Financial Crime Associate Supervisor

Job title: Financial Crime Associate Supervisor

Division: Specialist Directorate
Department:  Financial Crime Market Interventions

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £53,700 and London from £47,300 to £59,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

• This role is graded as: Associate - level 8 - Regulatory

• Your external recruitment contact is Shafika Shaikh via [email protected].

• Your internal recruitment contact is Isabelle Groves via [email protected].

• Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the Financial Conduct Authority (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. 

Financial Crime Market Interventions provides focused specialist resource and expertise to help the FCA meet its financial crime responsibilities, as contained in the FCA’s wider objective on integrity and in its public financial crime commitment.

The department is comprised of four Financial Crime Specialist Supervision teams, a Sanctions Supervisory Team, a Fraud Supervisory Team and a Risk, Data & Strategy Team. Working together with others inside and outside the FCA, we deal with issues involving money laundering, financial sanctions, fraud and bribery and corruption. This role is in an AML Supervision Team.

Role responsibilities

• Contribute to the team’s proactive supervisory assessment programme and manage a portfolio of reactive casework, ensuring work is prioritised and progressed effectively

• Contribute to the delivery of departmental objectives by producing timely, evidence-based assessments and outputs

• Apply sound judgement to recommend and support appropriate regulatory actions, informed by analysis from proactive reviews and reactive interventions

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, keeping them appropriately informed and engaged throughout assessments and casework.

• Provide clear, accurate updates and outputs, escalating risks and issues where required

• You will report to a Financial Crime Market Interventions Manager / Lead Associate

Skills required

Minimum:

• Knowledge of the financial crime regulatory regime, gained through study or experience

• Clear, well-organised oral and written communication skills, particularly when engaging with firms and stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities effectively, often when time is limited

Essential:

• Knowledge of the FCA’s regulatory and wider legal framework

• Solid understanding of the business, economic and market environment and how these influence firms’ exposure to financial crime risks

• Ability to analyse and interpret complex data and information quickly to inform risk-based decisions and actions

• Effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide constructive challenge and collaborate to resolve issues

• Ability to manage and progress cases, applying technical knowledge and professional judgement to make sound decisions

• Effective decision-making skills, with the ability to justify positions and learn from outcomes

• Good understanding of the financial services industry, including key products, services and operational processes, combined with the ability to work both collaboratively and with minimal supervision

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• 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

• 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) 

• 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 advert close: Midnight, 20th May 2026

• CV Review/Shortlist: 22nd - 28th May 2026

• First Interview: w/c 1st June 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. 

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting