Financial Conduct Authority

Senior Corporate Finance Specialist

Financial Conduct Authority

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £52,400 - £80,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • You will work in small case teams assigned to review draft prospectuses and circulars, assess eligibility of companies for listing on the London market and respond to written queries on the interpretation of the regime in novel and complex area
  • You will act as a first reader in the case team and will be responsible for preparing comments on the documents provided by companies, managing transaction timetables, and liaising with companies’ advisors
  • The work of the team is market-facing, highly time critical, and can require challenging judgments to be made in often pressured circumstances

Requirements

  • Minimum Demonstrable experience of the wider capital markets and/or the corporate transactions carried out by listed companies
  • Proven experience of managing stakeholders
  • Good attention to detail and strong analytical and verbal reasoning skills
  • Excellent communications skills, including written English
  • A motivated approach with the ability to work under pressure and manage a large workload whilst maintaining focus and high standards
  • Highly effective influencing skills, including delivering difficult messages, and a positive attitude to dealing with external parties with a commitment to building effective relationships
  • A team player with the ability to work independently when required
  • Strong organisational skills with the proven ability to prioritise work and escalate issues
  • The ability to digest a large amount of written information and identify relevant issues from such information
  • Wider experience of capital markets, for example, equity capital markets (ECM) and/or debt capital markets (DCM), knowledge of closed and open-ended investment fund structures and asset management or the broader European capital markets regulatory framework.
Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders)
  • 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
attention to detailanalytical skillsverbal reasoningcommunication skillsability to work under pressureorganisational skillsprioritisationinfluencing skillsrelationship buildingteam player