Data Analyst (Data Collection)

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.