Financial Conduct Authority Benefits Overview

Conduct research and quantitative analysis across wholesale financial markets using large regulatory datasets, including transaction-level trading and derivatives data. Develop reproducible analytical code, identify market risks, evaluate regulatory outcomes, and produce evidence-based insights for policy and supervision teams. Collaborate with market experts and stakeholders, communicate complex findings clearly, and contribute to both ongoing research projects and time-sensitive market analysis.

Lead coordinated responses to cyber, insider, physical access, nation-state, organized crime, and travel security threats. The role manages intelligence gathering and risk assessments, advises senior leadership, collaborates with government and law enforcement partners, develops security policies and controls, supports insider risk programs, and delivers security awareness training. The specialist will also provide travel security advice and contribute to strategic security decisions across the organization.

Leads incident response for operational resilience incidents and cyber-attacks affecting regulated financial firms. Responsibilities include incident triage, stakeholder coordination, supervisory action, senior leadership reporting, team coaching, incident analysis, resilience exercises, governance, industry engagement, and advising on emerging risks such as frontier AI. The role requires financial-sector experience, cyber and operational resilience expertise, risk-based decision-making, and familiarity with COBIT, NIST, and ITIL.