Senior Data Analyst – Critical Third Parties in London

Overview

This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory.

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £72,000 and London from £57,700 to £80,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience).

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 will play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). Sitting within the Specialist Directorate, our Technology, Resilience and Cyber (TRC) department works with financial firms to strengthen the resilience of their systems against cyber threats and operational disruptions, helping protect consumers, safeguard markets, and build trust in the technology that powers financial services.

Role responsibilities

This role will provide the opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking new regulatory regime – one of the first in the world – overseeing critical third parties supporting the UK financial system. You will get the opportunity to work with providers critical to the functioning of UK financial services, to ensure that we minimise the impact of operational disruptions on the financial services industry, enhancing UK economic stability, competitiveness and economic growth.

• Support the Lead Data Analyst by delivering accurate data and insights that strengthen supervisory oversight of Critical Third Parties (CTP) and enhance the operational resilience of regulated firms.
• Conduct robust, data-driven analysis to identify systemic third parties in the UK financial sector, enabling supervisors and senior leadership to make informed decisions and better understand market dynamics.
• Produce clear, impactful Management Information reports that equip senior stakeholders with actionable intelligence on CTP and firm supervisory oversight.
• Leverage data and intelligence to create innovative tools and insights that add measurable value to oversight activities.
• You will develop a wide network across UK and international regulators, government departments and industry.

Skills required

• Minimum: Proven data analysis experience, including experience of using analytical tools e.g. Tableau, R, Python.
• Experience of working in financial services, a regulator or a consultancy working with financial sector firms.
• Proven experience of using data to provide consultative expertise to our stakeholders, showcasing proven stakeholder management skills.

• Essential: Experience of identifying and solving business problems using data and understanding statistical concepts to improve how we work across the department.
• Knowledge or a strong interest in building up understanding of the Critical Third-Party regime; Operational resilience; Cyber resilience; Third Party risk; and new and emerging technologies.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the confidence to interact effectively with a range of both domestic and international stakeholders, including senior executives within the FCA, other global regulators and industry.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, capable of drafting and delivering complex papers and presentations for FCA executive committees and external stakeholders.
• Strong project management capability to help plan, prioritise and allocate work across a team.
• Ability to balance and manage priorities, working flexibly and pragmatically when priorities change.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work.
• 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 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 timeline

Your application must include a Cover Letter. The Cover letter needs to include: motivations for applying and how your skills are suited to the role; what challenges do you foresee in the role and how will you overcome these; and what you would like to bring to the role.

Job advert close: Monday 2nd February at 23:59pm.

CV Review/Shortlist: 4th February.

Case Study Assessment: w/c 9th February.

Interview: w/c 16th February.

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.

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.