Financial Markets Specialist

Responsibilities

• 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
• Skills required
• Minimum:
• 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
• Essential:
• 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

Additional Information

Job title: Financial Markets Specialist Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition Department: Market Oversight & Supervision Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £80,700 and London £66,600 to £88,600 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience) This role is graded as: Lead Associate, Regulatory Your external recruitment contact is Shafika via Shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk Your internal recruitment contact is Iona via iona.magee@fca.org.uk . 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). The FCA is dedicating resources to better understand market functioning in real time and how market-wide risks are building up over time. We are looking for candidates with a solid analytical and practical understanding of financial markets and financial market risk management experience. To align with our objectives, a significant knowledge of fixed income, equity, rates, derivatives or commodities markets, an ability to analyse different sectors or firm behaviours, trading strategies and risk building through the use of data is essential.

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