Fund and Asset Management Policy Advisor

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 financial services in the UK.  

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.

Join a team that shapes policy for the UK investment funds and wider asset management sector. Combining careful policy analysis, market and regulatory knowledge and extensive stakeholder engagement, the team develops proportionate, evidence-based policy that supports effective markets and delivers positive outcomes for consumers. As a Senior Associate, you’ll lead key workstreams, provide clear and practical policy advice, contribute to strategic priorities and help shape regulation that impacts millions of people across the UK.

• →Lead high-profile policy initiatives across the UK asset management and funds sector, helping shape regulation that delivers better outcomes for consumers, firms and markets
• →Turn complex regulatory, legal, economic and market issues into clear, practical policy solutions that guide decisions across the financial services landscape
• →Develop impactful briefings, consultation papers and recommendations that support regulatory change and improve market outcomes
• →Assess the benefits, risks and wider impact of policy proposals, ensuring decisions are evidence-based and focused on delivering positive consumer outcomes
• →Stay ahead of market developments, emerging business models and global regulatory change, helping the FCA respond to a rapidly evolving environment
• →Build trusted relationships across industry, government, consumer groups and regulatory partners, bringing diverse perspectives into policy development
• →Work collaboratively across the FCA and represent the organization externally, shaping discussions and delivering effective policy implementation
• →Support and develop colleagues while strengthening your own leadership, regulatory and policy expertise in a role with significant visibility and reach across UK financial services

• Prior experience in public policy, financial regulation, legal or regulatory analysis, with a good understanding of the investment funds and asset management sector and its regulatory landscape
• Prior experience analysing complex or ambiguous information and using evidence and judgement to develop clear, well-reasoned recommendations
• Prior experience communicating technical and regulatory issues clearly and effectively, both in writing and when engaging with a range of audiences

• Good knowledge of UK and international funds regulation and the institutional frameworks that shape the asset management sector
• Experience contributing to policy development, regulatory change, consultations, rulemaking or impact assessments
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex workstreams, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to deadline
• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Good understanding of key asset management topics, such as fund governance, liquidity management, delegation, custody, valuation, disclosure, sustainable investment or retail distribution
• A relevant professional, legal, regulatory or postgraduate qualification, or equivalent knowledge and experience

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. 

• Job advert close: 30th October 2026 at Midnight  

• CV Review/Shortlist: 3rd – 5th November 2026

• Case Study Assessment & Interviews: w/c 9th November 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 .