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At the FCA, we regulate the conduct of nearly 45,000 businesses in the UK to ensure that our financial markets are honest, competitive and fair. 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
Sustainable Finance issues are at the heart of what we, the industry and broader society care about. The financial sector has an important role to play in helping the economy adapt to a more sustainable long-term future, but creating positive, sustainable change isn’t just about climate change, it’s about looking beyond and considering the wider environmental issues, such as biodiversity and nature, as well as social and governance issues, such as diversity, living wage, fair taxation, and supply chains. For the financial sector to successfully support the transition to a more sustainable future, market participants need high quality information and clear standards, and consumers need to be able to rely on firms to take Sustainable Finance seriously and deliver on their promises.
The FCA’s Sustainable Division is responsible for developing and coordinating the delivery of the FCA’s Sustainable Finance Strategy, which spans the FCA’s roles as both a regulator and an operating entity. The work of the Sustainable Finance Division includes policy development, analysing market intelligence, influencing and contributing to Government, industry and international initiatives on sustainable finance and integrating these considerations across all of the FCA’s functions. As a graduate in the Sustainable Finance Division, you will have the opportunity to work across these different areas. You will also have the opportunity to complete a rotation outside of the Sustainable Finance Division.
What we look for
Our staff have diverse backgrounds, and no specific degree stands out as being essential. You will learn a lot on the job, so we don't expect you to already have a detailed knowledge of international regulatory matters. We're looking for somebody who is curious about financial services and regulation, have good analytical skills, take the initiative and a confident communicator.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Learning and development
As a graduate in Sustainable Finance, you’ll have the opportunity to study towards an Apprenticeship, Professional Qualification or enrol on a development pathway relevant to your graduate programme. We will also give you the support you need to develop your career at the FCA.
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.
