Digital Assets, Market Analysis and Strategy (Senior Associate)

UK Regulators' Network; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK financial regulatory body is seeking a Senior Associate to oversee payments and digital assets. This role will involve delivering innovative regulatory strategies, performing market analysis, and building key relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates should have experience in financial services and data analysis, with a focus on safeguarding market integrity. This position offers hybrid work flexibility and is based in Leeds.

Qualifications

• Experience working in financial services or with a regulator.
• Ability to analyze data and make recommendations.
• Proficiency in stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic workstreams that shape the FCA’s approach to payments and digital assets.
• Undertake horizon scanning and market and sector analysis to identify emerging trends.
• Build and maintain influential relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Research and analyse complex information to produce high quality written reports.
• Deliver engaging training, advice, and briefings to FCA colleagues.

Skills

Experience working in financial services or in another sector for a regulator or public body

Prior experience of analysing data and making well informed recommendations

Experience of stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

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.

In SPC, we oversee firms and individuals (supervision), create and review the rules by which they operate (policy) and identify and remedy ineffective competition in markets (competition). Sitting in the Payments and Digital Assets directorate, the Cross-Cutting Market Analysis and Strategy department develops sector wide strategies and provides the analysis and data needed to identify risks, opportunities and trends to support supervision and policy making.

Responsibilities

• Delivering strategic workstreams that shape the FCA’s approach to payments and digital assets – driving innovation and regulatory clarity in a rapidly evolving sector
• Undertake horizon scanning and market and sector analysis to identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities that enables proactive, informed outcomes to help consumers and supports market integrity
• Build and maintain influential relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders including regulators, trade bodies, and industry specialists to collaboratively advance policy development and regulatory outcomes
• Research and analyse complex information to produce high quality written reports and presentations with actionable insights and recommendations, deepening the FCA’s expertise in payments and digital assets and shaping future regulatory direction
• Deliver engaging training, advice, briefings to FCA colleagues, supporting and empowering them with the knowledge to navigate crypto-related issues effectively

Minimum qualifications / Skills

• Experience working in financial services or in another sector for a regulator or public body
• Prior experience of analysing data and making well informed recommendations
• Experience of stakeholder management

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Location: London, Leeds, Edinburgh

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Profession: Assets, Digital, Senior Associate

Working pattern: Flexible working, Hybrid

Closing Date: 31/10/2025