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About the Role

The FCA is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join the Consumer Finance Directorate, which oversees policy and supervision for over 30,000 firms. This role is crucial for ensuring fair access to credit, supporting those in financial difficulty, and promoting timely debt advice. You will play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK financial services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues to understand user requirements and analyze data to generate insights.
• Extract and transform data while developing innovative methods for analyzing large and complex datasets.
• Apply analytical approaches to enhance understanding of one of the largest datasets received by the FCA.
• Contribute to an experienced analytical team to share ideas and improve skills across the consumer credit sector.
• Deliver insights that support the organization’s strategic objectives for colleagues across the business.
• Create analytical value by producing meaningful outputs that inform decision-making and improve understanding of consumer credit issues.

Requirements

• Advanced SQL and Python skills.
• Prior experience working with large and complex data sets to deliver high-value analytical outputs.
• Ability to present analysis clearly through written outputs and visualizations, articulating what the data shows and why it is important.
• Experience researching and developing innovative analytical approaches and integrating them into sustainable solutions, services, or products.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and speech, presenting analysis in an engaging, accessible way and translating complex technical issues into understandable insights.
• Ability to prioritize workload effectively by managing time, applying sound judgment, and delivering results in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to manage a broad range of stakeholders by coordinating departmental activities, adapting communication style, and building consensus across diverse groups.
• Ability to demonstrate a clear sense of accountability by addressing issues directly and moving pragmatic, action-focused solutions forward.
• Ability to apply effective stakeholder engagement and methodological judgment to ensure work is aligned to organizational priorities and delivers clear value.

Skills

• Data analysis
• SQL
• Python
• Working with large and complex data sets
• Presenting analysis
• Written communication
• Visualizations
• Researching analytical approaches
• Developing analytical approaches
• Integrating analytical approaches
• Speech communication
• Prioritizing workload
• Time management
• Judgment
• Stakeholder management
• Coordination
• Communication style adaptation
• Consensus building
• Accountability
• Problem-solving
• Stakeholder engagement
• Methodological judgment

Location

• National (Edinburgh and Leeds)
• London

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior Associate - Regulatory
• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £53,800 to £68,400
• London from £59,200 to £75,000

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model (minimum 40% in office, increasing to 50% from September)
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age)
• Life assurance at eight times salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• Income protection
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• Flexible benefits scheme

About the Company

• We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective.
• 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).
• The Consumer Finance Directorate oversees policy and supervision for over 30,000 firms across consumer credit, claims management, credit unions, and mortgage intermediaries, aiming to ensure fair access to credit, early support for those in financial difficulty, and timely, high-quality debt advice.
• At the FCA, we’re creating a fair and more resilient financial system. We’re establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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.