Senior Market Abuse Case Officer – Equity Manipulation Team

February 28, 2026
£80000 - £80000
Urgent

Job Description

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Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £67,000 and London £57,700 to £74,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience) This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory Your recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via . 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.Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO) is responsible for the FCA’s responsibilities for market monitoring, delivery of the functions of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and the investigation and prosecution of misconduct using the whole spectrum of criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and remedies against firms and individuals.Sitting within the Market Oversight Directorate, the Secondary Market Oversight (SMO) Department addresses all aspects of market abuse in secondary markets through data analysis, detection, investigation and supervision, following the FCA’s four Ps approach- prepare, prevent, protect and pursue- to maintain clean and transparent markets. Role responsibilities Lead ongoing trade surveillance, reviewing alerts, STORs and other signals to uncover behaviours that could undermine market integrity Conduct complex investigations into potential market manipulation by analysing trading patterns and engaging constructively with market participants Enhance the FCA’s surveillance capability by partnering with developers and tech teams to evolve systems in line with emerging market abuse risks Provide market support to support evidence gathering across triage and enforcement activities, helping ensure fair, transparent markets Shape the FCA’s approach to detecting equity manipulation, contributing to regulatory outcomes that protect millions of UK consumers Develop specialist technical and investigative skills using advanced tools, data sources and analytics Work on diverse, high impact cases, offering opportunities to provide strategic insight and help shape decisions Act as an investigator in formal enforcement work, helping to hold firms and individuals to account and build public confidence in financial markets Skills required Minimum: Demonstrable experience of market abuse monitoring, surveillance or investigations within financial services, a regulator, or through professional exposure to financial markets particularly equities markets and equity derivatives Prior experience using big data tools such as Microsoft Excel and other internal data analysis applications Proven experience working with trade surveillance systems Essential: Solid knowledge of the market abuse legislative framework and its application in

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