Senior Market Insight Associate

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 Consumer Investments Market Analysis and Policy (MAP) Department is responsible for strategic policymaking and providing market insights for the consumer investments sector. This covers over 5,000 firms and 50,000 individuals, providing a range of crucial investment services to consumers.

The Market Insights Team leads on the cross-cutting vision for consumer investments by identifying, assessing, monitoring and prioritising market-wide emerging harms and future trends to enable the Directorate to take assertive action to support a well-functioning consumer investments sector that delivers the FCA Strategy. The core functions of the team include:

Leading on market analysis across consumer investments to provide the cross-cutting view of the sector to support Supervision and Policy to take regulatory action, including producing a six-monthly Financial Markets Report for consumer investments

Leading horizon scanning to uncover emerging trends and harms across the sector, covering topics including AI & technology, innovative business models and the economic & political environment

Carrying out harm assessments; deeper research into specific issues where our horizon scanning identifies an emerging trend that could lead to consumer harm. Recent harm assessments include high risk investing and developments in AI

Facilitating the prioritisation of proactive cross-cutting workstreams across the Consumer Investments Directorate

Internal and external communication and engagement to gather insights, provide technical cross-cutting support and proactively communicate our priorities

What will you be doing?

Horizon scanning across the sector; working proactively with key internal and external stakeholders to maintain effective relationships, assessing quantitative and qualitative intelligence and escalating emerging and evolving harms to relevant internal stakeholders

Delivery of harm assessments and market research. This involves: analysis of consumer harm and drivers of harm, evaluating intelligence and applying judgement to recommend suitable mitigation activities and presenting reports & recommendations to divisional management to enable effective decision-making and prioritisation

Supporting the directorate through wider technical support, including co-ordinating and drafting briefings and speeches for senior management, drafting external publications, training and sharing insights from horizon scanning, research and harm assessments

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