Stablecoin and Tokenised Payments Policy Technical Specialist 

Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Market Analysis and Policy - Payments and Digital Assets

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £88,966 and London from £82,300 to £97,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Technical Specialist – Regulatory
• Your Internal recruitment contact is Jennifer Wishart via Jennifer.wishart@fca.org.uk.
• Your external recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and Team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.  

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition).

The Stablecoins Policy team sits alongside Crypto and Payment Policy teams in the Payments and Digital Assets Department and plays a critical role in leading the FCA's policy work on stablecoins.  

The interest and potential use of stablecoins continues to grow at great pace, creating both opportunities for consumers and regulated participants, but also new risks that we must stay ahead of.  

We have finalised the rules for stablecoin issuers in the UK and are now considering the future regulatory framework for stablecoin use cases e.g. payments, wholesale settlement asset. The team is responsible for tokenised payments regulation more broadly including tokenised deposits. It is the Stablecoin Policy team’s role to devise and advance this work forward, liaising with multiple internal stakeholders, HMT, Bank of England, industry, and international regulators.

Role Responsibilities

As a Technical Specialist, you will have the opportunity to apply deep technical knowledge in regulatory and financial services when formulating policy options. This may include knowledge of stablecoins and cryptoassets, payments products and wholesale capital markets.

• You will lead and guide departmental initiatives, advance high-quality policy development and delivering impactful presentations, sharing regulatory policy that supports the FCA’s strategic priorities
• You will support the team ensuring proposals are robust, evidenced and benchmarked against traditional finance and international comparisons  
• You will strike the right balance between technical detail and strategic thinking, while communicating clearly and effectively
• You will role model FCA values as part of the senior leadership team, building a culture of integrity, collaboration, and quality

Skills Required 

Minimum:

• Proven experience of managing and resolving complex policy development, or related industry experiences 
• Prior policy, regulatory or industry experiences in financial services and stablecoin products and services
• Demonstrated experience with regulatory frameworks globally

Essential:

• Significant professional experience in a subject related to financial regulation, financial services, stablecoins, payments or wholesale capital markets 
• Evidence of leading complex projects, problem solving and organisational skills with the ability to manage a variety of competing priorities and issues 
• The ability to communicate effectively with senior managers through both oral and written presentations of complex issues in a manner that demonstrates judgement
• An inclusive collaborator who can identify and manage key stakeholders to build constructive relationships with the ability to persuasively explain complex issues succinctly and with clarity to both internal and external audiences and deliver difficult messages when needed

Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices

• 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

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our Values & Culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. 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.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
 

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.
 

Useful Information and Timeline: 

• Job advert closes: Wednesday 25th November (midnight)
• CV Review/Shortlist: Friday 27th November
• Interviews: w/c 30th November and 7th December

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.