Stablecoin and Tokenised Policy Technical Specialist

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

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 Stable coins 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 stable coins.

The interest and potential use of stable coins 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.

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 stable coins 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

• 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

• Significant professional experience in a subject related to financial regulation, financial services, stable coins, 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

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60%…