Primary Markets Supervisor (Senior Associate) – 12-month FTC

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.

The FCA’s Primary Market Specialist Supervision (PMSS) team seeks an enthusiastic, self-motivated team player to join its Primary Market Oversight Department (PMO), part of the Market Oversight Directorate. PMO regulates UK primary market securities, handling high-profile, market-facing activities.

PMSS supervises primary market regimes, ensuring compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and overseeing sponsors, Primary Information Providers (PIPs) and proxy advisers. Sponsors guide listed issuers through major transactions like IPOs, PIPs disseminate regulatory information and proxy advisers support institutional investors with research and voting services.

As capital markets evolve, the FCA is refining listing and prospectus regulations, with sponsors playing a key role. PMSS prioritizes industry engagement, firm support and effective oversight to ensure market integrity.

What will you be doing?

Establishing and maintaining relationships with sponsor firms and PIPs through regular communication

Gaining insight into firms, their teams, and their systems and controls

Evaluating technical issues and applying regulatory expertise to address them

Overseeing and conducting desk-based or onsite reviews of sponsors and corporate finance firms

Reviewing applications from firms seeking approval as sponsors, PIPs, or proxy advisers

Delivering feedback to firms and taking necessary actions accordingly

View on member website