Insights, Design and Development Analyst

Division: Finance & Corporate Services, Operations

Department: Portfolio Management Unit (PMU)

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £39,100 to £53,700 and London from £41,600 to £57,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as: Associate - level 8 - Corporate

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. We are recruiting for a Insights, Design and Development Analyst with a solid Business Intelligence background to join the Organisational Performance and Insights (OP&I) team within the Finance Division at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The OP&I team is responsible for developing and implementing our organisational performance reporting, measurement and evaluation.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated dashboards and MI reporting solutions in line with data architecture best practices
• Produce high-quality management information and engaging data visualisations to support Executive decision‑making and organisational performance tracking
• Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to translate data into actionable insights and meaningful business context
• Define, monitor and refine key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure progress against strategic objectives and outcomes
• Manage continuous improvement initiatives by gathering feedback and evolving MI products and reporting capabilities to meet organisational needs
• Provide guidance and training on MI best practices, promoting data literacy and effective use of insights across the organisation
• Identify opportunities to enhance and integrate MI processes, including addressing data gaps and improving reporting efficiency
• Support the management, quality assurance and governance of MI data within the Data Lake, working closely with technical teams and business areas to improve data integrity and system capability

Minimum Skills required

• Experience of working with stakeholders to produce engaging, actionable MI using widely used data visualization software, ideally Tableau (Power BI or Qlikview also considered)
• Evidence of solid analytical skills, with the ability to present issues in a logical and simple way
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as part of a team, valuing different perspectives and backgrounds and being self‑directed where needed

Essential

• Experience combining data from multiple sources and transforming data for analytical purposes using SQL or a data transformation tool (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau prep)
• Basic ability to write SQL queries
• Experience translating business requirements into dashboards
• An ability to work well with tight deadlines, work to short deadlines, manage a heavy and varied workload and prioritise effectively
• Effective communication skills and the ability to present clearly and effectively, orally and in writing
• Continuously seeks out new and more effective ways to conduct work and feeds this back to management

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

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

Job advert closes: Midnight, 11th June 2026

CV Review/Shortlist: 15th June 2026

Interview: w/c 22nd 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.