Senior Intelligence Analyst in London

This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory.

About the FCA and team:

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO) is responsible for the FCA’s responsibilities for market monitoring, delivery of the functions of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and the investigation and prosecution of misconduct using the whole spectrum of criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and remedies against firms and individuals.

Sitting within the Enforcement Intelligence and Specialist Services Directorate, the Specialist Intelligence Department (SID) delivers advanced intelligence capabilities through four expert teams that generate strategic insights into economic crime, proactively detect threats, and collaborate across the FCA and with external partners to prevent serious financial harm.

Role responsibilities:

• Proactively developing and analysing all-source intelligence to identify threats in the UK financial services sector from serious and organised crime.
• Managing the delivery of intelligence analysis to internal (and external) stakeholders by taking ownership of complex casework targeting entities or persons posing a risk to consumer protection and UK market integrity.
• Proactively identify development opportunities and developing further intelligence generated by other parts of the Specialist Intelligence Department and the FCA.
• Researching, preparing, and disseminating intelligence products (including profiles, reports (logs) and assessments) for both internal and external customers, appropriately handling and disseminating sensitive intelligence.
• Working with other teams within the Specialist Intelligence Department to identify and exploit sensitive intelligence sources to better understand the threats of serious and organised crime through UK financial services.
• Working innovatively, sharing ideas, developing analytical techniques, peer reviewing others’ analysis and acting as a collaborative team member.

Skills required:

• Minimum: Prior experience in stakeholder management of internal and external stakeholders and experienced in teamworking and collaborating well with others.
• Proven experience of conducting all source intelligence, generating key judgements and reaching conclusions.
• Prior experience of proactively identifying and developing cases to contribute to 4P activity in the wider economic crime landscape.

• Essential: Proven knowledge of economic crime threats and experience in producing tactical analytical products regarding this crime type.
• Managing a variety of tasks and of varying complexity and creating analytical products with the ability to present findings clearly and effectively, orally and in writing through the production of intelligence products.
• Proficiency in storing, sharing, handling and using intelligence (including sensitive intelligence) effectively and securely, including managing records systems, tools and confidentiality.
• Strong IT capabilities including the use of visualisation and tools (i.e., i2 ANB, EIA and Microsoft products) as well as experienced user of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Social media intelligence (SOCMINT).
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to the specific role including the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA), Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA etc.), and financial services sector and/or UK Economic Crime landscape, the National Intelligence Model and gateways and information sharing processes.
• Knowledge of and preferably holder of, Intelligence Professionalisation Programme’s Intelligence Analyst or Senior Analyst certification or be willing to obtain this.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors).
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our values & culture:

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. 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.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach:

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline:

• Advert Closing: Monday 11th May at 11:59pm.
• CV Review/Shortlist: Wednesday 13th May.
• Interviews: w/c 25th May.

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. SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting, Developed Vetting (DV) may also be required once in role.