Economist – Fixed Term Contract until 6th April 2027

Economist Fixed Term Contract until 6th April 2027

Division: Economics
Department: Economics Policy Analysis Regulatory Reform and Evaluation

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from 60700 to 75600 and London from 66600 - 83100 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Lead Associate Regulatory
• Your external recruitment contact is Raimonda via
• 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 youll play a key part in protecting consumers driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.

Economics is at the heart of the FCAs work. Economic insight underpins our regulatory decisions and shapes how we respond to some of the most complex challenges across financial services.

We are seeking a Lead Associate to join our Economics Division on a fixed term basis. The team plays a key role in supporting policy development through in-depth economic advice thorough assessment and constructive challenge across both wholesale and retail markets. Our work spans market failure assessment and costbenefit evaluation alongside overseeing and commissioning high-quality research to improve policy.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled individual to contribute to the FCAs work on critical issues in financial markets and to help shape fair effective and competitive markets.

Role responsibilities

Using your economic knowledge and experience you will play a central role in delivering high-quality policy advice and analysis across a range of live policy issues.

You will deliver the economic input into policy development working across a varied portfolio of projects. This will involve producing careful analysis to tight deadlines where needed as well as undertaking more in-depth longer-term research to support complex policy questions.

As a Lead Economist you will manage multiple workstreams including the design and management of projects. A key part of this will be leading costbenefit analysis for proposed policy interventions ensuring outputs are robust and credible.

Alongside your delivery responsibilities you will support and develop more junior colleagues through line management and day-to-day work oversight. You will help set direction provide guidance and promote a culture of balanced work and continuous professional development.

You will also work closely with the team manager to plan prioritise and allocate work effectively across the team and act as an escalation point for complex or high-profile issues.

Skills required

Minimum:

• A solid academic foundation in Economics with a degree at the graduate level or higher in economics or a closely related field supplemented by relevant professional experience
• Solid knowledge of financial markets gained through either professional experience or academic study
• Demonstrable experience of delivering cost-benefit analysis within a high-volume or policy-driven environment

Essential:

• Demonstrated experience delivering high-quality economic advice on regulatory and/or public policy issues
• Extensive experience conducting and delivering robust economic policy analysis
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments with the ability to identify key policy questions structure complex problems prioritise analytical work and generate clear actionable insights from diverse information sources
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills with the ability to build and maintain effective trust-based relationships with both internal colleagues and external partners
• Effective communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear accessible messages for non-technical audiences
• Experience leading the delivery of complex analytical projects including planning prioritising and coordinating team activities. Able to perform effectively in high-pressure environments while maintaining quality and pace
• Demonstrates a solid commitment to continuous learning and self-awareness with the ability to build supportive networks and work effectively both personally and within the team

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Non-contributory pension (812% 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
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of50% for senior leaders). Changing from September toa minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of60% for Directors andExecutive Directors)
• 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 and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one thats 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
Were 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 cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the roles key requirements.

Useful information and timelines

Timeline:

• Job advert closes: Midnight 9 August 2026
• CV Review/Shortlist: 11 August 2026
• Interview: w/c 17 August 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.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 60700 - 75600