Job title: Wholesale Supervision Manager – Benchmarks & Credit Rating Agencies (CRA)
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: Capital Markets
- Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £100,000 per annum, London £82,300 to £110,000 per annum. Salary offered will be based on skills and experience.
- This role is graded as: Manager, Regulatory
- Recruitment contact: Shafika Shaikh (shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk)
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). The Capital Markets Department focuses on supervision and policy relating to key aspects of wholesale financial markets, including primary markets, credit ratings and benchmark providers, trading conduct and transparency, and wholesale cryptoasset markets.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire effective teams by setting a clear strategic direction aligned to corporate goals, motivating a diverse team, and ensuring consistently high quality outcomes, creating an environment where people and performance thrive.
- Lead a team through change, both in terms of team structure and the aligning the work of the team to new policy priorities and regulatory frameworks, helping the organisation adjust to new requirements and deliver with confidence in an evolving environment.
- Bring deep regulatory or industry insight, whether from supervising firms (in wholesale markets) or from risk, compliance or front office roles, enabling credible engagement with senior stakeholders, and effective public communication on complex policy issues.
- Demonstrate consistent personal motivation and delivery focus, managing a broad and demanding portfolio of work, ensuring priorities are balanced, deadlines are met, and outcomes deliver tangible results.
- Provide support to the wider Capital Markets Department, supporting initiatives that help grow the business, reinforce market integrity and encourage innovation, helping shape resilient, forward looking financial markets.
- Communicate with clarity and persuasiveness, both in writing and in person, building trust, alignment and understanding across teams, partners and stakeholders.
- Support, mentor and develop others, sharing knowledge and building skills across the department, improving capability and succession.
Minimum Skills Required
- Significant experience in people management including leading diverse teams, motivating staff, providing strategic direction in line with corporate objectives and ensuring high quality delivery.
- Demonstrated experience exercising judgement on complex regulatory issues, with clear accountability for outcomes.
- Prior supervisory or relevant industry experience in wholesale financial services.
Essential Skills
- Lead teams positively through change, helping people adapt to new priorities, structures and ways of working.
- Collaborate effectively with senior peers and partners to deliver shared corporate objectives, working across matrix structures, building trusting relationships that enable your team to influence, align and deliver results.
- Communicate with clarity and impact, both in writing and in person, across a range of audiences, translating complex issues into clear, compelling messages that support decision making and delivery.
- Promote a culture of learning and knowledge sharing, openly sharing skills across your team, department and the wider FCA building capability and professional strength.
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
- 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).
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.
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