Lead Prudential Policy Advisor

Location: 2 days per week in the Stratford, London office (50% in office from 1 September)

Your recruitment contact is Olivia Greig via

About the organisation

Our client is an independent regulatory body in the UK responsible for ensuring the financial markets work well for the consumers and the economy, promoting market integrity and effective competition.

About the team

The team develops and maintains prudential regimes including IFPR/MIFIDPRU, MIPRU, IPRU, and prudential requirements for payments, e‑money and cryptoasset firms. The team works closely with Supervision and other FCA functions to support firm-level assessments and strengthen financial resilience across the sector.

About the role

This is a senior policy role for an experienced prudential specialist. You will lead the development/enhancement of high-impact prudential policy, exercise significant regulatory judgement, and shape how prudential standards are interpreted and applied across regulated firms.

Role Responsibilities:

You will typically own complex policy areas end-to-end, with responsibilities to:

• Lead the design, review, and enhancement of prudential regimes, including IFPR/MIFIDPRU, MIPRU, IPRU, and prudential standards for payments, e‑money and crypto asset firms
• Conduct deep qualitative and quantitative analysis of prudential risks, capital and liquidity adequacy, and firm behaviour to inform policy decisions and senior leadership advice
• Monitor market developments, supervisory feedback, and emerging cross‑sector risks, translating these into proportionate policy responses
• Engage extensively with Supervision, Enforcement, Data, HM Treasury, industry bodies and firms, including leading consultations and representing the compony externally
• Provide technical advice and briefings to senior management, support colleagues across the organisation with interpretation and application of policy and offer guidance to firms on compliance with new or amended rules
• Manage multiple workstreams, ensuring timely delivery of policy outputs, identify dependencies and risks, and propose practical solutions
• Review and assure the quality of work of junior staff members, provide structured feedback and training, help build a high-performing team, and line manage 1-2 team members

Skills:

Minimum:

• Significant experience in prudential regulation or prudential risk management within a financial services regulator or a prudentially regulated firm
• Strong working knowledge of prudential frameworks, with deep expertise in one or more of: Basel standards (CRR/CRD), IFPR, payments and e-money regimes, ICAAP, ILAAP or ICARA
• Demonstrable experience assessing capital adequacy, liquidity risk, stress testing and risk management frameworks (e.g. ICAAP, ILAAP, ICARA)

Essential:

• Proven ability to lead and deliver multiple high-profile, long-term workstreams, balancing competing priorities, tight deadlines, and resource constraints
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, including either operational, market and liquidity risk management
• Senior-level judgement and autonomy, with the ability to rapidly develop expertise, set direction on complex issues, and deliver high-impact initiatives with limited oversight
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex prudential, regulatory and policy issues clearly and persuasively to senior internal and external stakeholders

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role's key requirements.

What are the next steps?

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