IT Sourcing Specialist Full Time

Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, https://www.fca.org.uk/careers

Requirements of the role

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

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Location

London

Contract type

Full time, Permanent

Profession

IT, Operations, Procurement

Working pattern

Flexible working, Hybrid

Closing Date

21/05/2026