At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data-driven monitoring to identify market risks and communicate insights effectively.
- Company: Join the FCA, a key regulator ensuring fair financial markets in the UK.
- Benefits: Enjoy 28 days leave, hybrid work, private healthcare, and a non-contributory pension.
- Other info: Flexible benefits and 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on market stability while developing your analytical skills.
- Qualifications: Expertise in financial markets and strong analytical abilities required.
The predicted salary is between 74900 - 103000 £ per year.
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition; Department: Market Oversight & Supervision.
Salary: National (Edinburgh & Leeds) £74,900–£103,000 per annum; London £82,300–£115,000 per annum (based on skills and experience).
Role graded as: Technical Specialist – Regulatory.
About the FCA and Team
The Financial Conduct Authority regulates financial services firms in the UK, ensuring markets are fair, thriving and effective. The Supervision, Policy and Competition (SPC) division oversees firms and individuals, creates and reviews regulatory rules, and addresses issues of market competition.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of a data‑led monitoring approach to identify market‑wide risks of concentration, leverage and interconnectedness across UK markets.
- Lead, design and communicate analytical assessments of market‑wide risks using risk‑sensitive data and visualisations.
- Recommend measures to reduce identified risks through firm outreach, publications or tailored analyses.
- Design and lead real‑time assessment of the health of market functioning in normal and stress periods; lead responses to market events, coordinating with firms and stakeholders to mitigate impacts.
- Communicate internal and external insights on market monitoring and risk assessment.
- Work as part of a team to undertake proactive thematic projects on risks across the market.
Minimum Skills Required
- Significant expertise and experience in fixed income, equity, rates, derivatives or commodities markets.
- Significant experience producing strong analytical outputs, using data and analysis to assess overall risks related to trading strategies or market functions.
- Demonstrable experience leading projects independently, delivering high‑quality outputs on time.
Essential Skills
- Ability to work at pace and under pressure, using sound judgment and escalating issues appropriately.
- Confidence in taking responsibility, balancing competing priorities, working independently and in a team, and managing multiple work streams simultaneously.
- Proven ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Clear and authoritative communication skills for presenting to senior audiences and synthesising market developments.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior management, regulators and staff at all levels within the FCA.
- Effective prioritisation of workloads and management of competing demands to deliver key tasks to a high standard.
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Hybrid model: minimum 40 % office each month for staff; 50 % for senior leaders; 60 % for Directors and Executive Directors.
- Non‑contributory pension (8–12 % depending on age) and life assurance at eight times salary.
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
- Flexible benefits scheme tailored to lifestyle.
EEO and Disability Confident Statement
We are a Disability Confident Employer. Applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria will progress to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we will progress candidates whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Financial Markets Expert in Leeds employer: Financial Conduct Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Edinburgh and Leeds, where employees can thrive while ensuring the integrity of financial markets. With a strong commitment to employee growth, the FCA provides extensive benefits including a generous leave policy, a hybrid working model, and opportunities for paid volunteering, all within a culture that values collaboration and innovation. Join us to make a meaningful impact on market oversight while enjoying a supportive workplace that prioritises your well-being and professional development.
Contact Details:
Financial Conduct Authority Recruitment Team
