Platform AI Assurance Specialist

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,000 to £69,000 and London from £59,000 to £75,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as:  Senior Associate- Regulatory

• Your external recruitment contact is Raimonda via raimonda.stankute@fca.org.uk

• Your internal recruitment contact is Pat via Patrycja.Matachowska@fca.org.uk

• Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

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. 

Cyber and Information Resilience and the Operational Resilience departments have recently joined together to form a new directorate, Cyber & Operational Resilience (C&OR). The new directorate is focused on enabling secure and resilient regulation across the FCA and the PSR. There are a range of ways the directorate supports the organisation, below are links to each of the teams that make up C&OR.

• Demonstrable experience assessing security controls and risks within cloud, SaaS and AI-enabled environments, with the ability to evaluate AI architectures, security risks and controls across areas such as models, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), data flows, agents, identities and third-party services

• Demonstrated experience delivering independent, risk-based security assurance, including assessing architecture and control effectiveness, conducting reviews, testing controls, reporting findings and validating remediation activities

• Experience presenting technical security findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, risk committees or governance forums

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.

Timeline:

• Job advert closes: 17 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• CV Review/Shortlist: 19 November 2026

• Interviews: from 25 November 2026

• The process will consist of a screening call, a face-to-face interview, and an online interview. We expect the F2F interviews to take place in the week commencing 30 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. 

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting