At the FCA, we help to protect financial consumers and make markets work well by regulating nearly 45,000 firms. Our ambition is to become a more innovative, more assertive and more adaptive regulator; one that fully capitalises on data and technology, ensures consumer protection and market integrity, and responds well to the challenges we face. We’re looking for graduates to join our diverse and highly capable teams across the FCA.
The role
Programme Length: Two years
Programme Type: Rotational
In Data, Technology & Innovation (DTI), we are transforming the way the FCA analyses and uses the data, intelligence, and information we receive so that we can spot harm and act sooner, enabling us to regulate the firms more effectively we oversee.
DTI provides IT and Data services to the rest of the FCA. It is split in to three directorates: Data and Innovation, Digital Product and Technology. There are many diverse teams within these divisions who design and develop our technological solutions and manage and maintain technology and data so it’s available to all across the FCA. This graduate scheme will focus on managing and supporting Technology and Data to the wider FCA.
What department will I join and what will I be doing?
You will be placed in one of the following departments and will stay there for the length of your programme.
Knowledge and Information Management: Knowledge, Information & Insight (KI&I) is a multi-disciplinary function at the cutting edge of driving information, records, knowledge management and cultural change across the FCA. We work to transform information, records and knowledge management so these assets are managed robustly across the life-cycle; drive compliance, positive behaviours and a culture of curiosity and collaboration. We support all our colleagues across the FCA to be an effective regulator, and to meet the FCA’s objectives and legal obligations.
Strategy and Architecture: S&A underpins the technology strategic direction and how new technologies fit within our current systems and networks. This includes strategic planning, architecture roadmap development and design governance. You will gain a holistic view of the current and emerging technologies that the FCA depends upon. The role would require an initial shadowing of the domain leads, following by the allocation of discrete and tangible pieces of work, to contribute to the overall formation of strategy, and is translation into IT change. This would be a great introduction to technology architecture / enterprise architecture, and a great opportunity to reach across all product teams and portfolio teams, that comprise the delivery vehicle of the IT enterprise.
Innovation: The Innovation department within Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) works to support the FCA in being an innovative regulator by leading and empowering innovation to drive beneficial and sustainable change. Our innovation services are designed to support innovative firms (FinTech/RegTech/EmTech) at any stage of maturity, from collaboration, initial idea and proof of concept, to obtaining authorisation and scaling up in the market (as relevant). We also provide critical research and insights to inform FCA activities and build thought leadership.
This is an opportunity for FCA grads to be part of an exciting, high-profile department that provides unique insight into industry developments that are transforming the financial services industry.
Enablement: Enablement focuses on the operational delivery of DTI and includes roles such as risk management, financial management, workforce planning and reporting. This Enablement team are great for anyone who wants to support the delivery of complex and fast paced directorates and the teams within them. You will work closely with management and senior leaders to turn strategy in to operational delivery.
Digital Systems: Digital Systems department is part of DTI’s brand-new directorate: Digital Product Delivery. The department works with our third-party suppliers to ensure that the product needs are met for the wider FCA. Our department consist of Product Managers, Product Analysts and Scrum Masters who all look after their own respective products and software. You will also gain experience to software such as Workday and Salesforce whilst and gain an enhanced understanding of AGILE and DevSecOps delivery.
Learning and development
Throughout your time at the FCA, you will be able to advance your capabilities through training initiatives, such as e-learning, access to a wide range of self-service learning platforms and portals as well as access to regular seminars with suppliers, academics and thought leaders.
You’ll be supported by our experienced technologists, who will mentor you throughout your time on the graduate programme. You can also join one of our communities of practice related to your specialism. This means you will benefit from the knowledge of others and have opportunities to share your knowledge while developing critical business skills. Our graduates present their work to large audiences internally and externally, contribute to technology delivery for the wider organisation, and work together to ensure technology delivers our strategic outcomes.
What we offer
We’re committed to making the FCA a great place to work. We do this by:
- providing a rewarding environment, recognising that our people are motivated by meaningful work
- maintaining a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, allowing people to develop and progress without barriers
- looking after the well-being of our people, ensuring that they are safe and well and appropriately cared for
- promoting an environment in which people are valued and respected
Beyond this, we offer all our graduates a competitive range of benefits, including:
- Base salary of £36,000
- Flexible working options
- Private health care
- Career and family leave
- Non-contributory pension
- Charity and volunteering initiatives
- Minimum of 25 days’ holiday
- Sports and social clubs
- Subsidised on-site fitness centre (London only)
- Free eye tests
- Subsidised restaurant
- Interest-free season ticket loans.
Please note
- We only accept ONE application per person for our 2025 programmes, therefore, please apply to your first-choice programme. Any additional applications will not be progressed.
- Your application and any work you submit throughout the recruitment process must be all your own. You will not allow another person to complete any parts of the assessment nor submit responses provided or generated by an AI assistant or other similar software.
- Applicants must have obtained or be on track to achieve a minimum 2:1 degree from any university.
- Applicants for the 2025 graduate programmes must have graduated or be in their final year of study.
- For the 2025 International Graduate Programme, submit your online application by Sunday 10th November 2024. However, we recruit on a rolling basis and therefore encourage early applications.
