Senior Insurance Market Engagement

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial regulator in the UK seeks a Senior Insurance Market Engagement Associate in Leeds. This role involves designing engagement strategies, crafting leadership briefings, and fostering industry relationships. Applicants should have prior experience in insurance regulation, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to build senior-level relationships. The position offers a competitive salary with hybrid work options, and is within a supportive, inclusive company culture.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work

Non-contributory pension

Private healthcare

35 hours of paid volunteering annually

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with general/life insurance regulation from a relevant environment.
• Experience drafting speeches for public events.
• Ability to build relationships with senior insurance sector leaders.

Responsibilities

• Design the stakeholder engagement strategy to strengthen industry relationships.
• Create briefings for senior management aligned with the engagement calendar.
• Develop a library of success stories and communication lines.

Skills

Analytical capability

Communication skills

Relationship building

Drafting speeches

Time management

Job description

Senior Insurance Market Engagement Associate
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Market Analysis & Policy

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £61,800 and London from £57,700 to £68,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory
• Your recruitment contact is Tahir Khan 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.

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 CI Market Analysis and Policy (MAP) department leads policy, strategy, and risk identification across the consumer investments market through four specialist teams focused on market insights, market analysis, advice policy, and distribution policy.

Role responsibilities

• Design and deliver an annual stakeholder engagement strategy and workplan, agreed at Insurance RegCo, to ensure clear objectives, optimal frequency, and senior-level alignment that strengthens industry relationships and drives regulatory confidence.
• Create compelling briefings and speeches for senior management, aligned with the insurance strategy engagement calendar, to influence key audiences.
• Develop and maintain a dynamic library of success stories and communication lines, supported by robust data, to consistently showcase achievements and amplify our strategic narrative across all channels.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with Strategic Comms teams and key internal and external stakeholders, including trade bodies, to foster collaboration.
• Apply sound judgment to feed insights from stakeholder engagement into analysis and risk horizon scanning, enabling proactive decision-making and strengthening our resilience against emerging risks.

Skills required

Minimum

• Prior experience of working with regulation of the general and/or life insurance sectors, gained from a firm or a regulatory, government, professional services, consultancy or related environment.
• Proven experience drafting speeches for public events and C-suite audiences.
• Proven experience of building and maintaining relationships with senior leaders in the insurance and/or funeral plan sectors, including firms, consultancies and trade bodies.

Essential

• Strong analytical capability with an ability to quickly and clearly draw out key messages from a broad and varied strategy.
• Strong written, oral and in-person communication and influencing skills.
• An ability to produce consistently high-quality output to tight deadlines.
• The ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including delivering difficult messages.
• Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities, working at pace and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to an often-demanding workload.

Benefits

• 25 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 & 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: January 11th at 23:59pm.
• CV Review/Shortlist: January 13th.
• Case Study Assessment & Interview: w/c 19th January.
• 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.