Interim Technical Specialist within Financial Resilience

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body in financial services is seeking an Interim Technical Specialist in Edinburgh for 6-9 months. This role involves assessing financial services firms for market integrity, leading regulatory initiatives, and mentoring staff. Candidates should have expertise in risk management and experience in managing complex projects. Benefits include a hybrid working model, a substantial salary range, and a commitment to diverse working styles.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work

Non-contributory pension and life assurance

Private healthcare with Bupa

35 hours of paid volunteering annually

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience of identifying and quantifying financial risks in firms.
• Prior experience of dealing with complex issues across different business models.
• Demonstrable experience with regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Assess financial firms, ensuring robust evaluations.
• Lead departmental initiatives and impactful presentations.
• Coach and develop talent across the FCA.

Skills

Identifying and quantifying financial risks

Dealing with complex issues across different business models

Regulatory frameworks implementation

Leading complex projects

Teaching/coaching/mentoring

Influencing senior managers

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job title: Interim Technical Specialist – Financial Resilience Department (6-9 months)

Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition

Department: Financial Resilience

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £79,100 to £117,000 and London from £85,000 to £125,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Technical Specialist, Regulatory
• Your recruitment contact: [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.

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 within the Specialist Directorate, the Financial Resilience department (FRD) leads the FCA’s efforts to minimise consumer and market harm from weaknesses in firms’ financial resilience by setting standards through rules and guidance, and by providing specialist supervision and data capabilities.

Role responsibilities

• Apply deep technical expertise to assess financial services firms, markets, and products, ensuring robust evaluations that strengthen market integrity and protect consumers.
• Lead and guide departmental initiatives, driving high-quality assessments and delivering impactful presentations, shaping regulatory policy that supports the FCA’s strategic priorities.
• Coach, mentor, and develop talent across the FCA, building analytical and risk management capabilities that elevate organisational performance.
• Role model FCA values as part of the senior leadership team, fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence.

Skills required

Minimum:

• Proven experience of identifying and quantifying financial risks in firms.
• Prior experience of dealing with complex issues across different business models.
• Demonstratable experience with regulatory frameworks and how they can be implemented to ensure sound risk management at in-scope firms.

Essential:

• Significant work experience in a subject related to risk management, finance, or another quantitative topic.
• Experience of leading complex projects.
• Experience of teaching/coaching/mentoring colleagues.
• The ability to influence senior managers with both oral and written presentations of complex issues in a manner that demonstrates judgement.
• An inclusive team player who can identify and manage key stakeholders to build a constructive relationship with the ability to persuasively explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity to both internal and external audiences and deliver difficult messages when needed.

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 timeline

• Job advert close: 16th December midnight.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 17th December.
• First Interview: 19th-23rd 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.