At a Glance
- Tasks: Transform large datasets into insights and support market surveillance.
- Company: The Financial Conduct Authority regulates financial services firms in the UK.
- Benefits: Opportunities to build data science skills and develop financial market knowledge.
- Other info: This role is based in London, Leeds, or Edinburgh.
- Why this job: Join a well-established team delivering high-quality data for market oversight.
- Qualifications: Experience with cloud and big data technologies is essential.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
The Market Oversight Data and Intelligence (MODI) department provides high-quality data, systems, and analytical tools to support effective market oversight. It maintains core data infrastructure, manages reporting regimes that improve market transparency, and ensures regulators have detailed insight into transactions across securities and derivatives markets. We also oversee Market Registers, such as the National Storage Mechanism and Official List of Securities.
MODI operates as a flexible department. There are some responsibilities that will involve working very closely with other teams. Within MODI, the Data Engineering and Technology (DET) team delivers insights by transforming large, complex datasets into usable intelligence. It brings together expertise in data engineering, data science, and software development to support Market Oversight, particularly in monitoring Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) markets and identifying behaviours that may threaten market integrity.
As a Senior Associate in DET, you would work end-to-end with large-scale market data, using cloud and big data technologies to prepare, analyse, and present insights through dashboards or analytical outputs. The role involves supporting market surveillance, contributing to investigations, and improving how the FCA uses data to monitor markets. It is a technically challenging and high-impact position, offering opportunities to build data science skills, develop financial market knowledge, and work alongside experienced practitioners in a well-established team.
Location: London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Contract type: Fixed term, Full time, Permanent
Profession: Analysis, Data analyst, Data Scientist, Enforcement, Engineering, Finance, Investigator, Technology
Working pattern: Hybrid, Office based
Closing Date: 23/06/2026
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The Financial Conduct Authority offers a dynamic work environment in London, Leeds, or Edinburgh. Employees benefit from opportunities to enhance their data science skills while contributing to market integrity. The MODI department focuses on high-quality data and analytical tools for effective market oversight.
