At a Glance
- Tasks: Transform millions of daily trading records into model-ready datasets for risk analysis.
- Company: Join a leading financial institution with a focus on regulatory markets data.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days annual leave, private healthcare, and a non-contributory pension scheme.
- Other info: SC Clearance is mandatory for this role.
- Why this job: Shape how data is used to monitor and supervise financial markets.
- Qualifications: Experience with SQL (Redshift), Python, and data visualisation tools like Tableau required.
The predicted salary is between 53000 - 69000 £ per year.
Salary: National (Edinburgh & Leeds) ranging from £53,000 to £69,000 and London ranging from £59,200 to £76,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
Grade: Senior Associate – Regulatory
Role Responsibilities- Leverage high-performance pipelines of trading and position data, transforming millions of daily records into model‑ready datasets for risk and market analysis.
- Build interactive dashboards and web apps, turning unique regulatory markets data into system-wide views across fixed income, commodities, FX and equities helping stakeholders build a detailed understanding of firm and sector risks through flow and exposure data.
- Be part of the analysis on diverse and stimulating issues, empowering market abuse, policy and supervisory teams to make informed, timely decisions whilst gaining exposure to a broad range of markets and financial products.
- Opportunity to be involved in shaping how data are harnessed to monitor and supervise firms and markets.
- Demonstrable experience of analysing, joining, validating commercial and regulatory data as well as visualisation (Tableau).
- Proficiency with data analytics tools and libraries (Pandas, PySpark, etc) as demonstrated in prior job roles.
- Demonstrable data science or engineering experience within a financial markets context, using SQL (Redshift) and Python.
- Understanding of financial markets.
- Experienced in developing user-friendly analytical products, e.g. self-service tools or web applications.
- 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); from September 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.
Security Clearance: SC Clearance is required for this role. You will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.
Markets Data Engineer employer: Financial Conduct Authority
This role is based in Edinburgh or Leeds, offering a competitive salary of up to £76,000 in London. The team focuses on empowering market abuse and supervisory teams with data-driven insights across diverse financial products.
Contact Details:
Financial Conduct Authority Recruitment Team
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