Credit Rating Agency Specialist

Job title: Credit Rating Agency Specialist
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: Capital Markets

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £80,000 to 100,000 and London from £90,000 to £110,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Technical Specialist, Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Shafika via Shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk  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 in the Infrastructure & Exchanges directorate, the Capital Markets department oversees policy and supervision related to primary markets, post-trade activities, market abuse, short selling, wholesale cryptoassets, and benchmarks and credit ratings, including the regulation of benchmark administrators and credit rating agencies.

Role responsibilities

• Leverage deep knowledge of credit ratings to guide supervisory and policy decisions, shaping high quality interventions and prompting firms to improve practices that reinforce the regulatory framework and enhance market resilience.

• Deliver across a diverse and challenging workload, maintaining momentum and prioritising effectively to ensure critical regulatory outcomes are delivered.

• Communicate complex ideas clearly in writing and in person, enabling informed decisions, productive engagement, and high stakeholder confidence.

• Collaborate effectively across matrix teams, using effective interpersonal and soft leadership skills to align diverse groups and deliver cohesive, joined up regulatory outcomes.

• Share knowledge and mentor colleagues, building capability across teams and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and skills within the FCA.

Skills required

Minimum:

• Demonstratable experience in credit ratings (either in a credit rating agency or related firm or experience of regulating credit rating agencies)

• Prior experience of coaching and mentoring junior staff – passing on knowledge and advising on complex cases while empowering junior staff to make their own judgements and take accountability for their work

• Prior experience leading complex projects and delivery

Essential:

• Ability to work with minimal direction and oversight for long periods of time, aligning your work to the organisation’s strategic goals. At the same time, a willingness to take direction and work in close collaboration with more senior staff and the manager of the team where required

• Role model FCA values for more junior staff and help the manager to run the team

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a matrix management environment, collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders

• Clear and professional written and oral communication skills, with the capacity to convey ideas effectively

• Effective interpersonal skills, enabling the development of positive and productive working relationships

• High level of personal motivation, accountability, and ownership, with a solution-focused approach to delivering results

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• 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

• 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) 

• 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.

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