Job Description

Job title: Senior Payments and Stablecoin Policy Advisor
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Payments and Digital Assets

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £67,200 and London from £59,200 to £73,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Your Internal recruitment contact is Louis Van de Burg via Louis.VanDenBurg@fca.org.uk

• Your external recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk 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 Payments and Digital Assets directorate, the Policy department develops policy to address the challenges and opportunities the FCA identifies in crypto, open banking, open finance sectors.

About the Payments Policy Team

This is an exciting time to join the payments policy team. We lead on the policy to that makes payments work. The work touches the lives of everyone in the UK, making sure that payments are fast, efficient, reliable, and safe. The payments landscape is undergoing rapid change, with innovative payment methods, including stablecoins used for payments, digitalisation, the emergence of new ways of paying, the use of agentic AI in the payments space will give consumers new ways to make payments. The payments policy team is crucial to guiding work towards the most effective forms of intervention.

About the Stablecoins Policy Team

The Stablecoins Policy team sits alongside Crypto and Payment Policy teams in the Payments and Digital Assets Department and plays a critical role in leading the FCA's policy work on stablecoins. The interest and potential use of stablecoins continues to grow at great pace, creating both opportunities for consumers and regulated participants, but also new risks that we must stay ahead of. It is the Stablecoin Policy team’s role to devise and drive this work forward, liaising with multiple internal stakeholders, HMT, Bank of England, industry, and international regulators to propose a future regulatory framework.

Role responsibilities:

• Own key payments and stablecoin policy issues by taking the lead in shaping proposals, reviewing information and collaborating with teams across the FCA

• Drive impactful change by drafting public consultations on FCA rules and guidance, ensuring our priorities influence industry and regulatory developments

• Engage with stakeholders by building strong relationships with government, other regulators and industry participants to help shape the future of payments and stablecoins used for payments policy

• Provide expert insight by delivering advice and briefings on payments policy issues to colleagues and senior management, shaping strategic outcomes

• Grow your expertise by developing deep knowledge of payment services and regulations that affect every aspect of consumer and business financial lives

• Be part of transformation by playing a key role in a major regulatory change project, supporting the team and contributing to innovative solutions in an evolving policy landscape

Skills required:

Minimum:

• Demonstrable experience of analysing information and contributing to the development of policy

• Proven experience presenting key issues clearly and succinctly both orally and in writing

• Demonstratable experience of building and managing relationships with stakeholders

Essential:

• Proven experience of developing policy with demonstrable impact

• Evidence of problem solving and organisational skills with the ability to manage a variety of overlapping priorities and issues

• Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• 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)

• 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: Tuesday 9th June at 23:59pm

• CV Review/Shortlist: Thursday 11th June

• Case Study Assessment & Interview: w/c 15th June

• 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.