Financial Conduct Authority
Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK,
Requirements of the role
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.
The FCA is responsible for investigating and prosecuting insider dealing and market manipulation. This role is in a team that assesses, reviews and investigates allegations of criminal and civil market abuse offences, with a focus on examining complex and high value equity insider dealing.
Market Oversight (MO) is responsible for overseeing primary and secondary market activity through its role under the market abuse, listing and short-selling regimes.
The Market Abuse Enquiries teams are part of Secondary Market Oversight, which have the primary responsibility for identifying and reviewing cases of potential market abuse, and refers the most serious cases to Enforcement for investigation.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Senior Associate, whose focus will be reviewing allegations of market abuse, carrying out early case development work, identifying potentially serious market abuse and supporting Enforcement investigations. The successful applicant will manage their own portfolio of casework.
What will you be doing?
The Key Responsibilities Of The Successful Applicant Will Be
* Reviewing allegations of market abuse and determining which cases should be recommended for further review and/or formal investigation by Enforcement
* Proactive information gathering to build our intelligence picture and identify emerging risks
* Conducting pre-Enforcement referral investigation and analysis, predominantly using transaction reporting data
* Delivering non-Enforcement outcomes
* Providing expertise in relation to financial markets and gathering and analysing evidence to support Enforcement investigations
* Supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team
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Location
London, Leeds, Edinburgh
Contract type
Full time, Permanent
Profession
Financial Services, Investigator, Senior Associate
Working pattern
Flexible working, Hybrid
Closing Date
28/10/2025