Senior Fixed Income Market Abuse Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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1 week ago

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Description

Senior Fixed Income Market Abuse Specialist

Location

London / Leeds / Edinburgh

Salary

National ranging £54,600 - £68,300 and London £60,000 - £75,000

Background

At the FCA, we are creating a fair and more resilient financial system.

We are establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.

Market Oversight's mission is to promote conduct that supports trusted, orderly and efficient primary and secondary markets in the UK, which work in the interests of all participants and stakeholders.

Market Abuse Enquiries is part of Secondary Market Oversight, which has the primary responsibility for identifying and reviewing instances of potential market abuse and referring the most serious cases to Enforcement.

We are seeking to hire a Senior Associate with relevant experience in Fixed Income markets and products, interest in working with large data sets and basic experience in Python.

The role involves triaging market abuse notifications and managing your own portfolio of casework and projects, as well as developing our analytical capabilities through developing how we analyse and visualise commercial and regulatory data sources using Python.

What you will be doing- Reviewing allegations of market abuse in Fixed Income, conducting your own enquiries and analysis to determine whether cases should be recommended for formal investigation by Enforcement or addressed with alternative, non-investigatory outcomes- Working with FICC specialists in the team to identify and analyse market events and trading of interest or concern in Fixed Income markets- Working with FICC specialists, data scientists and data engineers in our commercial and regulatory data teams to drive the development of FICC visualisation, analytical and surveillance tools using Python- Working with Enforcement on formal Fixed Income market abuse investigations, including gathering and analysing evidence, and providing market technical support and knowledge- Supporting management in decision-making and prioritisation of market abuse notifications- Helping to progress thematic workstreams and/or key areas of responsibility, involving working with other areas of the FCA- Using experience and expertise to share knowledge and capabilities and contribute to the department's wider objectives

What you will get from the role?

This is a varied role in one of the most dynamic areas of the FCA offering an excellent opportunity to play a key role in achieving the FCA's strategic objective by delivering assertive action on market abuse.

On your journey to becoming a FICC case officer and FICC data specialist, you will be working with, and learning from, FICC specialists who combine significant FICC industry experience with regulatory and market abuse know-how.

You will have a unique opportunity to learn from experienced data scientists and data engineers, to grow your basic Python knowledge through self-directed, on-the-job learning with excellent support from Python specialists.

You will gain considerable exposure to visualisation tools such as Tableau, Spotfire and One Tick, and together with the team, you will drive the development of FICC surveillance alerts.

Furthermore, you will have exposure to a variety of activities covered by the Secondary Market Oversight department and have opportunities to build relationships with staff across the Market Oversight division and beyond.

Working in Market Abuse Enquiries, you will benefit from:

Exposure to interesting, varied work in a priority area for the FCA with the opportunity to provide Fixed Income technical input and drive our FICC analytical and surveillance capabilities
The opportunity to take responsibility for projects and your own market abuse caseload, making recommendations and decisions to achieve a variety of outcomes
Exposure to a wide range of commercial and regulatory data sets and Fixed Income case work, with the opportunity to work as an Appointed Investigator on formal Enforcement investigations
Working closely with other areas of the FCA

You will have excellent learning, training and personal development opportunities.

As an Academy business we place great value on your learning, and we offer development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations.

Our Academy offers you a range of opportunities for personal and professional development, including our MSC in financial regulation, Advanced Managers programme, sponsored study and more.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
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

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