Jobs at Financial Conduct Authority

Analyse and monitor wholesale market integrity and functioning using risk-sensitive data and visualisations. Develop frameworks, recommendations and real-time assessments, coordinate responses to market events, and communicate findings to internal and external stakeholders.

Lead design and delivery of data-led market-wide risk monitoring and real-time market health assessments. Analyse trading strategies and systemic risks, produce risk visualisations, coordinate responses to market events, engage firms and stakeholders, and lead thematic projects and communications to mitigate market risks.

Support buy-side market strategy and risk lifecycle by transforming data into insight, identifying and prioritising emerging risks, producing high-quality reports and briefings, engaging stakeholders, and improving regulatory effectiveness through data-driven approaches to supervision of the asset management sector.

Lead end-to-end supervisory reviews of consumer lending firms, identify conduct risks, shape regulatory interventions, manage caseloads, partner on multi-firm projects, influence senior stakeholders, and drive improvements to protect consumers.

The role involves leading SFTR reporting policy review, engaging with market participants, contributing to harmonization of reporting policies, and providing technical support for SFTR data.

Draft, edit and refine FCA publications, corporate documents and digital content to ensure clear, concise plain-English messaging. Collaborate with policy and comms teams, advocate tone of voice, use AI tools to improve drafting, and work with Digital, Design, social and speechwriting colleagues to deliver joined-up communications.

Lead a multidisciplinary investigations team (8-12), manage a portfolio of complex enforcement cases from evidence gathering to tribunal engagement, oversee budgeting and case costs, line-manage and develop staff, maintain senior stakeholder relationships, and contribute to departmental strategy while ensuring timely, high-quality outcomes.

Build and optimise high‑performance ETL pipelines for trading and position data, create model‑ready datasets and feature engineering, design dashboards and web apps (Tableau) to surface market and firm risk, apply machine learning to market data, lead analyses for market oversight and abuse investigations, and engage stakeholders to embed data‑led supervision.

Build and maintain high-performance pipelines to transform trading and position data into analysis-ready datasets; develop interactive dashboards and web apps (Tableau/self-service tools); support market abuse, policy and supervisory analysis across asset classes; help shape how data is used to monitor and supervise firms and markets.

Lead design and delivery of complex performance measurement frameworks, analyse outcomes and impact, automate reporting, provide strategic insights to support Executive and Board decision-making, advise on methodology, and mentor junior staff while contributing to cross-team initiatives.

Design, build, and support customised Salesforce solutions (Apex, LWC, declarative). Provide technical leadership, produce design papers, resolve complex integration and performance issues, perform QA and security testing, mentor engineers, and contribute to agile DevOps delivery and product innovation.

Lead a team supervising Peer-to-Peer and crowdfunding firms, deliver proactive and reactive supervision, identify emerging risks, develop regulatory strategies, engage stakeholders, use data and insight to shape interventions, and contribute to departmental leadership and culture.

Lead and coordinate organisational change across the FCA: stakeholder analysis and engagement, change impact assessments, design and deliver change interventions (advocate networks, communications, training, go‑live readiness), collaborate with project teams, embed change into BAU, and contribute to change practice and methodology development.

Manage a portfolio of high-growth fintech firms, design and deliver tailored support plans, coordinate cross‑FCA specialist input, build stakeholder relationships, produce engagement materials, represent the Unit at events, and contribute to initiatives that support fintech scaling and regulatory outcomes.

Lead and deliver policy and strategy work on client assets and resolution. Draft proposals, guidance and committee papers; analyse quantitative and qualitative data; manage stakeholders; present findings internally and externally; support rule changes and CASS-related queries; become a subject-matter specialist and mentor others while working to tight deadlines.

Act as a trusted strategic communications partner for a business area, providing media relations, proactive media and stakeholder opportunities, communication plans and content, evaluation of coverage, and project ownership. Build subject-matter expertise, advise senior stakeholders, collaborate across teams, and join the out-of-hours media rota as required.

The Cloud Assurance Specialist oversees assurance activities for cloud services, evaluates security posture, and provides guidance on security design and implementation while collaborating with various teams.

Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines and analytical tooling for crypto market surveillance. Perform systematic and ad-hoc analysis to detect market abuse, support investigations, publish crypto disclosures, and enhance surveillance platforms using big-data, visualization, and blockchain analytics tools.

Support supervision of trading venues across equities, derivatives and commodities. Lead and contribute to workstreams, identify emerging market and operational risks, coordinate team activity, produce clear communications, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver regulatory outcomes and uphold market integrity and resilience.

Provide high-level executive support to the Executive Director: manage diary and inbox, prioritise engagements, prepare briefing materials and OneNote packs, coordinate travel and expenses, liaise with senior stakeholders, cascade divisional communications, and maintain records and SharePoint.