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If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!

Financial Services Group

The Financial Services (FS) Group advises the government on how to promote a stable and efficient financial services sector, to deliver excellent outcomes for consumers and business, enhance the UK’s position as a global hub for financial services and support economic growth across the country.

The financial services sector is important to the UK economy – providing significant numbers of jobs and making a large contribution to the UK’s economic output. It also provides essential services to individuals – for example, helping them to purchase goods with ease, buy their first home, and plan for their retirement. During the COVID pandemic, it played a critical role in supporting individuals and businesses – for example, in providing payment holidays for individuals and businesses affected by the pandemic and working with the government to deliver Bounce Back Loans.

We ensure that financial services businesses such as banks, investment firms, financial advisors and insurers are well-regulated. Ensuring firms treat customers fairly, customers have access to a range of financial services as a result of competition in the market, and there are appropriate remedies in place when things go wrong.

We work on a significant international agenda which includes promoting openness and trading links between the UK and countries all around the world, including through Free Trade Agreements and other international dialogues and negotiations. To do this we work closely with colleagues in offices overseas from the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office and the Department for International Trade.

Working with stakeholders is key in Financial Services – for example, we work closely with the independent regulators to help them fulfil their roles, consult consumer groups on issues affecting them, and work with the sector on wider issues like the net-zero agenda.

About the Teams

This is a pooled recruitment exercise for HMT FS Group. Candidates will be assessed against the same criteria for suitability across all the roles. You are also welcome to express a preference.

We are recruiting to fill four post: two in the Insurance and Pension Markets Team (in the Insurance Market Strategy Branch and the Defined Contribution Pensions Branch), one in the Banking and Credit team and one in the Personal Finance and Funds Team (in the Asset Management Unit).

Insurance and Pensions Markets (2x roles)

The Insurance and Pensions Markets team leads on HM Treasury’s work to ensure competitive, functioning and well-regulated markets that are delivering for consumers and are helping deliver growth.

The Market Growth and Systemic Risks branch of the IPM team leads work on domestic insurance markets. This includes policies relating to the growth of UK insurance markets, the Treasury's position on catastrophic insurance risks (such as terrorism and cyber insurance), and on novel insurance issues. The team engages regularly with the financial regulators, the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority, and with the insurance sector.

The Pensions branch of the IPM team leads work on policy towards the defined contribution pensions system. The branch’s responsibilities include: delivery of reforms to the workplace defined contributions sector as set out in the Pensions Investment Review, taking the Pensions Schemes Bill through Parliament, taking forward reforms to boost investment by pension schemes in productive assets, ensuring the efficient operation of the DC pensions sector and engaging widely with domestic and international stakeholders on these issues. The team engages regularly with the financial regulators, as well as The Pensions Regulator, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the pensions sector.

Personal Finances and Funds (1x role)

The Personal Finances and Funds team brings together the strategic oversight of the asset management and consumer credit sectors in the UK, with responsibility for the protection of consumers to whom they provide services. Our work is challenging, fast-paced and high profile, but we are a fun, friendly and inclusive team with consistently high staff engagement. The team consists of three units:

• The Consumer Credit Unit, which leads government policy towards the £200bn consumer credit market.
• The Financial Inclusion, Capability and Consumer Debt Unit, which ensures that financial services are available and affordable to all, consumers are equipped to navigate them, and appropriately supported where they fall into debt.
• The Asset Management Unit, which sets HMT’s strategy for the UK’s £10 trillion asset management industry.

We are home to the second-largest asset management centre in the world and the largest in Europe, with over £10 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM) in the UK. The sector is crucial to London’s success as a global financial centre and is the largest outside the US. The asset management industry operates globally, and the unit looks at policy changes needed to ensure that this industry can continue to thrive.

Banking & Credit (1x role)

The Banking & Credit team leads the Treasury’s policy work on retail banking, mortgages, business lending, building societies and financial mutuals.

The Business Lending & Competition branch works with major banks, lenders and business groups to support the government's growth and financial services priorities. We want to encourage a diverse market which meets businesses’ (especially SMEs’) need for finance – whether that’s via traditional bank lending, from new entrants to the banking sector, or newer forms of alternative credit provision. The branch also leads on dispute resolution for SMEs and the regulatory perimeter for business lending.

About the Jobs

Insurance and Pensions Markets, Insurance Market Strategy

You will focus on domestic insurance markets and how they are functioning. Your responsibilities will range from leading the response to acute and emerging insurance issues, to supporting the UK’s insurance markets to innovate and grow. This is a fast-paced role dealing with high-profile issues!

Importantly, you don’t need to be a policy professional or have any specific qualifications to apply to this role. We are looking for people who have the right set of skills for the role, who demonstrate the values of our organisation, and who are motivated to come and work with us on a range of issues that are important for our financial services sector. You will be well supported by your line management and the wider team, and opportunities to learn about the financial services sector will be provided.

Depending on your skills and experience, there may be opportunities to be involved in wider areas of the unit’s work, such as catastrophic risks in insurance.

Key accountabilities include:

• Emerging issues – lead our response to acute or ongoing challenges in insurance markets. This includes developing our response, often at pace, and presenting options to ministers. Recent work has included leading a cross-Government taskforce with DfT to address the Government’s manifesto commitment on motor insurance costs.
• Growth and innovation - Work across the team to help develop our approach to growth and innovation in insurance. This includes working closely with Financial Services Group colleagues and regulators leading on delivery of the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, responding to the significant Parliamentary and Ministerial focus on this agenda, and building deep understanding of how changes in technology (e.g. AI) are affecting insurance markets.
• Engagement – The role will involve significant engagement with other government departments, regulators and insurance sector representatives. It will involve building strong working relationships, as well as requiring the post-holder to, at times, deliver difficult messages.
• Briefing and correspondence - Produce high quality briefings and speeches for senior officials and ministers and lead on relevant areas of IPM’s correspondence workload.

Given the fast paced nature of the work involved, the postholder will need to be prepared to flexibly manage competing priorities and apply sound judgement to a range of policy issues to support the team’s strategic direction.

Insurance and Pensions Markets, Defined Contribution Pensions

You will focus on the reforms to the workplace defined contribution (DC) pensions system. Your responsibilities will range from supporting the branch head and G7 on emerging policy issues to ensuring that the reforms to the DC pensions system pass smoothly through Parliament and taking the work to the next stage (development of the secondary legislation). This is a fast-paced role ensuring the successful delivery of a high -profile reform agenda which is keenly followed by the Chancellor, Minister for Pensions and senior officials.

Importantly, you don’t need to be a policy professional or have any specific qualifications to apply to this role. As for the other posts in this job specification, we are looking for people who have the right set of skills for the role, who demonstrate the values of our organisation, and who are motivated to come and work with us on a range of issues that are important for our financial services sector. You will be well supported by your line management and the wider team, and opportunities to learn about the financial services sector will be provided.

You will have a strong representational role with both internal and external stakeholders. You will be expected to represent the unit/team in meetings with internal and external stakeholders including the pensions system regulators and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

You will have a strong representational role with both internal and external stakeholders. You will be expected to represent the unit/team in meetings with these stakeholders including the pensions system regulators and DWP.

Key accountabilities include:

• Serving as part of the cross-departmental team ensuring the passage of the Pensions Schemes Bill through Parliament– the post-holder will work closely with DWP to ensure that the Pensions Schemes Bill passes through Parliament successfully, including briefing ministers ahead of crucial stages in the Commons and the Lords, both written briefing (for inclusion in master briefing packs) and orally. The work involves protecting HMT’s core interests throughout the legislative process.
• Analysis of the relationship between reforms to DC pension schemes and investment– the post-holder will work on the Government’s agenda to boost investment by workplace DC pension schemes in the economy, including developing new initiatives, in conjunction with the Economic Growth Unit (EGU), and relevant government agencies and departments, and boost understanding of the types of assets in which DC schemes prefer to invest in and barriers to their investment in a wider range of assets.
• Monitoring industry commitments to boost investment in productive assets– the workplace DC pensions sector has agreed high profile commitments (in the Mansion House Accord) to increase investment in productive assets. The post-holder, together with the main industry bodies, will monitor the sector’s progress in meeting their commitments, including challenging the sector as necessary and reporting on progress to senior officials and minsters.
• Part of the team developing secondary legislation to deliver the reforms – once Royal Assent is granted for the Pensions Schemes Bill (expected in Spring 2026), a team comprising officials from HMT, DWP, the Pensions Regulator and the FCA will be established to work on the regulations to give effect to the main reforms in the Bill. The post-holder will work closely with these stakeholders and HMT lawyers to develop the reforms and ensure that the reforms in the Bill translate consistently to secondary legislation, ensuring that the integrity of the reforms is retained throughout.
• Engagement– there will be significant engagement with HMT lawyers, other government departments and regulators as well as insurance sector representatives. This work will require building strong working relationships with these stakeholders.
• Briefing and correspondence– there is a significant briefing requirement for the post with frequent requests for high quality briefings for senior officials and ministers in their meetings with external stakeholders.

Personal Finances and Funds, Asset Management Unit

This is a dynamic and high-impact role within the Asset Management Unit. You will help shape the regulation of the world’s second-largest asset management sector, ensuring it supports key Government priorities on investment, innovation, and economic growth.

As an SEO in the team, you will use and further develop core Civil Service policy-making skills. You will manage a varied portfolio, work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, and drive forward regulatory reforms designed to strengthen the UK’s global competitiveness. The role offers regular contact with senior leaders, ministers, and industry experts, and the chance to take responsibility for high-profile, fast-moving policy areas.

Key accountabilities include:

• Delivering the Investment Management Taskforce, a flagship ministerial forum for engagement with industry leaders. You will coordinate its operations, prepare ministers ahead of meetings, and help drive a forward-looking programme of work on issues such as technological innovation and the growth of private markets.
• Leading policy development across key areas of the wholesale asset management sector, including cross-cutting issues such as tokenisation, AI in fund management, regulatory reform for Money Market Funds, and implementation of the new UK Stewardship Code.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with a broad network of stakeholders. This includes industry representatives, trade bodies, regulators, international partners, and colleagues across HM Treasury. You will use these relationships to identify opportunities, understand risks, and support strategic decision-making.
• Providing high-quality advice to ministers, special advisers, senior officials, and colleagues. You will quickly develop expertise on emerging issues and communicate them clearly in both written and verbal formats. This will include drafting concise advice and recommendations, contributing to public-facing communications, and ensuring that complex policy areas are presented in an accessible way.

Banking and Credit, Business Lending

The role will focus primarily on access to finance policy for SMEs. It is a dynamic role that will allow you to look past the financial services sector “in its own right”, to the role of the sector in supporting and enabling wider economic growth. The team is currently working on measures that we expect to be included in a future Bill before Parliament, and so the role is likely to provide an exciting opportunity to take primary legislation through Parliament first-hand.

As an SEO in the team, you will use and hone your existing civil service policy and communication skills to contribute directly to shaping and delivering policy in this area. We are looking for an individual who, working to the G7 and G6, would relish the opportunity to deliver regulatory reforms to support SME finance. This will involve being the first port of call on legislative reforms we are looking to make in the area of commercial credit, as well as offering wider support on access to finance policy across the Bill. More widely, you will manage a varied portfolio, work closely with a wide range of stakeholders both within and beyond HMT, and drive forward policy designed to support UK economic growth. The role offers regular contact with seniors, ministers, and industry experts, and the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of a team to help support and unlock SME finance.

Key accountabilities include:

• Leading policy development and delivery for commercial credit data sharing. This is an important legislative initiative designed to support new entrants access the information they need to be able to offer SMEs finance - and it is currently under review. You can use your excellent attention to detail and policymaking skills to help shape how the regime operates, working with seniors in the branch to deliver reforms through Parliament for the benefit of the wider economy.
• Supporting wider Bill policy delivery across the business banking portfolio. We anticipate that wider access to finance measures will feature in the future FS Bill, both in terms of our own agenda and the considerable interest that Parliamentarians themselves take in matters affecting SMEs, their finance, and support for the wider economy. You will step in as needed on wider access to finance and business banking policy, developing policy as needed with support from your line management chain, briefing and preparing ministers, and helping respond to Bill developments.
• Leading policy development across key areas of business banking and SME finance, including redress for SMEs, peer-to-peer lending, and the many and diverse issues that come up in this area of work.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with a broad network of stakeholders within the FS Group, wider HMT/Government, and beyond. This includes industry representatives, trade bodies, regulators, and colleagues across HM Government and partner agencies, such as the British Business Bank and Financial Ombudsman. You will use these relationships to identify opportunities, understand risks, and support strategic decision-making.
• Providing high-quality advice to ministers, special advisers, senior officials, and colleagues. You will quickly develop expertise on known and emerging issues relating to access to finance and business banking and communicate these clearly in writing and in-person. This will include drafting concise advice and recommendations, contributing to public-facing communications, and ensuring that complex policy areas are explained in an accessible way.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Peter Symons (peter.symons@hmtreasury.gov.uk) who will direct you to the hiring manager for the post(s) in which you are interested.

We are looking for the skills, experience and behaviours, set out below, and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.

• Making Effective Decisions– Ability to use a range of credible evidence to develop accurate policy decisions and advice.
• Communicating and Influencing– Ability to clearly communicate policy issues and considerations in person and in writing, and credibly lead our relationships with a broad range of partners.
• Delivering at Pace– Ability to work autonomously to deliver high-quality work across short-and long-term objectives in the face of a dynamic and changing work environment.
• Seeing the Big Picture– Ability to understand the wider context of your work, remaining alert to emerging issues and trends and aligning with wider departmental priorities.

The lead criterion is: Making Effective Decisions

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant)
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave package.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28%
• Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving
• Access to a retail discounts and cashback site
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests and diversity

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.

At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites - Darlington, London, and Norwich, and along with the rest of the Civil Service, has an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office, along with working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location.

Job contact :

• Name : Peter Symons
• Email : peter.symons@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk