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
22. A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
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
Timeline:
23. Job advert close: 12th April 2026 at Midnight
24. CV Review/Shortlist: 14th April 2026
25. Case Study Assessment and Interviews: w/c 20th April 2026
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.