Division – Enforcement and Market Oversight
Department - Secondary Market Oversight
Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £52,000 London £47,300 to £55,200 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 Secondary Market Oversight Department discharges the FCA’s responsibility to combat market abuse in secondary markets and monitors markets in the service of the FCA’s broader objective to support market function and protect market integrity.
The Market Abuse Surveillance Supervision (MASS) team is at the heart of our operation. MASS supervises firms’ and trading venues’ market abuse surveillance, which is the first line of defence in detecting and preventing market abuse. It ensures market participants have effective systems and controls in place to detect and report potential market abuse to the FCA through suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs). MASS co-ordinates most of our outreach to regulated firms through industry forums, round tables and public speaking at conferences and other industry events. Its market professionals support the FCA’s monitoring of real-time events such as price spikes and potential ‘fat finger’ incidents which can result in disorderly markets, investigating the causes and liaising with internal stakeholders and relevant counterparties to assess the adequacy of their controls.
What will you be doing?
- Contributing to the supervision of the STOR regime, including communicating with and visiting firms, trading venues and other market participants to discuss and assess their market abuse surveillance arrangements and STOR policies and procedures
- Working with other FCA teams on the assessment of new trading venues and benchmark applications to establish if proposed surveillance processes and procedures are in accordance with the relevant legislation
- Liaising with industry participants to help highlight market abuse surveillance issues
- Assisting in the management of internal data, creating methods to review trends and identifying areas for focus
- Assisting in quality assurance processes to ensure creation of useful data and management information (MI)
What will you get from the role?
- Be part of collaborative specialist visits to firms and trading venues, where you’ll contribute your insights and learn from others
- Engage in a variety of dynamic surveillance projects and workstreams, designed to stretch your skills and encourage innovative thinking
- Build your expertise through hands-on experience with a wide range of cases, supported by a knowledgeable and approachable team
- Work closely with colleagues across the FCA, fostering strong cross-team relationships and contributing to a shared mission of market integrity
- Connect with surveillance professionals across the industry, strengthening your network and staying informed on current best practices and challenges
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 working in a regulatory and/or financial services sector
- Experience in advanced Excel functions to analyse large datasets, identify key insights and present findings clearly to support business or regulatory decisions.
- Experience of building and managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
Essential
- General knowledge of UK financial markets, instruments and relevant legislation including UK MAR and MiFID II
- A keen interest in tackling market abuse and the FCA’s role in doing so
- Experience of being able to work unaccompanied with a range of stakeholders and influence people to achieve desired outcomes
- Experience of identifying key risks of harm from a range of information, including written documents and large datasets
- Ability to deal confidently and persuasively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written presentation skills, with the ability to explain clearly and succinctly complex situations
- Ability to manage several workstreams at once, ensuring issues are prioritised effectively and progressed on a timely basis
- Has enthusiasm, drive and flexibility
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 Manager - Associate
- Advert Closing Date: 31st Aug
- CV Review/Shortlist: 03rd Sep
- Case Study W/C 1st Sep
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:
Recruiter –
[email protected]Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
