Senior Data Management Associate; FTC

Job Title:

Senior Data Management Associate – 12 Month FTC

Division:
Market Oversight

Department:
Market Oversight and Intelligence

• Salary:
  National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £68,400 and London from £59,200 to £75,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as:
  Senior Associate - Regulatory

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 protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Market Oversight Directorate oversees conduct in UK primary and secondary markets through the listing, prospectus, and market abuse regimes, aiming to promote trusted, orderly, and efficient markets via its four departments:
Listing, Primary Market Oversight, Secondary Market Oversight, and Market Oversight Data & Intelligence.

Sitting within the Market Oversight Directorate, the Market Oversight Data and Intelligence (MODI) Department, formed in 2024, drives data‑led regulation by delivering specialist services, intelligence, and casework across UK markets, supporting innovation, insight, and effective oversight through advanced analytical and technical capabilities.

The Market Oversight Registers Team (MORT) is responsible for managing external market registers such as the Official List of Securities and the National Storage Mechanism, helping ensure the information is accurate and complete. As such, the team plays a significant role in supporting growth and helping consumers navigate their financial lives.

• Lead improvements to external markets data provision by ensuring the information is complete, relevant and accessible
• Be the business product owner for the National Storage Mechanism, liaising with other areas to ensure the process and systems are operational, resilient and meet evolving needs
• Work with others across the FCA, including change and technology teams, to deliver short‑term plans to increase transparency through ongoing projects
• Lead work to build a medium‑term plan for how to further enhance market transparency
• Work with others to ensure a comprehensive and engaging communication plan to gather user feedback and raise awareness internally and externally of our information
• Drive data quality across key datasets (organisations, securities, disclosures), embedding robust data‑management processes and supporting the shift to a more proactive, data‑led regulatory approach
• Support Market Oversight initiatives, improving effectiveness and efficiency through better use of technology and data and contributing to wider cross‑team work

• Prior experience of analysing and manipulating data (e.g. using SQL), including ensuring good data quality and data modelling
• Proven experience establishing and driving forward ambitious technology change
• Demonstrable experience and a basic understanding of financial markets and regulation

• Having a creative and ambitious mindset to develop new ideas and bring others on the journey
• Being able to communicate in a clear and concise manner with a range of external and internal stakeholders
• An ability to synthesise information and different views to think critically and make an informed decision
• An ability to provide leadership and influence in groups where stakeholders come from diverse backgrounds and have different areas of experience and expertise
• Be highly organized, proactive, and have experience in coordinating several work streams at once ensuring issues are effectively prioritised and progressed on a timely basis

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model: employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). From September, a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
• Non‑contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle