Financial Markets Specialist

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Markets Specialist overseeing wholesale market integrity and analyzing market-wide risks for the FCA. Collaborating with stakeholders to mitigate impacts on consumers and markets.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £60,700 - £88,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ongoing development and implementation of a monitoring and assessment framework for wholesale market integrity risks (concentrations, leverage and interconnectedness)
Analysing, assessing and communicating on the materiality of one or more market wide risks- through the use and deployment of risk sensitive data and pertinent visualisations
Developing recommendations to reduce such risks
Developing real time assessments of the health of market functioning in both normal and stress times.
Participating in responses to market events and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate impacts on consumer and markets
Working with and coordinating with stakeholders, internal and external, to deliver outcomes on wholesale markets
Contributing to and overseeing the preparation of internal and external communications on market integrity and market functioning risk assessments

Requirements

What you’ll need

Prior significant experience of fixed income, equity, rates, derivatives or commodities markets
Prior experience of strong analytical outputs, of using data and analysis to reach conclusions on overall risks related to trading strategies or to market functioning
Proven experience to lead projects independently and deliver high quality outputs on time
Demonstrated ability to learn new information quickly and on your own
Proven ability to impact and influence internal and external stakeholders
Clear and authoritative communication skills to present to a senior audience/ effective ability to articulate and synthetise market developments
Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior management, other regulators and staff at all levels within the FCA
Effectively prioritises workloads and manages competing demands to deliver key tasks efficiently and to a high standard
Works collaboratively as part of a team, fostering an inclusive environment and contributing positively to collective success

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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
Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisrisk assessmentmarket integrityvisualizationproject managementtrading strategiesreal-time assessmentanalytical outputsrecommendation developmentmarket functioning

Soft Skills

communication skillsstakeholder managementrelationship buildingindependent learninginfluencecollaborationprioritizationtime managementteamworkproblem-solving