Job title: Asset Management Supervisor
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: Asset Management & Funds
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £50,000 and London £47,300 to £55,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Associate, Regulatory
Your external recruitment contact is Shafika via [email protected]
Your internal recruitment contact is Iona via [email protected]. 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 Buy-Side Directorate, the Market Interventions (MI), Asset Management and Funds Department supervises asset management firms, using data-driven oversight and collaboration across the FCA and industry to address key harms and ensure good outcomes for consumers and markets.
Role responsibilities
Review firm business models and investment data, identifying key risks of harm early to protect consumers and markets, giving you the opportunity to shape meaningful, risk-based regulatory insights
Contribute to, and support, the delivery of supervisory strategies, contributing to their design and implementation to address emerging risks early, enabling you to play a direct role in improving industry outcomes
Respond to live industry events and firm-specific issues, applying an event-driven approach to mitigate risks as they arise, offering time-sensitive, meaningful work with real-time relevance
Apply a range of supervisory tools and techniques, using data and insight to inform regulatory decisions, helping you build solid technical knowledge in financial supervision
Exercise sound judgement across complex topics, communicating clearly and concisely to both internal and external stakeholders, building your reputation and credibility at all levels
Engaging with firms to shape conduct and behaviour, including their business models, financial resilience and culture to improve customer outcomes, allowing you to help improve how firms operate
Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, building relationships with stakeholders including specialist supervision areas, Authorisations, and Enforcement to deliver coordinated regulatory action, giving you broad exposure and a professional network
Oversee and support key supervisory projects, using effective analytical and data-led approaches to inform insight and decision-making, enhancing your ability to deliver impactful, evidence-based outcomes
Skills required
Minimum:
Prior experience in a regulatory setting including an enforcement, compliance, supervisory or policy role or similar
Prior experience of reviewing qualitative and quantitative information, making judgments and presenting key issues
Proven experience of managing stakeholders
Essential:
Demonstrates a clear commitment to public service, with a clear motivation to contribute to positive outcomes for consumers and markets
Possesses a solid understanding of the FCA’s role, objectives, and regulatory responsibilities, with the ability to align work to its strategic priorities
Critically reviews and challenges information, applying a methodical approach to assess evidence, identify risks, and draw well-reasoned conclusions
Communicates complex issues clearly and concisely, tailoring key messages effectively for a range of internal and external stakeholders
Operates professionally in environments characterised by uncertainty and complexity, maintaining sound judgement and composure in stressful situations
Demonstrates the ability to develop and apply technical knowledge, supporting delivery across multiple workstreams and regulatory areas
Adopts a flexible and pragmatic approach, responding effectively to changing priorities and adjusting to evolving business needs
Works efficiently at pace, balancing and prioritising competing objectives to deliver high-quality outcomes within tight deadlines
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
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
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
Advert Close Date: 5th July 2026
CV Review/Shortlist: 7th July 2026
Pre-Screen Call with Hiring Manager: 13th July 2026
First Interview & Case Study Assessment: W/C 20th July 2026
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.
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses, and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.
Working inclusively
We work best when we work together. We encourage our people to contribute fully and feel valued, to be innovative and creative by collaborating in an inclusive culture.
We're also committed to reflecting the diverse lived experiences of the communities we work in and the consumers we protect. We have a strategy to achieve a more diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination. This includes increasing the representation of women in our senior team to 50% and minority ethnic colleagues to 25% by 2025 – representative of the UK population.
We were recently voted 'Employer of the year' at the Women in Finance awards and our commitment to LGBT+ inclusion means we're recognised as a Stonewall Top 100 employer.
Flexible Working
We believe that giving our people greater flexibility fosters an inclusive culture and a healthy work-life balance.
We currently operate a hybrid working model, working up to 40% in the office each month (50% for senior leaders). This way of working applies in our Stratford, Leeds and Edinburgh offices.
We also offer career and family leave provisions, generous annual leave so you can take time off when you need or want to, and a range of other benefits.
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Programme for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
We don’t have a formal programme, but we have hired several Returners through the assisted hiring route (working with Women Returners)
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Leadership development programmes? |
Yes – we are launching a female progression programme |
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Mentoring programmess? |
Yes |
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Coaching programmes? |
No |
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Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
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Internal women’s networking groups? |
No |
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Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
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No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
52
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Gender pay gap reporting information (2024) |
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Average pay gap: |
12.2 % |
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Median pay gap: |
11.5 % |
| For more information visit - FCA pay gap data 2024 | FCA | |
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Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes – 50% female target across all pipeline roles |
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Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
Yes |
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Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |