Corporate Compliance and Thematic Manager (12-Month Secondment/FTC)

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial regulatory body in Edinburgh seeks a Corporate Compliance and Thematic Manager for a 12-month secondment. You will oversee compliance, manage a high-performing team, and drive strategic priorities in relation to market integrity and thematic investigations. The ideal candidate brings expertise in asset management and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. This role offers a competitive salary package and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Non-contributory pension

Private healthcare

Paid volunteering time

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in asset management, capital markets, or corporate finance.
• Knowledge of UK listing and market abuse regimes, aware of evolving ESG requirements.
• Proven experience in staff development and talent management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the CCT team and align with Primary Markets objectives.
• Oversee compliance under the UK listing regime and manage thematic reviews.
• Drive strategic priorities, adapting to regulatory changes.

Skills

Asset management experience

Regulatory stakeholder engagement

Project management

Stakeholder management

Creative problem-solving

Critical decision-making

Job description

Job Title: Corporate Compliance and Thematic Manager (12-Month Secondment/FTC)

Division: Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO)
Department: Primary Market Oversight (PMO)

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £117,100 and London from £79,300 to £128,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Manager/Technical Specialist, Regulatory
• Your recruitment contact is Raimonda via [e-mail]. 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.

The Primary Market Oversight (PMO) department helps ensure UK primary securities markets are trusted, transparent and well‑regulated. PMO oversees key rules for listed companies, including the UK Market Abuse Regulation, Listing Rules and Disclosure & Transparency Rules.

The Corporate Compliance and Thematic (CCT) team uses data analytics, thematic reviews, and proactive monitoring to raise compliance standards, address potential misconduct, and promote transparency and sustainability. The team’s work directly supports the FCA’s strategy by promoting growth, combating financial crime, and modernising markets, collaborating with colleagues across Market Oversight, Policy, Enforcement, and other regulatory bodies.

Role responsibilities

As a CCT Manager, you’ll lead high-profile work shaping compliance and market integrity. You will manage a high-performing team, drive strategic priorities and deliver impactful outcomes across compliance, thematic work and case investigations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the CCT team – setting strategic direction, aligning with wider Primary Markets objectives and ensuring delivery against departmental goals
• Overseeing compliance and casework under the UK listing regime, managing thematic reviews, proactive detection work and investigations into potential misconduct
• Driving forward strategic and thematic priorities, identifying emerging risks and adapting to the changing regulatory and political landscape
• Managing complex ESG and sustainability‑related cases, including potential greenwashing and public or civil society complaints
• Developing and embedding a data and knowledge strategy, using analytics to enhance risk detection, prioritisation and evidence‑based decision‑making
• Building strong stakeholder relationships across the FCA, with listed companies, advisers and regulatory partners to maximise impact
• Fostering an inclusive, high‑performing culture, supporting the development and wellbeing of your team
• Representing the CCT team in key forums and policy discussions, influencing the FCA’s approach to market integrity and corporate governance

Skills required

Minimum:

• Previous experience in asset management, capital markets, or corporate finance
• Experience in primary markets investigations or listed company regulatory work
• Proven ability in project management or horizon scanning

Essential:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior stakeholders
• Strong ability to prioritise, manage and deliver across multiple cases and projects, identifying key risks and stakeholder interests
• Effective decision‑making and escalation skills
• Experience in process development and continuous improvement
• Creative, solutions‑focused approach to complex problem‑solving
• Proven experience in staff development and talent management
• Strong understanding of the UK listing and market abuse regimes, with awareness of evolving ESG requirements for listed companies

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
• 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
• 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:

• This role is a fixed‑term secondment for 12 months
• Job advert close: 7th December (midnight)
• CV Review/Shortlist: 8th December
• Interview: starting mid‑December
• 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

SC Clearance is required for this role SC Guidance – you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting