Senior Strategy Associate FTC until 30/09/2027

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension (8–12%)

Private healthcare

Volunteer hours

Office time target

Job summary

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking a Senior Strategy Associate (FTC until 30 September 2027) to join the Strategy and Analysis team in the Strategy Division. The role focuses on delivering the Annual Work Programme and shaping strategic narratives, with engagement across senior leadership and executive committees.

You will translate strategic objectives into clear priorities, advise on publications and deliver high‑quality briefings, and work across FCA to support decision‑making while

Qualifications

• Led or contributed to high‑profile corporate publications with multi‑stakeholder input.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to draw evidence into recommendations.
• Clear written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the Annual Work Programme and Annual Report.
• Develop clear, evidence-based strategic narratives across the FCA.
• Translate objectives into priorities, plans and outcomes.
• Produce high-quality briefings and recommendations for senior decision makers.
• Engage with senior leaders to align priorities and publications.

Skills

Publications lead

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Job description

Job title: Senior Strategy Associate FTC until 30/09/2027

Division: Strategy

Department: Strategy and Analysis

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,800 to £62,733 and London from £59,200 to £69,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

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 FCA’s Strategy Division sets the regulators long term direction, focusing on deepening trust, rebalancing risk, supporting Economic growth, and fighting financial crime through smarter, more efficient regulation.

The Strategy Department sits at the centre of the FCA and is responsible for informing the FCA’s strategic thinking, supporting corporate prioritisation and helping ensure the successful delivery of the FCA’s strategic objectives and outcomes. The team works closely with colleagues across the organisation, including senior leadership, to support decision‑making on some of the FCA’s most important strategic priorities. The department provides analysis, challenge and delivery support across a range of cross‑cutting strategic initiatives and organisational priorities.

Role responsibilities

• Play a leading role in the end-to-end delivery of the FCA’s Annual Work Programme and Annual Report, working with the publication lead on strategic planning, content development, governance and approval.

• Shape clear, compelling and evidence‑based strategic narratives, coordinating contributions from across the FCA and maintaining high standards across strategic outputs.

• Work across the Strategy Department and wider FCA to support the development and delivery of the FCA’s strategy, translating strategic objectives into clear priorities, plans and intended outcomes.

• Undertake strategic analysis and insight work, drawing together evidence, identifying implications and producing high‑quality briefings and recommendations to support senior decision‑making

• Engage senior leaders and Executive committees to provide constructive challenge, test proposals and secure alignment and agreement on strategic priorities, publications and recommendations

Skills required

Minimum:

• Experience of leading or making a substantial contribution to corporate publications, public‑facing papers or other high‑profile documents, coordinating input from multiple stakeholders, resolving inconsistencies through sound judgement and effective communication, and maintaining quality under tight deadlines

• Demonstrated analytical and critical‑thinking skills, with the ability to draw together evidence and insights, apply sound judgement, identify implications, and develop clear recommendations

• Solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and build effective relationships with peers, specialists, and senior leaders

Essential:

• Ability to persuade and challenge constructively, using well‑reasoned arguments to secure agreement from a range of stakeholders

• Evidence of managing competing priorities, making sound judgements about what to prioritise and escalating risks or issues appropriately

• Ability to adjust priorities and working approaches in response to changing requirements, emerging issues and feedback

Benefits

• 25 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

• Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices

• 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:

• Job advert close: 29 October at 11:59pm

• CV Review/Shortlist: 2 November

• Interviews: w/c 9 November