Recruitment Systems Senior Associate
Division: Human Resources
Department: Resourcing & Talent
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,300 to £65,000 and London from £46,400 to £69,500 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as Senior Associate - Corporate
Your recruitment contact is Benjamin via [email protected]. 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.
The HR division that enables the FCA to deliver its priorities by driving cultural change and increasing organisational effectiveness, while supporting HR service delivery, optimisation and ongoing development of the roadmap.
The Resourcing team is responsible for all permanent, FTC and contingent hiring up to manager level, as well as onboarding activities. We partner with hiring managers daily to find the best talent for their teams – advising and challenging on best practice and supporting the quickest time to hire possible.
Role and responsibilities
This is an opportunity to be at the centre of strategic resourcing discussions across all areas of the FCA. You will have a hands-on role and be able to leverage your knowledge of Workday Recruiting capability and operational resourcing to help us shape recruitment system changes and get the best from our recruitment suite.
Be the subject matter expert for Workday Recruiting and other recruitment platforms – CRM tools and onboarding solutions, identifying opportunities for innovation & improvement
Act as the interface between the Resourcing and HR Systems teams, translating recruitment requirements into system solutions, ensuring clear communication between teams
Develop and evolve the Workday Recruitment technology roadmap and resourcing systems strategy in line with strategic priorities
Own and support resourcing system projects, focusing on enhancing candidate & hiring manager experience and promoting inclusive & equitable hiring practices
Collaborate closely with HR Systems & other stakeholders (including RPO) to develop the roadmap, support with system upgrades, implementations, integrations, testing, and supplier relationships
Champion digital solutions and automation to streamline resourcing operations, and recruitment workflows
Develop and maintain documentation including process maps, toolkits and guidance notes
Leverage resourcing data and MI insights to shape and deliver the recruitment technology roadmap, ensuring systems and processes are continuously optimised for efficiency, inclusivity and compliance
Skills required
Minimum:
Proven experience with Workday Recruiting and able to act as subject matter expert
Prior experience developing and managing recruitment technology roadmaps
Proven recruitment experience, with a strong understanding of end-to-end hiring processes ideally within an internal Resourcing function
Essential:
Experience managing project delivery to agreed outputs, time and budget
Proven experience managing successful project delivery to agreed outputs, time and budget
Comfortable analysing recruitment metrics, dashboards, and using MI and data to develop insights and inform decisions
Strong understanding of recruitment systems and resourcing systems strategy
Able to communicate and build relationships with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders to facilitate consensus, develop the best way forward, and get buy-in
Understanding of AI technologies and how they can impact the recruitment process
Able to own and contribute to strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing talent acquisition
Benefits
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
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
Advert Closes: Midnight 12 January (please apply by 11.59pm Sunday 11 January)
CV Review & Shortlist: 13 January
Initial Interviews: w/c 21 January
Final Interviews: w/c 28 January
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
We work to ensure financial markets work well for individuals, for businesses and for the economy as a whole.
We do this by:
- regulating the conduct of approximately 50,000 businesses
- prudentially supervising 48,000 firms
- setting specific standards for around 18,000 firms
We were set up on 1 April 2013, taking over conduct and relevant prudential regulation from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Our Head Office is based in London, and we work across the UK, from our office in Edinburgh and via colleagues in Belfast and Cardiff.
Firms and individuals must be authorised or registered by us to carry out certain activities. Before we grant authorisation, firms must demonstrate that they meet a range of requirements. We then supervise these firms to make sure they continue to meet our standards and rules after they’re authorised. If firms and individuals fail to meet these standards, we have a range of enforcement powers we can use.
We work alongside the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the prudential regulator of around 1,500 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms.


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