Financial Conduct Authority
Fund Data and Analytics Associate

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Job title: Fund Data and Analytics Associate
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: Fund Supervision
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £57,000 and London £47,300 to £63,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Associate, Regulatory
Your external recruitment contact is Shafika via Shafika.shaikh@fca.org.uk
Your internal recruitment contact is Iona via iona.magee@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and team
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.
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). You’ll help shape a growing supervision function that combines quantitative fund screening with qualitative analysis to support fair, transparent and competitive financial markets.
In this role, you’ll work closely with colleagues to monitor investment funds, respond to emerging risks and contribute to sector-wide and event-driven initiatives. Your work will sit at the heart of asset management, influencing outcomes for households and financial markets across the UK and beyond. We value teamwork, continuous learning and diverse perspectives, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive space where your contributions are recognised and supported.
Role responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, development and ongoing improvement of a data-led fund supervision framework that supports informed decision-making to influence positive change across the asset management sector
- Work with large datasets to uncover insights, identify trends or risks and clearly communicate findings to guide next steps
- Collaborate with firm supervisors to provide timely market and product intelligence that strengthens industry engagement
- Respond to emerging issues and developments in the fund sector through event-driven, reactive supervision work gaining the ability to develop your skills in supervision, regulation and stakeholder engagement in a supportive team environment
- Build trusted relationships with firms and fund managers to positively influence conduct and drive better outcomes for customers
- Partner with Fund Authorisations and Policy teams to support their goals and contribute to continuous improvement across the department
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Skills required
Minimum:
- Prior experience identifying investment or risk challenges and implementing changes that led to meaningful improvements
- Demonstrable experience of coding (including building solutions from scratch), in one or more programming language such as Python, or a statistical language such as R
- Prior experience in asset management, or consultancy, or regulation, or experience of risk management in a non-related industry
Essential:
- Understanding of the FCA’s purpose and role in supporting fair and effective financial markets and awareness of the legal, regulatory and organisational landscape of asset management industry
- Strong interpersonal skills to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Willingness to work both independently and collaboratively to achieve shared goals
- Confidence in solving problems by exploring options and developing thoughtful, outcome-focused solutions
- Ability to communicate complex or technical issues clearly and accessibly to a range of audiences
- Independent thinking and sound judgement to reach timely and well-reasoned conclusions
- Effective influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and support change in a fast-paced environment
- Experience of building Tableau Dashboards or using SQL or similar to extract data or a data related degree
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- 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
- Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices.
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle


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Our values and culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
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We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
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We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
- Advert Close Date: 3rd September 2026
- CV Review/Shortlist: 7th September 2026
- First Interview & Case Study: W/C 14th September 2026
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
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