Market Structure Research Analyst

Market structure across European institutional financial infrastructure spans UK and EU banking market structure, European payments infrastructure market structure, European treasury infrastructure markets, and European regulatory landscape evolution. The Market Structure Research Analyst operates analytical-research depth across this market structure surface from the London anchor.

The role supports the Director — Institutional Strategy with European market structure analytical depth and operates as the firm's analytical anchor on European institutional financial infrastructure market structure.

Operate market structure research across European institutional financial infrastructure markets. Analyze European market structure across UK, EU, and Eurozone institutional financial infrastructure environments, including banking market structure, payments infrastructure market structure, and treasury infrastructure markets.

The Analyst owns the European market structure research surface — analyzing institutional financial infrastructure market structure across European operating geographies, surfacing market structure analytical outputs to the Director — Institutional Strategy, and supporting institutional strategic positioning with European market structure intelligence.

Day-to-day, the role coordinates with the Director — Institutional Strategy on European market structure research direction, with the Strategic Intelligence Coordinator on European-APAC market structure analytical coordination, with the Banking Relationship Manager on European banking market structure interfaces, and with the Institutional Risk Analyst on European regulatory landscape research interfaces.

• Operate market structure research across European institutional financial infrastructure markets, including banking market structure analysis, payments infrastructure market structure analysis, and treasury infrastructure market structure
• Analyze European regulatory landscape evolution and translate regulatory developments into market structure implications — PSD3 evolution, EMI evolution, banking framework shifts, and equivalent UK and EU regulatory developments
• Coordinate market structure analytical outputs supporting the Director — Institutional Strategy on European strategic positioning matters
• Operate European market structure intelligence cycles, including periodic market structure briefings, market structure shift analytical surfacing, and European market structure documentation
• Support European banking market structure analysis at the analytical layer, including correspondent banking market structure, treasury services provider market structure, and European clearing market structure
• Handle market structure analytical escalation — market structure shift surfacing, European regulatory-strategic implications analysis, market structure event analytical outputs — through documented escalation pathways to the Director — Institutional Strategy
• Coordinate analytical interfaces with the Strategic Intelligence Coordinator on cross-anchor market structure analytical alignment

• European institutional financial infrastructure markets spanning UK, EU, and Eurozone operating environments
• European banking market structure including UK clearing market structure, European correspondent banking market structure, treasury services market structure
• European regulatory landscape: FCA, PRA, EBA, ECB regulatory developments shaping market structure
• European payments infrastructure market structure: TARGET2 evolution, SEPA evolution, SEPA Instant adoption, CHAPS architecture
• Internal coordination with Director — Institutional Strategy, Strategic Intelligence Coordinator, Banking Relationship Manager, Institutional Risk Analyst
• London market hours operational anchor with European market structure research coordination

• 5–8 years institutional research, market structure analysis, or strategic research at institutional financial firm, institutional research institution, central bank research function, or comparable institutional research environment
• Operating experience with European market structure analysis at research-analytical depth, including European banking market structure and European payments infrastructure market structure
• European regulatory landscape operating experience — working familiarity with UK and EU regulatory frameworks at market-structure implications depth
• Analytical research discipline — structured analytical outputs, market structure documentation, research analytical coordination
• Working fluency with European institutional financial infrastructure operating realities at research depth
• CFA, postgraduate research qualification, or equivalent analytical background preferred