IT Sourcing Specialist

IT Sourcing Specialist

Division: Operation
Department: Procurement

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £39,100 to £42,000 and London from £41,600 to £45,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Associate - Level 8 - Corporate

• Your external recruitment contact is Raimonda via raimonda.stankute@fca.org.uk.

• Your internal recruitment contact is Fizah via FizahFarouk.Ibrahim@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. 

Operations provides the platform and tools to enable the organisation to deliver on its statutory objectives. We work in partnership with the rest of the organisation to provide specialist support across a wide range of areas to deliver quality services and value for money.

Procurement sits within the Finance and Corporate Services Directorate and works with departments across the FCA to source goods and services (£300m annual spend) required from third parties. We are responsible for ensuring procurements deliver contracts to agreed time, budget and quality, which are compliant with Public Procurement Regulations.

Role responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing and contracting strategies across a portfolio of IT categories (including cloud services and end user computing) in line with the FCA procurement strategy

• Lead low risk/low complexity sourcing activity end-to-end (e.g., RFx, supplier negotiations, contract drafting/renewals), ensuring policy compliance, minimum standards and alignment to business needs

• Manage external supplier spend and drive value through strong commercial judgement, market awareness and effective sourcing/contracting approaches

• Ensure procurement projects meet objectives—delivered on time, within budget and to required quality standards, managing moderate complexity/risk renewals and sourcing projects

• Use and promote FCA procurement systems and processes, delivering work consistently with FCA procurement standards and governance

Skills required

Minimum:

• End-to-end procurement understanding: Able to scope business requirements, plan sourcing projects, produce tender documentation and follow appropriate project governance

• Experience running simple procurement exercises: Confident liaising with stakeholders, issuing tenders, evaluating responses and producing contract documents using templates

• Systems & development mindset: Working knowledge of procurement/purchasing systems and willingness to work towards a relevant qualification

Essential:

• Clear, concise communication (written and verbal), able to explain complex issues succinctly to audiences at all levels

• Strong stakeholder management & influencing skills, building rapport with senior stakeholders and challenging constructively when needed

• Cross-functional collaboration, comfortable working with teams such as Legal, Finance, Risk, IT and other specialist functions

• Commercial & negotiation capability, applying market/industry insight to deliver tenders, negotiate contracts and drive value/innovation

• IT category awareness, ideally with knowledge of cloud services and end user computing (or ability to learn quickly)

• Sound judgement & business acumen, able to cut through complexity, make timely decisions and keep focus on the bigger picture

• Organisational resilience & delivery focus, able to prioritise/multitask under pressure with a methodical, detail-oriented approach and strong customer service mindset

Benefits

• 25 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.

Our values and 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 timelines

Timeline:

• Job advert closes: Midnight, 20th May 2026

• CV Review/Shortlist: 22nd May 2026

• Interview: w/c 1st June 2026

• 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.