Senior Supervisor (Trading Venues)

Requirements of the role

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in maintaining the integrity, fairness, and resilience of UK financial markets.

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). Sitting in the Infrastructure & Exchanges directorate, the Trading Venues & Corporate Finance Firms Department oversees key market infrastructure and around 440 corporate finance firms, while shaping trading venue policy to support fair, orderly, and transparent markets across asset classes.

Role responsibilities

• Engage directly with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to deepen understanding of firm‑specific issues and the markets they operate in, enhancing the quality of supervisory insight
• Apply regulatory or industry knowledge to interpret complex information, make informed supervisory judgements, and recommend actions that address firm or cross‑firm issues effectively
• Identify and assess key risks to help shape and implement the team’s supervisory strategy, ensuring risks are proactively mitigated
• Work collaboratively with a range of teams to support a consistent and coordinated FCA response to issues identified
• Draft high‑quality communications that clearly deliver key messages to internal stakeholders and, when required, to the LSE
• Build, maintain and leverage productive stakeholder relationships to shape outcomes and deliver through others across and beyond the department

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