Senior Supervisor Wealth Management

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body for financial services seeks a Senior Supervisor in Wealth Management to develop supervision strategies that support consumer protection and financial crime initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial advice and the ability to influence stakeholders. The role offers competitive salary and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid work model with up to 60% remote work

Non-contributory pension and life assurance

Private healthcare

Paid volunteering hours

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in financial advice, wealth management or investment intermediary sectors.
• Experience requiring concise written communication.
• Experience making timely risk-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver supervision strategies supporting Consumer Duty and Financial Crime.
• Drive change in high-profile portfolios impacting consumers.
• Influence senior decision-makers to improve outcomes.

Skills

Prior experience in financial advice or wealth management

Concise written communication skills

Timely risk-based decision making

Relationship building with diverse stakeholders

Problem ownership and pragmatic action

Ability to adapt to changing priorities

Influence and negotiation skills

Understanding of Consumer Investments sector

Job description

Job Title: Senior Supervisor Wealth Management

Division: Consumer Investments

Department: Advisors, Wealth & Pensioners

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £64,500 and London from £57,700 to £68,500 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate

• Your recruitment contact is Riley Fox 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 AWP (Advisers, Wealth and Pensions) department supervises two red-rated portfolios with around 6,000 firms, working to reduce harm from poor advice, scams, and financial crime, while promoting consumer protection, sector sustainability, and better outcomes through regional engagement and cross-team collaboration.

Role responsibilities

• Shape the future of financial conduct by developing and delivering supervision strategies that directly support Consumer Duty and Financial Crime initiatives

• Drive meaningful change in high-profile, complex portfolios that affect millions of consumers across the UK, ensuring firms act in their customers' best interests

• Influence senior decision-makers across a diverse range of firms, using your insights to challenge behaviours and improve outcomes at the highest levels

• Collaborate across the FCA with teams in Prudential, Resolution, Financial Crime, and Enforcement, gaining exposure to a wide range of regulatory approaches

• Lead on risk mitigation by setting clear expectations and, where necessary, using formal powers to shift firm conduct and protect consumers

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders in firms, becoming a key voice in shaping their approach to compliance and conduct

Skills required

Minimum:

• Prior experience in financial advice, wealth management or investment intermediary sectors. Alternatively, a financial service-related role at a regulatory, consultancy or compliance firm

• Prior experience in a role where concise written communication skills was required

• Prior experience of making timely risk-based decisions with clear analysis and justification and putting an appropriate strategy in place

Essential:

• Build effective working relationships to support the delivery of supervisory outcomes, flexing your style to build consensus and influence a range of diverse stakeholders

• Take ownership of problems and drive forward pragmatic action-based solutions

• Effectively manage priorities, which may change at short notice, and be able to adapt to change

• Ability to influence and negotiate while maintaining the integrity of the issues that need to be conveyed

• A sound understanding of the Consumer Investments sector (or willingness to learn): including knowledge of retail investment products and services, and the key risks posed by firms in the sector

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

• CV Review/Shortlist: 18th November

• Case Study Assessment: w/c 24th November

• First Interview: w/c 1st December

• Job advert close: w/c 14th November

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.