Senior Associate, Payments and Digital Assets
Financial Conduct Authority
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £52,400 - £72,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Manage and deliver high profile crypto policy projects by leveraging your analytical and project management skills, shaping the regulatory landscape for emerging technologies
- Assess business models and activities to propose regulatory treatments, ensuring fair, transparent, and future proof compliance frameworks
- Craft and present policy proposals to senior FCA stakeholders, driving decisions that protect consumers and support market integrity
- Represent the FCA externally with government bodies and regulators — building trust and shaping policy at the highest levels
- Contribute to international policy discussions with global stakeholders, helping set standards that position the UK as a leader in crypto regulation
- Provide training, advice, and briefings to colleagues on policy issues empowering teams with knowledge to deliver consistent and informed outcomes
Requirements
- Relevant qualification or experience in research, economics, law or policy
- Prior experience of taking a project-based approach to complex problems
- Demonstratable experience in applying reasoning skills and judgement, whether gained in industry, research, economics, law, insight, or policy work
- Knowledge of the UK regulatory framework
- Some knowledge of the cryptoassets sector and adaptive learner/keen learner
- Understanding of what makes markets work well for consumers and the impact of regulation on consumers, including unintended outcomes
- Experience of assessing risks arising in complex business models
- Experience in analysing complex information, reaching well-informed judgements, and identifying and presenting relevant issues and recommendations in a timely manner
- Ability to work promptly amidst demanding circumstances, use sound judgement and escalate issues appropriately
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
- 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
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