Senior Analytics Engineer – Financial Markets & Trading Data

Senior Analytics Engineer – Financial Markets & Trading Data

Division – Sell Side

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £71,000 and London £57,700 to £78,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate Data Engineer to work in our Market Analysis & Risk Team. The team is part of the Supervision, Policy, and Competition (SPC) division where our directorates combine both our supervisory and policy-making work across sell-side, infrastructure, and exchanges.

The team’s role is to provide sophisticated insights to deliver data-informed policymaking and supervision, utilising a wide range of state-of-the-art cloud-based tools. In alignment with our digital transformation, we use regulatory and markets data to better supervise the firms we regulate. This includes large wholesale banks, principal trading firms, and market infrastructure such as exchanges. Further, using our markets data, we aid in the development of our regulation and policy to improve how our markets function and assess the impact of our policies.

What will you be doing?

You will design and build data pipelines handling millions of records daily to produce model-ready inputs for risk and market analysis. As part of this, you will be using large-scale proprietary datasets (such as e.g. transaction-level trading data or data on firms’ derivatives positions) as well as commercial data (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.).

Your work will help power interactive web applications and dashboards that provide system-wide views of trading and positioning across equities, fixed income, commodities, and FX, leveraging unique regulatory data. At the same time, there is also every opportunity to get involved in conducting analysis or to develop analytical tools to inform our policy making and supervisory actions. If you are passionate about data, markets, and meaningful impact, this is your opportunity to make a real difference.

What will you get from the role?

• You will be working as part of a team at the very heart of everything wholesale financial markets at the FCA
   

• You will work closely with fellow data specialists and analysts, delivering insights in collaboration with stakeholders across the directorates
   

• You will work with unique regulatory markets data and play a key role in shaping how data are harnessed to supervise firms and markets
   

• You will gain exposure to a broad range of markets and financial products, while working on diverse and intellectually stimulating issues that span both policy and supervision

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Proven data engineering experience within a financial markets context, able to design efficient SQL (Redshift) and Python code for complex ETL pipelines and feature engineering
   

• Hands-on experience in building and deploying scalable cloud-based solutions with orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster
   

• Proficiency with data analytics tools and libraries (pandas, PySpark, etc)

Essential

• Deep understanding of financial markets
   

• Experience applying machine learning techniques to market data
   

• Experienced in developing user-friendly analytical products, e.g. dashboards, self-service tools, or streamlit apps
   

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• Private healthcare with Bupa  

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  

• Income protection  

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

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Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Advert Closing Date: Sunday 4th January at 23:59

• CV Review/Shortlist: Tuesday 6th January

• First Round Case Study Assessment: W/C 12th January

• Competency Based Interview: W/C 19th January

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. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: [email protected]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.