Senior Payments Policy Advisor

Requirements of the role

Do you want to shape the future of payments in the Payments Policy team at the FCA?

The payments team leads on the policy that makes payments work. The work touches the lives of everyone in the UK, making sure that payments are fast, efficient, dependable, and safe.

The payments landscape is undergoing rapid change. Increasing digitalisation, the emergence of new ways of paying, the evolution of open banking data sharing and payment initiation services that give consumers ways to interact with their bank accounts in new ways. These developments are underpinned by payment services regulation.

The payments regulatory landscape is about to undergo meaningful change as the legislative framework is under review as part of government repeal and replacement of retained EU law. Our team is shaping the future regulatory framework that will emerge from this work.

We are recruiting three positions:

• Two permanent positions
• One 12-month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment position

What you will be doing

• You will have the opportunity to support on policy areas conducting research, engaging with teams across the FCA, and studying information to develop policy proposals. You will build depth and breadth of knowledge as you support the team’s wider work in the Payments and Digital Assets Department
• You will contribute to public consultation on changes to FCA rules or guidance, as well as work to ensure FCA priorities are reflected in changes taken forward by others. You will consult with government, other regulators, industry, and other opinion formers shaping the market
• You will also provide training, advice, and briefings about payments policy issues to FCA colleagues and senior leadership

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