Transaction & Position Reporting Policy Associate in Leeds

This role is graded as: Associate Level 8 - Regulatory.

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. Market Oversight is responsible for overseeing primary and secondary market participants through the listing, prospectus, and market abuse regimes. Our mission is to promote conduct that supports trusted, orderly, and efficient markets. The Market Oversight Data and Intelligence (MODI) department is responsible for ensuring the provision of high‑quality data and innovative technology across Market Oversight. The Transaction & Position Reporting team is responsible for the supervision & policy of the MiFID (RTS 22/23/24), EMIR & SFTR reporting regimes. By joining us, you will play a key part in delivering high‑profile regulatory change that benefits market integrity.

Role responsibilities:

• Contributing to the development of transaction reporting policy rules and guidelines, drafting consultations and coordinating industry engagement as part of our ongoing reviews of the UK MiFIR, EMIR & SFTR regimes.
• Using data to identify trends, outliers and insights to support policy development.
• Setting policy requirements and guidelines across the regimes.
• Engaging with market participants to understand the industry impact of our policies.
• Using evidence and analysis to craft policies that directly support the FCA’s strategic priorities.
• Providing technical advice and support to users of the data across the FCA.

Skills required:

• Minimum: Prior experience developing and implementing policies or regulations in a public authority, firm or other relevant organisation.
• Essential: Clear written communication skills, demonstrated through experience writing regulatory documents.
• Effective communication skills, with ability to explain complex, technical matters clearly and succinctly to a range of audiences.
• Effective interpersonal skills with capacity to work collaboratively and engage a range of stakeholders.
• Sound judgement, with an ability to make clear and timely decisions and recommendations based on input from data and intelligence.
• Ability to work flexibly and creatively to support horizontal priorities.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders).
• 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.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our values & 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 timeline:

• Advert Closing: 8th March at 11:59pm.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 10th March.
• Interviews: w/c 16th March.