Executive Recruitment Lead, Financial Conduct Authority
£49.6-81.6k
Salary dependent on location.
Financial regulation service
Job no longer available
Financial regulation service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£49.6-81.6k
Salary dependent on location.
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
- Significant direct executive recruitment experience either in-house or with an executive search firm
- Experience managing teams in executive resourcing and developing future team capabilities
- Effective personal motivation and ownership, with the ability to be accountable, run new initiatives and deliver outcomes that enhance the HR proposition
- Solid relationship and stakeholder management skills (internal and external), with the confidence constructively challenge at all levels, including SLT
- Demonstrable experience delivering Director/Senior-level searches end-to-end, including candidate management, longlist and shortlist presentations and offer negotiation
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, able to adjust style and messaging to a changing Senior Leadership audience
- Positive, forward-thinking and curious approach, with the ability to consider multiple solutions, remain customer-focused and balance wider organisational needs
- Highly organised and structured, able to manage competing priorities and perform effectively when deadlines are tight
- Collaborative and evidence-led resourcing knowledge, including partnering across HR (Reward, Talent and HR Business Partners), managing external suppliers (e.g. executive search and assessment providers) and experience using Workday (or the ability to get up to speed quickly) to develop executive talent pools
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 FCA is on a purposeful transformation journey - evolving how we regulate by building our culture, modernising our ways of working and investing in smarter processes and technology
- At the heart of this change is our people: attracting and enabling skilled leaders is critical to delivering our purpose and maintaining trust in the UK’s financial system
- This is where Executive Resourcing plays a pivotal role
- Sitting within Human Resources, the Executive Resourcing team partners closely with the wider Resourcing & Talent function - Experienced Hires, Early Careers and Talent - to build diverse, well-rounded leadership capability across the FCA
- We combine market insight with thorough assessment and close stakeholder partnership to identify, engage and appoint senior leaders, while continuously improving our approach through evidence-led practice and evolving recruitment best practice
- Oversee executive recruitment for the FCA’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), reporting to the Talent Manager and operating as a highly visible partner across HR and the wider FCA
- Build trusted relationships with the most senior stakeholders, including Directors, Executive Directors and the CEO’s Office, providing clear guidance throughout the hiring process
- Partner closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Senior HR Business Partners to maintain a holistic view of leadership capability and translate this into clear role requirements
- Manage and develop an effective team of three, setting direction, building capability and embedding consistent, high-quality executive hiring standards
- Advise senior stakeholders on recruitment strategies, selection decisions and executive talent assessments, constructively challenging and influencing where needed to secure the best outcomes
- Own external supplier relationships, working with executive search firms and an executive assessment provider to set expectations, improve performance and ensure effective delivery end-to-end
Application process
- Job advert closes: Sunday 7th June 2026
- CV Review/Shortlist: Tuesday 9th June 2026
- 1st Stage Interview (in person): 11-12th June 2026
- 2nd Stage Interview (in person): W/C 22nd June 2026
- 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
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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