Ethics & Compliance Investigator (FTC) - Financial & Regulatory in England

Are you driven by fairness, truth, and the confidence to stand up to complex financial and ethical challenges? This is a rare opportunity to step into a pivotal role at the heart of organisational integrity, where your work directly protects public trust, strengthens financial governance, and upholds the highest ethical standards.

In this role, you’ll lead and support sensitive, high‑impact investigations into matters such as whistleblowing disclosures, fraud, bribery, corruption, financial misconduct, conflicts of interest, and regulatory or policy breaches. Acting with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement, you will ensure concerns are handled thoroughly, lawfully, and with empathy. Initially based within NRS and for a fixed duration of 2 years, you’ll have the opportunity to influence and support cases across the wider NDA Group. Over time, you’ll help shape a matrix‑managed investigative capability, supporting complex casework across the wider organisation and strengthening a culture of accountability and compliance.

What will you do?

• Lead and support high‑impact investigations, managing evidence, interviews, reports, and findings to best‑practice standards
• Analyse intelligence and data to spot financial crime risks, trends, and control weaknesses
• Build trusted relationships and confidently manage sensitive, high‑risk situations across the organisation
• Improve investigation frameworks, deliver training, and mentor others to grow strong internal investigative capability

Beyond individual cases, you’ll help shape a proactive compliance culture. Using intelligence, insight, and sound judgement, you’ll identify emerging risks, strengthen due‑diligence processes, and support intelligence‑led approaches that prevent harm before it occurs. You’ll work at pace with a wide range of expert stakeholders—Legal, Finance, Risk, Security, Audit, and more—navigating sensitive situations with credibility, empathy, and professionalism, while ensuring every voice is treated fairly and respectfully.

What will you bring?

• You’ll bring the confidence and credibility that comes from handling complex, sensitive investigations, alongside a clear sense of integrity and fairness.
• You understand how to operate in regulated, high‑stakes environments, balancing rigour with empathy and sound judgement with discretion.
• Curious by nature and calm under pressure, you know how to get to the truth while treating everyone involved with respect.
• You’ll also bring a mindset of continuous improvement, able to see patterns, assess risk, and strengthen controls, not just resolve individual cases.
• Whether analysing data, interviewing stakeholders, or translating complexity into clear, trusted advice, you’ll be someone others rely on when it really matters.

You will have:

• Proven experience conducting investigations within financial regulated, compliance‑focused or enforcement environments
• Strong expertise in whistleblowing, ethical standards, evidence handling, interviewing, and producing clear, high‑quality reports
• Sharp analytical and critical‑thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial and organisational contexts
• Emotional intelligence and professionalism to handle sensitive matters with discretion, empathy, and sound judgement.

At NRS, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from under‑represented groups. We want to ensure you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application or interview process, please let us know.