Senior AML/CTF Policy Associate (2 roles available)

Job title: Senior AML/CTF Policy Associate (2 roles available)
Division: Supervision, Policy and Competition
Department: OPBAS & Fraud & Financial Crime (O&FFC)

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging £52,400 to £67,200 and London from £57,700 to £73,800 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as: Senior Associate, Regulatory  

Your recruitment contact is Shafika via [email protected]. 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 UK finance services.

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). 

Sitting in Specialist Directorate, the O&FFC department (Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision & Fraud & Financial Crime​) works to reduce money laundering and terrorist financing by ensuring high standards of AML/CTF supervision and fostering collaboration across professional bodies, supervisors, and law enforcement.

It is an exciting time to join this team as the UK is preparing for it’s next Mutual Evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force in 2027. At the same time OPBAS is supporting the Government’s stated intention to transfer AML supervision of 60,000 professional service firms to the FCA.

The roles cover the full remit of AML/CTF matters, with a huge range of work undertaken across many stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.

Role responsibilities

• Develop and implement key policies to ensure compliance with MLRs and OPBAS regulations, ensuring robust standards that protect the integrity of the financial systems supervisory findings to assess AML effectiveness, informing decisions that enhance oversight and reduce financial crime risks

• Critically evaluate information to measure progress against AML and CTF standards, supporting improvements that maintain trust in the sector and maintain productive stakeholder relationships to promote collaboration and deliver impactful regulatory outcomes

• Contribute to high-profile projects such as updating our Financial Crime Guidance or Professional Body Supervisor assessments and themed initiatives, expanding your industry influence

• Coach and support team members to encourage knowledge sharing and professional growth, creating a collaborative, effective environment

Skills required

Minimum:

• Prior experience of dealing with AML in a policy setting

• Demonstratable experience of complex stakeholder management

Essential:

• Well-developed analytical skills with a sense of judgement and personal accountability

• Ability to apply a risk based approach to supervision and an understanding of key regulatory risks

• Ability to demonstrate persistence and a willingness to adjust to  new requirements

• Connect the dots across workstreams, aligning activities to support and deliver on strategic organisational objectives

• Manage multiple priorities effectively, balancing competing tasks and issues, while escalating matters appropriately when required

• Working collaboratively as part of a team, valuing different perspectives and backgrounds, and working with others collaboratively, minimising silos

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

• 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 timeline
 

• Job advert close: 25th February 2026

• CV Review/Shortlist: 27th February 2026

• First Interview/Case Study Assessment w/c: 9th March 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