Senior Payments Regulator — Hybrid

PSR Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave plus bank orhols

Hybrid work model

Pension (8–12%) and life assurance

Private healthcare and support

Volunteer hours

Flexible benefits scheme

Job summary

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is recruiting a Senior Payments Supervisor in the Market Interventions – Payments team, within the Supervision, Policy & Competition division. Salary ranges vary by location: £53,800–£63,000 (Edinburgh/Leeds) and £59,200–£69,000 (London).

The role supports regulatory standards for payments and crypto assets and offers a hybrid working model. Key responsibilities include analysing firm business models, assessing risk, ensuring rule compliance, and

Qualifications

• Minimum: Demonstrable experience of analysing complex information, and making sound, proportionate risk-based judgements and recommendations
• Minimum: Demonstrable experience building and managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior management, showing effective written and verbal communication skills
• Minimum: Experience managing a varied, high volume, and demanding workload, while maintaining well-developed organisational skills
• Essential: Good interpersonal and communication skills including ability to write briefings and letters, and capable of communicating effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Essential: Experience of investigations or other problem-solving case work
• Essential: Curiosity, drive and motivation to continually learn about and investigate issues within the firms and industry we supervise
• Essential: Willingness to learn and develop yourself and others, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work
• Essential: Experience of effective teamwork, working with others to deliver outcomes and complete tasks
• Essential: Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines in a busy, demanding environment
• Essential: Ability to present yourself and the FCA in a professional and credible manner, with effective oral and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Getting to understand how regulated firms make their money, assessing the risks this presents to their customers and the markets in which they operate and determining how the firms manage these risks to stop customers being harmed, for example through the loss of their money
• Assessing regulated firms’ compliance against the relevant rules and requirements
• Working with senior industry figures to change how they operate if they are not meeting the rules and requirements and in the most severe cases taking regulatory action to stop firms operating their businesses
• Collaborating effectively and closely with colleagues across the FCA, other regulators and law enforcement agencies both in the UK and internationally

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Workload management

Interpersonal communication

Investigations experience

Curiosity and learning

Willingness to develop

Teamwork

Time management

Presentation skills

Job description

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is recruiting a Senior Payments Supervisor in the Market Interventions – Payments team, within the Supervision, Policy & Competition division. Salary ranges vary by location: £53,800–£63,000 (Edinburgh/Leeds) and £59,200–£69,000 (London).

The role supports regulatory standards for payments and crypto assets and offers a hybrid working model. Key responsibilities include analysing firm business models, assessing risk, ensuring rule compliance, and