Economic Crime Intelligence Researcher FTC
Economic Crime Intelligence Researcher FTC
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Title Economic Crime Intelligence Researcher FTC
Division: Enforcement & Market Oversight
Department Specialist Intelligence Department
Team Data Exploitation
Salary London 47300 to 55000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.
We are recruiting for an experienced Intelligence Researcher to join the FCAs Specialist Intelligence Department to triage and develop intelligence on instances of misconduct and financial crime within the FCA perimeter.
The Specialist Intelligence Department provides insights from intelligence to support various departments within the FCA in achieving the organisations statutory objectives and public commitments. Using intelligence to address economic crime and drive both criminal and regulatory outcomes is central to the departments role. The department contributes to all 4 areas of the FCA Strategy: fighting crime helping consumers supporting growth and being a smarter regulator.
The Intelligence Researcher will play an integral role in the Data Exploitation Team who are focussed on using bulk data sets to detect and investigate economic crime by acting as the Secure Clearing House. They will be responsible for ensuring sensitive intelligence is effectively and securely disseminated to across the organisation in accordance with appropriate intelligence management policies.
What will you be doing
Collecting analysing and interpreting a variety of intelligence sources including sensitive intelligence sources as well as identifying insights and developing packages on financial crime within the FCA perimeter to inform criminal or regulatory actions
Producing clear actionable reports and briefings for internal and external stakeholders at varying security classifications and communicating complex findings to nonspecialist audiences ensuring transparency and understanding
Working closely with multiple FCA departments to provide support in ongoing intelligenceled activities and building effective relationships with external bodies such as the NCA HMRC and Policing partners to effectively collaborate to gather and share intelligence.
Maintaining and updating intelligence databases and management systems whilst ensuring compliance with data protection security standards and product handling guidance
Using intelligence to identify trends emerging risks and potential criminal threats within the FCA perimeter and developing strategies to address complex financial crime threats or regulatory vulnerability
What will you get from the role
This role is an excellent opportunity to:
Drive the delivery of a new intelligence capability seeking to deliver a stepchange in the FCAs detection prevention and impact against economic crime threats in line with the FCA Strategy
Collaborate with experts in the Specialist Intelligence Department to maximise the organisations value from intelligence on financial crime issues
Join a multidisciplinary team that integrates law enforcement intelligence and data science offering an opportunity to work in a truly datadriven intelligence setting
Work on various topics with internal and external stakeholders including Authorisations Supervision and Enforcement within the FCA
Which skills are required
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore disabled people or individuals with longterm conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here
Minimum
Experience in analysing and reporting intelligence from various sources including the analysis and dissemination of intelligence derived from bulk data
Experience working in a secure and sensitive intelligence environment handling and disseminating intelligence at appropriate security classifications
Knowledge and experience of the UK Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) regime
Essential
Extensive experience in triaging assessing and evaluating large volumes of material to identify and appropriately disseminate relevant intelligence
Capable of identifying and developing tactical intelligence opportunities as well as strategic intelligence insights
Experience with law enforcement systems such as PNC PND or MoneyWeb
Experience in maintaining a secure intelligence system
Experience working in an economic crime context or an area where financial intelligence is a key source
Strong experience in managing workloads prioritising tasks working independently and under direction effectively utilising time and using sound judgement to achieve results
A problemsolving approach that focuses on process improvement and seeks new and effective methods for conducting work
Strong interpersonal skills to engage and support various stakeholders and intelligence customers
Hold or be willing to obtain a relevant IPP (Intelligence Professionalisation Programme) accreditation
Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths views and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Did you know 50 of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this we particularly welcome applications from women minority ethnic disabled and neurodivergent candidates for our intelligence researcher role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Hybrid working (work from home up to 60 of your time)
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory Pension of at least 8 of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age up to 12 a month once you reach age 35
Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
Income protection
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package tailored to suit your lifestyle.
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working parttime staggered hours and job shares. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.
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Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need disability or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
SC Clearance is required for this role SC Guidance The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting
This role is graded as Level 8
Advert Closing Date: 11/05/2025
CV Review/Shortlist: 14/05/2025
Competency Based Interview: WC 19/05/2025
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role therefore please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Got a question
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact Cameron Nunn at
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
