Redress Lawyer, Financial Conduct Authority
£49.7-70k
2+ days a week in office
Financial regulation service
Be an early applicant
Financial regulation service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£49.7-70k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Solicitor or barrister qualified in England or Wales, or holder of an equivalent foreign legal qualification, with some post-qualification experience
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to provide clear and well-reasoned analysis of complex legal issues
- Ability to quickly understand new or unfamiliar legal issues, with enthusiasm and sound judgement
- Ability to develop pragmatic, outcome-focused solutions to complex problems
- Confidence in providing legal advice and appropriately challenging issues where required
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with external stakeholders
- A proactive and adaptable approach to working in a fast-paced regulatory environment
What the job involves
- 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
- The Legal Division provides expert legal advice across the full spectrum of the FCA’s activities, including regulatory policy, supervision, enforcement and operational matters
- Within Regulatory & Corporate Legal, the Investment, Insurance Pension and Redress (IIR) department advises on key policy and supervision issues affecting retail investments, insurance, pensions and consumer redress
- The Redress team plays a central role in securing compensation for consumers when things go wrong in financial markets
- The team advises on major industry redress schemes and the legal frameworks that underpin consumer complaints and compensation, helping ensure consumers receive the redress they are due
- Support the FCA’s strategic work by clarifying potential motor finance redress issues and collaborating with the HM Treasury and the Financial Ombudsman Service to modernise the redress framework
- Advise on the application and practical impact of regulatory requirements and statutory powers, ensuring firms comply with relevant rules and law
- Work on complex and high-profile legal matters at the forefront of financial regulation and consumer protection
- Influence policy development by advising on legal powers and risks and translating policy into rules and guidance for the FCA Handbook
- Advise on both project and business-as-usual (BAU) work of the redress team, while continuously learning and growing in a unique legal context
- Collaborate on pioneering projects with colleagues across the FCA, government departments and external organisations such as the Bank of England and HM Treasury, while building strong relationships at all levels
- Build strong working relationships with stakeholders and contribute to cross-organisational initiatives
- Take ownership of your work while developing your expertise in a unique and influential regulatory environment
- This role is graded as: Associate - level 8 - Practising Legal
Application process
- Job advert closes: midnight, 30th March 2026
- CV Review/Shortlist: 1st April 2026
- Interview: w/c 7th April 2026
- Your recruitment contact is Raimonda
- 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
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Developed on the back of the Financial Services Act of 2012, the Financial Conduct Authority is a regulatory body that acts as a regulator for financial firms, ensuring the integrity of the financial markets in the UK. Broadly focused on financial companies that provide consumer services, it’s governed by the Bank of England and therefore acts independently of the government.
The FCA is responsible for regulatory innovations, such as stronger customer authentication requirements, including biometric and code requirements for payments, that have clamped down on fraud and improved security for national consumers. The FCA also introduced the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision in 2017.
The organisation’s independence from government ensures its impartiality as a regulator. In the late 2010s, it set up the cryptoasset registration, a department responsible for ensuring the legality of crypto payments. This has become an important aspect of national counter terrorism measures, and exemplifies the complex and vital work that the organisation carries out.
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Company benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
Company HQ
Stratford Cross, London, UK
Leadership
Nikhil Rathi
(CEO)Previously the Private Secretary to UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was the Chief of Staff and Director of International Development at the London Stock Exchange. Studied at St Anne's College Oxford.
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