UK finance community 2025-09-15T12:59:53Z

The clock mocked me with its relentless ticking as I glared at my third failed risk assessment model. Rain lashed against the Edinburgh office windows like liquid criticism while colleagues' empty chairs echoed the isolation of high-stakes finance. My fingers trembled over keyboard shortcuts I'd used for years, suddenly foreign under the weight of new FCA compliance protocols. That familiar dread crept up my spine - the suffocating loneliness of being the only paraplanner in our firm navigating

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