Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

About the FCA

The economy affects us all. When it functions poorly, the results can be devastating. That’s why we at the FCA make sure that UK financial markets remain honest, fair and effective. It’s about ensuring firms and businesses behave responsibly, so that consumers everywhere can get a fair deal.

Created by parliament in 2013, we regulate around 42,000 UK firms undertaking a wide range of financial activities – we are also the prudential regulator for around 17,000 of these businesses. Since then, we have made it our mission to protect consumers, promote healthy competition, and enhance the integrity of the UK financial system.

Every year we invite graduates, interns, and apprentices from a diverse range of backgrounds to join us – people just like you. It doesn’t matter what subject you are studying or have studied: if you’re passionate and ambitious about making an impact, you can go far at the FCA.

When you come on board, you’ll gain hands-on experience and build deep expertise by working alongside some of the most influential names in the financial sector. Your work will have real impact—not just within the industry, but across the UK population.

With four graduate and undergraduate programmes and six apprenticeship pathways to choose from, your potential has no limits. Wherever your talent lies, we’ll help you unlock it.

Interested in financial regulation? This is your chance to shape your future.