About the Department

The Capital Markets Supervision Function oversees financial markets to ensure investor protection and orderly markets. This is achieved through various policy and supervisory work done at the stages of primary market, secondary market and post-trading.

The Capital Markets Supervision Function’s responsibilities include the processing of applications for admissibility to listing on regulated markets in Malta, the approvals of prospectuses in terms of the Prospectus Regulation, the supervision of the continuing obligations of companies having securities listed on regulated markets in Malta, the supervision of markets to identify any market abuse, the authorisation and supervision of trading venues, central securities depositories and crowdfunding platforms, the supervision of financial and non-financial entities falling under the scope of EMIR and SFTR, the data quality assurance of submissions made under EMIR, SFTR, MiFIR and CSDR, the supervision of administrators, contributors and users of benchmarks in terms of the Benchmarks Regulation and the oversight of activities in terms of the Securitisation Act and the Securitisation Regulation.

The Capital Markets Supervision is also actively involved in various other initiatives such as the DLT MTF Pilot Regime.

The Role

The MFSA is looking for candidates with a solid background in Capital Markets or a relevant area to the role.

The eventual appointee will be joining the Capital Markets Supervision Function as a Deputy Head at Grade 5 level and will be expected to report to the Head of function. The selected candidate will be involved in various areas within the capital markets' space, including market infrastructures, and would be expected to apply a data-driven approach. Duties include:

• Lead and be the main point of contact for a team responsible for the supervision of market infrastructures such as trading venues, CSDs, Crowdfunding platforms, and benchmark administrators;
• Be an expert of the regulatory environment within the securities financing transactions and derivatives space;
• Guide team members on offsite data quality checks and perform KPIs in this area;
• Lead team members during routine onsite inspections;
• Be strategic, through the managing and setting of expectations which mirror the MFSA's goals;
• Liaise with other functions and regulators as necessary;
• Represent the jurisdiction in various international fora;
• Undertake such other tasks as may be directed from time to time by the Head and/or the senior leadership team.

About You

We are looking for candidates with a solid academic background in Capital Markets or a relevant area to the role.

The role calls for an academic qualification in a relevant field of study at National Qualification Framework Level 6 or better, duly certified by the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) or a widely recognised professional qualification at a comparable level. 

You will also possess a minimum of ten (10) years working experience in the area of capital markets. Prior experience working in a relevant organisation would be a plus.

If you do not have the necessary academic or professional qualifications but you have at least fifteen (15) years working experience within a relevant area, we would still be interested in speaking with you. 

The following skills and attributes are important for this position:

• A key driver within the area of Capital Markets and the market infrastructures operating it;

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills;

• Attention to detail; and the ability to work in a team.

The preferred candidate will be given various opportunities to learn and be trained for the role, through various mechanisms which the Authority holds such as the Financial Supervisors Academy and on the job training.

Public Call No; 405/2025