Senior Technology, Resilience & Cyber Supervisor

Job title: Senior Technology, Resilience & Cyber Supervisor
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Technology, Resilience & Cyber

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 - £71,666 and London from £59,200 - £78,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via k. 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). Sitting within the Specialist Directorate, our Technology, Resilience and Cyber (TRC) department works with financial firms to strengthen the resilience of their systems against cyber threats and operational disruptions -helping protect consumers, safeguard markets, and build trust in the technology that powers financial services.

Role responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) across the FCA, providing clear, evidence‑based assessments and insight to senior stakeholders

• Engage with firms, industry bodies and other authorities PRA, BoE) to support effective supervisory outcomes and represent TRC expertise

• Lead or support reviews of firms to provide assessments on whether a firm's technology and cyber resilience arrangements provide sufficient comfort, recommending action points where this is not the case

• Analyse firms’ responses to crystallised technology or cyber risks and advise supervisors on appropriate remediation

• Support or lead complex projects/tasks which may involve several people

• Prepare and deliver presentations, briefings and updates to committees or other stakeholders.

• Contribute to TRC’s internal capability development through knowledge‑sharing, coaching and supporting colleagues.

• Promote high standards of judgement, methodological approach, and professional challenge in line with FCA values

Skills required:

Minimum:

• Proven experience of assessing technology and cyber resilience capabilities

• Demonstrable experience delivering judgement‑based assessments of technology, cyber or operational resilience risks in regulated sector

• Demonstrable experience with translating complex technical findings into clear, actionable supervisory insights

Essential:

• Broad experience across a number technology & cyber resilience management domains Exposure to and understanding of technology & cyber resilience management frameworks COBIT, NIST)

• Demonstrated oral communication skills including clear and effective presentation to both internal and external audiences

• Well-developed analytical capability, sound judgement, and a commitment to high standards of quality

• Experience engaging professionally with senior stakeholders internally and externally

• An industry recognised qualification QiCA, CISA, CISM, CISSP etc

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)

• 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 close: Sunday 12th April at 23:59pm

• CV Review/Shortlist: 14th April

• Pre-interview call: w/c 20th April

• Case Study Assessment & Interview: w/c 27th April

• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting

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.