Fund Supervision Manager

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

6/11/2025

Department – Asset Management and Funds

Division - Buy-Side Directorate

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £102,100 and London £79,300 to £112,300 pro rata (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About The FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

An opportunity has arisen to lead the Fund Supervision function within our Buy-Side Directorate.

In Fund Supervision, we identify, analyse, and provide intelligence on investment fund risk, overseeing funds through a combination of collaborative data-driven initiatives and insightful qualitative assessment.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional with industry or regulatory expertise in investment funds and strong project management capabilities to shape and implement our supervisory strategy.

What will you be doing?

• Shape and guide the evolution of fund supervision, fostering an adaptive and forward-thinking strategy.
• Inspire and support a high-performing team, cultivating growth, inclusivity, and impactful change.
• Navigate investment fund structures and portfolio risks, ensuring thoughtful regulatory outcomes that enhance customer protection, market integrity, and effective competition.
• Strengthen proactive fund screening and insights, fostering data-led approaches that empower informed decision-making.
• Mentor and uplift associates, through an environment of learning, collaboration, and skill development across regulatory, quantitative, and programming expertise.
  
  

What You Will Get From The Role

• A chance to take the lead in the FCA’s Fund Supervision function, feeding into, guiding, reporting on and developing the supervisory strategy for the sector
• An opportunity to support and empower a growing team of associates
• The ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including fund managers, firm supervisors, senior leaders at the FCA, and external partners such as trade bodies or other regulatory or public organisations or agencies.
  
  

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process (to learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here).

Minimum

• Prior experience in asset management, investment funds or financial services regulation
• Prior experience managing a team
• Prior project management experience with an understanding of analysing data
  
  

Essential

• Strong understanding of the FCA’s supervisory approach, with the ability to recognise and prioritise potential risks to its objectives
• Familiarity with wholesale markets and experience working with fund data and tools such as Morningstar
• Considerate and analytical, with confidence in assessing complex issues and making well-grounded, risk-aware decisions
• Committed to cultivating strong, supportive relationships across teams, firms, regulators, and partners
• A collaborative team player who can manage multiple tasks and projects while staying responsive to shifting priorities
• Flexible and organised, able to adapt quickly and effectively when priorities evolve
• Awareness of the challenges facing the industry, with an understanding of how communication and regulatory tools can positively influence behaviours
  
  

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views and experiences. 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits Of Working At The FCA

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection
  
  

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

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Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as: Manager - Regulatory
• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance)- you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting
  
  

When submitting your application, please tailor your CV to highlight how you meet the minimum and essential requirements above

Timeline

• Advert Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025 (Midnight)
• CV Review/Shortlist: 30th June 2025
• Case Study Assessment & Interview: w/c 14th July – 18th July 2025
  
  

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. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact Steve Christopher on [email protected]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted