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Financial Conduct Authority

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the conduct of nearly 60,000 businesses. We aim to make sure that financial markets work well so that consumers get a fair deal. We want consumers to have access to financial services products that meet their needs, from firms they can trust. To support this, we deliver our work through three objectives: • To secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers • To protect and enhance the integrity of the UK financial system • To promote effective competition in the interests of consumers. We are accountable to the Treasury – which is responsible for the UK’s financial system – and Parliament. However, we’re an independent body and we do not receive any funding from the Government. We are funded entirely by the firms that we regulate. The FCA is proud to be ranked on Glassdoor as a top 10 UK company for work/life balance. With us, you will find opportunities to make a difference on a national scale, and develop skills and insights that you wouldn’t find anywhere else. Visit https://www.fca.org.uk/careers to discover our latest opportunities. The FCA is one of the UK’s two financial regulators, together with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).

02/04/2025
Full time
Policy Adviser - Smart Data Governance
£34,254 - £39,994 yearly
Financial Conduct Authority Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
  This is a brilliant opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of Smart Data, an innovative cross-government policy with wide reaching opportunities for businesses and consumers. Smart Data is the secure sharing of consumer data, with their consent, to third parties to provide innovative services. Open Banking is currently considered the only live example of an arrangement comparable to a Smart Data; it enables consumers to use third party services to securely move and manage their money. Open Banking services are used by 9.7 million people in the UK and the ecosystem is worth more than £4 billion. The Government has committed to enabling Smart Data schemes so that customers can ask for help from authorised third parties to better use the data about them. The aim is to drive innovative new money management and other services. Beyond the possibilities enabled by Smart Data in Open Banking, other potential initiatives...