The job you are trying to view has expired. Please perform a new search to find current jobs.

Data Analyst (Data Collection)

Financial Conduct Authority -
London

Job details

Full-time
£47,300 - £59,000 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Private medical insurance
Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

Jira
Regulatory reporting
Business analysis
Tableau
SQL
Financial services
Data visualisation
AI
Python

Full job description

Job Title: Data Analyst (Data Collection)

Division: Data, Technology and Innovation

Department: Data Strategy and Services

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £53,700 and London from £47,300 to £59,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as: Associate – level 8 - Regulatory

Your external recruitment contact is Benjamin via [email protected].

Your internal recruitment contact is Pat via [email protected]

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.

The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency and operational efficiency.

Within DTI, the Data Strategy and Services (DSS) department provides central data services through the Data Front Door, setting best practice and supporting the organisation to acquire data, resolve data issues, and effectively manage their data. The Data Acquisition Unit focuses on ensuring that data acquisition is high-value, well-designed and delivers reliable insight.

Role responsibilities

Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across the FCA to support alignment with data collection best practice, while applying appropriate challenge

Evaluate data collection proposals to assess quality, value, proportionality, and risk, while providing constructive feedback to enhance outcomes

Develop clear, reusable data collection processes, documentation, and templates to enable consistent and scalable self-service approaches

Apply analytical thinking to identify and assess issues in data collection design, improving data quality, consistency, and decision making

Use data tools and techniques including SQL, Python, and visualisation tools to validate and interrogate datasets, ensuring accuracy and integrity

Identify data issues and implement reproducible analytical approaches to support consistent and reliable management information reporting

Contribute to continuous improvement of end-to-end data collection processes by identifying opportunities to enhance tools, processes, and reporting capabilities

Provide clear guidance within established frameworks, promoting best practice across the FCA to improve data collection approaches

Skills required

Minimum:

Experience translating business or regulatory needs into structured processes and solutions, applying data or business analysis techniques where appropriate

Proven experience working with data to investigate issues, produce clear reporting, identify risk and opportunities for improvement, with a strong understanding of how data is collected, managed, and used

Experience in effectively communicating with and engaging stakeholders, with the ability to support and influence outcomes, as well as to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Essential:

Experience with data collection and management information reporting, delivering clear outputs aligned to reporting requirements

Contributed to the development and improvement of processes, documentation and standardised approaches, enhancing consistency and efficiency

Demonstrated high levels of accuracy and attention to detail in analysing, producing, and quality assuring outputs

Ability to understand and document data requirements, including user needs, data needs, processes, and flows

Knowledge of Financial Services Regulation, including regulatory reporting and compliance context

Intermediate proficiency, or clear ability to develop proficiency, in SQL, Python and data visualisation tools such as Tableau, to support data interrogation and reporting

Familiarity with workflow and delivery tools such as JIRA for task tracking, as well as familiarity with AI productivity tools, including responsible use of Copilot or similar for drafting and automation

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to 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

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & 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.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

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.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

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 timeline

Advert Closing: 23rd June at 11:59pm

CV Review/Shortlist: 25th June

First Stage Interviews W/C: 6th July

Second Stage Interviews: W/C 13th July

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.

Jobseeker tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected