Senior Serious Organised Crime and Fraud Associate in London

This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory.

Your external recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via steve.christopher@fca.org.uk. Your internal recruitment contact is Louis Vandenburgh via louis.vandenburgh@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

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 financial services in the UK.

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). The Serious Organised Crime (SOC) & Fraud Team, part of Market Interventions Digital Assets (MIDA), focuses on tackling the most serious criminal harms impacting the UK payments and digital assets sectors.

We work at the intersection of intelligence, supervision, investigations and law enforcement partnerships, using the FCA’s regulatory tools to reduce harm and address criminal activity. It's an exciting time to join us. As the crypto and payments landscape continues to evolve, we’re expanding our capability to identify emerging threats, build on our intelligence-led approach, and deliver more impactful interventions across the system. To help us do that, we're recruiting two Senior Associates to join the team.

We're looking for people who are passionate about tackling harm, curious about how criminal threats evolve, and willing to think creatively about how the FCA can identify and disrupt them.

The two posts have different security-clearance requirements: one requires Developed Vetting (DV) and the other Security Clearance (SC). Candidates must hold, or be willing and eligible to obtain, the clearance for the relevant post.

Role responsibilities:

• Lead a portfolio of complex, high-impact cases, developing and delivering strategies to reduce serious criminal harm through supervisory, regulatory and law-enforcement interventions, including, where appropriate, pioneering novel and precedent-setting approaches.
• Use intelligence, data and regulatory experience to identify emerging risks early, support innovative approaches to stop criminal activity and deliver meaningful outcomes across the financial system.
• Build effective partnerships across the FCA, government and law enforcement agencies, contributing to significant investigations and developing expertise in financial crime, payments and digital assets regulation.

You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping to prevent serious harm to UK consumers and society. You will work in a fast-paced and high-profile sector, build relationships across the FCA, government and law enforcement, and help shape how intelligence and data are translated into real-world outcomes.

Skills:

• Minimum: For one role, hold, or be willing and eligible to obtain, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. For the second role, hold, or be willing and eligible to obtain, Security Clearance (SC).
• Experience contributing to complex regulatory, intelligence or investigative work, using sound judgement and initiative to deliver effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of turning intelligence, insight or emerging-risk information into practical strategies, informed decisions and tangible outcomes through collaboration.

Essential:

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and professionally, both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Well-developed relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate and work effectively across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Dedication to tackling financial crime and protecting consumers, with an investigative mindset and a drive to make a meaningful impact.

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.

For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values and 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 timelines:

Timeline:

• Job adverts close: 12th August 2026 at 23:59.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 14th August 2026.
• Interviews: 24th August to the 4th September 2026.

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.

For one role, DV clearance is (DV - Guidance)- you will hold or will be required to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) level vetting.

For one role, SC clearance is (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.