Senior Data Analyst – Critical Third Parties

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial regulator is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to enhance operational resilience through data-driven insights. This role offers a salary ranging from £52,400 to £72,000, depending on experience, with a hybrid work model allowing up to 60% remote work. Candidates must have robust analytical experience and excellent stakeholder management skills to contribute effectively to regulatory oversight.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Non-contributory pension

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proven data analysis experience in a relevant field.
• Experience within financial services or consultancy.
• Knowledge of operational and cyber resilience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver insights that enhance supervisory oversight.
• Conduct data-driven analysis to inform decision-making.
• Produce impactful reports for senior stakeholders.
• Create innovative tools that add value to oversight activities.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Tools

Tableau

R

Python

Job description

Job title: Senior Data Analyst – Critical Third Parties

Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition

Department: Technology, Resilience & Cyber

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £72,000 and London from £57,700 to £80,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory

• Your recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via [e-mail]. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team

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 within the Specialist Directorate, our Technology, Resilience and Cyber (TRC) department works with financial firms to strengthen the resilience of their systems against cyber threats and operational disruptions - helping protect consumers, safeguard markets, and build trust in the technology that powers financial services.

Role responsibilities

• Support the Lead Data Analyst by delivering accurate data and insights that strengthen supervisory oversight of Critical Third Parties (CTP) and enhance the operational resilience of regulated firms
• Conduct robust, data-driven analysis to identify systemic third parties in the UK financial sector, enabling supervisors and senior leadership to make informed decisions and better understand market dynamics
• Produce clear, impactful Management Information reports that equip senior stakeholders with actionable intelligence on CTP and firm supervisory oversight
• Leverage data and intelligence to create innovative tools and insights that add measurable value to oversight activities

Skills required

Minimum:

• Proven data analysis experience, including experience of using analytical tools e.g. Tableau, R, Python
• Experience of working in financial services, a regulator or a consultancy working with financial sector firms
• Proven experience of using data to provide consultative expertise to our stakeholders, showcasing proven stakeholder management skills

Essential:

• Experience of identifying and solving business problems using data and understanding statistical concepts to improve how we work across the department. Knowledge or an interest in building up understanding of: the Critical Third-Party regime; Operational resilience; Cyber resilience; Third Party risk; and new and emerging technologies
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the confidence to interact effectively with a range of both domestic and international stakeholders, including senior executives within the FCA, other global regulators and industry
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, capable of drafting and delivering complex papers and presentations for FCA executive committees and external stakeholders
• Strong project management capability to help plan, prioritise and allocate work across a team
• Ability to balance and manage priorities, working flexibly and pragmatically when priorities change

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. 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.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Job advert close: 2nd December at 23:59pm
• CV Review/Shortlist: 4th December
• Case Study and Interview: w/c 8th December

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.

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.