Financial Conduct Authority
Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, https://www.fca.org.uk/careers
Requirements of the role
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.
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 in the Infrastructure & Exchanges directorate, the Capital Markets department oversees policy and supervision related to primary markets, post-trade activities, market abuse, short selling, wholesale cryptoassets, and benchmarks and credit ratings, including the regulation of benchmark administrators and credit rating agencies.
Some of the key projects we are delivering include the repeal and replace of the UK EMIR (derivatives) and UK Market Abuse Regulation, supporting the UK move to T+1 settlement and Dematerialisation. We also lead on the policy underpinning the Digital Securities Sandbox and support the wider tokenised securities strategy.
We are looking for a Lead Associate with strong project management experience to deliver, through others, our work on post trade, including the Digital Securities Sandbox, the repeal and replace of UK EMIR and support our wider tokenised securities strategy.
Location
- London
- Edinburgh
- Leeds
Contract type
- Contract
- Fixed term
- Full time
Profession
- Competition
- Consumer
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Manager
- Policy
- Regulation
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Supervision
Working pattern
- Hybrid
Closing Date
- 30/07/2026
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