Policy Lead – Trading Policy

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

La Financial Conduct Authority cherche un Lead Associate pour son département Trading Policy à Édimbourg. Cette position couvre des responsabilités variées liées à la régulation du marché et à l'engagement avec les parties prenantes. Le candidat idéal possédera une expérience dans les services financiers et la capacité d'analyse des données complexes. En plus d'un bon package de rémunération, l'organisation offre un environnement de travail flexible et diversifié.

Benefits

25 jours de congés payés par an

Travail hybride (jusqu'à 60% à domicile)

Santé privée avec Bupa

Pension non contributive d'au moins 8%

Assurance vie jusqu'à huit fois le salaire de base

Protection du revenu

Qualifications

• Expérience antérieure dans les services financiers et la régulation.
• Capacité à analyser les problèmes complexes et à prendre des décisions basées sur des preuves.
• Aptitude à représenter l'organisation sur des questions techniques.

Responsibilities

• Travailler sur des initiatives politiques concernant les données de marché.
• Engager des parties prenantes internes et externes.
• Utiliser l'analyse de données pour soutenir les conseils politiques.

Skills

Analyse complexe

Engagement des parties prenantes

Analytique des données

Communication claire

Travail collaboratif

Education

Expérience antérieure dans les services financiers

Connaissance de l'architecture réglementaire du Royaume-Uni

Job description

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Division – SPC, Infrastructure & Exchanges

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £59,100 to £73,000 and London £64,900 to £80,000 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.

The Market Intervention – Trading Venues department is at the heart of the FCA strategy to seek to ensure that UK market infrastructures are resilient, transparent and operate in a fair and orderly way.The department sits in the Infrastructure & Exchanges directorate. It is responsible, among other things, for supervising trading venues and for developing the policy that applies to them and to the investment firms dealing on those venues or OTC. We develop smart and early policy interventions to address emerging risks we see in the market and to influence global and UK policy.

The Trading Policy team is responsible for shaping and implementing the policy for trading venues - such as investment exchanges – and for firms dealing in wholesale markets like broker-dealers, proprietary trading firms and commodity derivatives trading firms. We cover a broad range of issues such as the organisational and transparency requirements of trading venues, algorithmic and high frequency trading, commodity derivatives and market data.

What will you be doing?

Working with other team members and senior management on a consultation paper on the characteristics of the UK equity tape and other policy initiatives

Engaging with other areas of the FCA, such as Authorisation, Economics, Legal, Market Oversight and Supervision on market data and the consolidated tape

Representing the FCA by engaging with senior external stakeholders

Making use of market data and quantitative analysis to support cost-benefit analysis and policy advice

What will you get from the role?

Represent the FCA externally. You and your outputs will have a high exposure across the FCA and outside

Develop in-depth expertise on the supervision of market infrastructures, the functioning of wholesale financial markets and their regulation

Play a key role in developing a new concept of market infrastructure

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

Prior experience of financial services and financial regulation

Prior experience engaging with stakeholders internally and externally

Prior experience with UK regulatory architecture, in particular in relation to financial markets, transparency and market data

Experience of representing an organisation externally on technically demanding issues

Demonstrable ability to acquire knowledge, including by sourcing, manipulating and analysing data quickly

Ability to analyse complex issues and make judgements supported by evidence, including where only partial information is available

Ability to explain, orally or verbally, complex issues in a clear and structured way to diverse audiences

Strong commitment to collaborative working, including willingness to respond positively to challenge from others

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.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA - Life at the FCA

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 Lead Associate

Advert Closing Date: 20th of July

CV Review/Shortlist: 21st and 22nd of July

Interviews to begin the week commencing the 28th of July

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.

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:

Riley Fox at k

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