Data analyst, Appointed Representatives Department

Requirements of the role

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.

Join the FCA at this exciting time as we unveil our new strategic direction, helping us make a positive impact on consumers and markets while driving innovation in Financial Services. Help us improve how financial services are marketed, sold and distributed. Around 34,000 unregulated Appointed Representatives (ARs) carry out these activities and are overseen by regulated firms known as principals.

The FCA has identified potential harms arising from Appointed Representatives (ARs) and their principals, which operate in a wide range of financial markets. To address these risks of harm, the Appointed Representative Department has been set up to undertake targeted action against the highest risk business models and Principles/ARs which represent the most significant risks of harm.

The Strategy, Engagement and Data team leads on the design and oversight of the AR strategy and manages internal and external stakeholder relations and multi-firm projects. This role is all about making best use of the FCA’s data to ensure we focus our resources on the most harmful issues.

The Department’s work is fast moving and has the potential to be high-profile. The successful candidate will need to quickly analyse datasets to identify key harms, and help the team develop a rapid strategy to mitigate the harms.

This role is suitable for an experienced data analyst (3-5 years’ experience) looking for a new challenge or a strong and suitably experienced junior analyst (1-3 years’ experience) looking to develop their analytical and technical skills, and to help the department take a data led approach to developing strategy.

What will you be doing?

Data Analysis: Collect, clean, and analyse large data sets from a range of sources, to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies
Reporting: Develop and maintain comprehensive reports and dashboards to communicate findings to stakeholders
Data Visualization: Create compelling visualizations to present data in an easily understandable format
Performance Metrics: Monitor and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of business strategies
Strategic Insight: Contribute to the ongoing development of the AR strategy, working closely with colleagues across the FCA on a range of activities to address the consumer and market harms that can be caused by the regime
Stakeholder Engagement: Building, maintaining, and developing effective relationships with internal stakeholders, including negotiating with seniors, and sometimes delivering tough messages
Teamwork: Support the wider team to shape and deliver an assertive strategy to tackle higher risk Principals and ARs using data, intelligence, and analytical tools
Continuous Development: Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency gains. Be prepared to put forward and lead on ideas and recommendations to improve the department’s ways of working

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