Lead Associate – Perimeter Team
Division – SPC Wholesale – Consumer Investments
Department - Financial Promotions & Enforcement Taskforce (FPET)
Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £59,100 - £80,233 and London £64,900 - £88,100 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About The FCA
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The Perimeter Team is responsible for assessing the thousands of reports about potential unauthorised activity received each year, carrying out legal analysis and risk assessment, taking action to resolve matters where possible and identifying and escalating the most serious matters for full investigation and enforcement action through the courts. The team consists of 30 members of staff, including 3 other Lead Associates.
Reporting to the Perimeter Team Managers, the Lead Associate will be a highly credible technical expert on all perimeter legislation (including consumer credit and payment services), who is able to provide technical support to the team and be the first port of call on all complex unauthorised business matters. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will play a key role in directing future projects that come into the team and this may involve heading up and guiding small teams within the Perimeter Team that are tasked with delivering those projects. The successful candidate will also be expected to work closely with each member of the team in an advisory and strategic capacity while also managing their own caseload. As well as having sound proven knowledge of the perimeter legislation, the Lead Associate will need strong judgement and decision-making skills, able to provide clear, practical guidance on how to progress challenging cases.
What will you be doing?
- Managing a busy workload of cases relating to a variety of unauthorised firms, including assessing reports of unauthorised activity, acting to resolve matters and issue alerts where appropriate
- Exploring unauthorised firm’s activities, managing high volumes of data coming into the team and drawing out and spotting trends within that data
- Having accountability for the delivery of proactive supervisory and project work, including developing strategies, processes, planning, proactive project management, methodology development and execution, proportionate risk mitigation and communication strategies
- Building, maintaining and developing effective relationships with stakeholders, including at a senior level, both internally and externally
- Overseeing the work of more junior team members to ensure effective progression of projects and tasks in order to reach timely outcomes, escalating issues to the manager where necessary
- Contributing to the implementation of the evolving supervisory approach and the embedding of new behaviours and culture aligned with the FCA Mission
What will you get from the role?
- An opportunity and varied portfolio of work, working closely with counterparts in other law enforcement and investigation agencies
- An opportunity to do satisfying, worthwhile and responsible work with the chance to use your professional skills in complex situations
- An opportunity to widen your experience and optimise your skills in legal analysis, drafting and risk assessment
- An opportunity to develop and enhance people management skills
- An opportunity to represent FPET in key projects and new areas of responsibility being taken on within the FCA
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
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Minimum
- Prior experience of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order and other perimeter legislation and guidance
- Prior experience in any of the following areas: financial services or banking (including consumer credit), markets, insurance, serious fraud or other complex financial crime
Essential
- Good team player who is able to mentor and provide support to colleagues
- Willingness to accept ownership of tasks carried out, ability to work well under pressure, manage a variety of collaborative work streams and issues and prioritise accordingly in line with the team’s priorities and those of its key stakeholders
- Adopts a thoughtful approach and critically assesses information to inform effective/efficient course of action
- Willingness to assist the team and cover workstreams and triage reports due to resource issues, illness or leave
- Ability to present the outcome of that insights clearly and effectively, orally and in writing
- Strong drafting skills and preparedness to assist colleagues with drafting
- Ability to manage a large and varied workload, giving due attention to the most serious and high priority matters
- Ability to take responsibility for making timely choices based on relevant insights and willingness to exercise own judgement and support those judgements where necessary and appropriate including to senior management
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
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- 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 Lead Associate- Regulatory
- Advert Closing Date: Wednesday 11th June 2025 (midnight)
- CV Review/Shortlist: 13th June 2025
- First Round Case Study Assessment: w/c 17th June 2025
- Competency Based Interview: w/c 23rd June 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.
