Data Specialist

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 Wholesale Buy-side Directorate is responsible for the regulation of the UK’s significant asset management sector, including supervision of firms managing £14.1trn and their funds, authorising new UK funds, and setting policy that leads to successful markets, provides protection to consumers and promotes competition.

You will take on a central role in a high-profile project to establish a world-leading regulatory data model for the asset management and funds sector.

The project seeks to streamline and update data collection for the sector, updating the current regime to reflect recent developments and new data needs, reduce firm burden, and future-proof for the evolution of the sector in the years to come.

What will you be doing?

• Lead the generation of ideas, design, development and delivery of a new regulatory data ecosystem for the asset management sector
• Coordinate inputs from across the organisation to understand data needs, their rationale and prioritisation
• Act as subject matter expert for the data model workstream, guiding execution, setting priorities and representing the work to senior management and stakeholders
• Collaborate with colleagues across the FCA and project teams including project managers, data architects and software developers, while working closely with the team modernising the asset management and fund gateway
• Develop expertise in legal structures, vehicles and activities within the sector to inform data model design, taking account of recent developments
• Conduct research into global asset management and fund reporting regimes, engage with industry and regulators and advise on data standards to support future design choices

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