Senior Intelligence Analyst

Senior Intelligence Analyst

Salary: National ranging from £51,200 to £57,000 and London from £56,400 to £62,000 per annum – salary offered will be based on skills and experience

Are you looking to join a team where you will play an integral role in the FCA’s understanding and analysis of serious harm?

The team/department

The Intelligence Department is at the heart of the FCA’s efforts to prevent harm. We support all areas of the FCA with insight and information to help deliver the FCA agenda – especially around reducing and preventing serious harm. We work with a range of UK and overseas partners as part of an eco-system to tackle issues such as Fraud and Money Laundering which require a joined-up approach from regulators; business; government and the public. Staff in Intelligence come from a wide range of backgrounds and have a variety of specialist skills and techniques. The work is hugely varied and fast paced and must be done to a tight set of security guidelines.

What you will be doing (the role)

• Proactively developing and analysing all-source intelligence to identify threats to the UK financial services sector from economic crime, including money laundering and sanction evasion through UK financial services

• 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

• Developing further intelligence generated by other parts of the Intelligence team, 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 Intelligence teams to identify and exploit sensitive intelligence sources to better understand the threats of economic crime through UK financial services

• Working innovatively, sharing ideas, developing analytical techniques, peer reviewing others’ analysis and acting as a collaborative team member

• The role is intended to work very closely with the Fraud Targeting Cell within the National Economic Crime Centre; this may involve a level of embedding in the future

What you will get from the role?

• Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders who are working to counter the threat from economic crime

• Opportunity to work on cases which are a key priority for the FCA

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare with Bupa

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary

• Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role. 

• Experienced in stakeholder management of internal and external stakeholders

• Proven experience of conducting all source intelligence, generating key judgements, and reaching conclusions

• Experience of proactively identifying and developing cases to contribute 4P activity in the wider economic crime landscape

Essential

• Proven knowledge of fraud threats and experience in producing tactical analytical products regarding this crime type

• Experienced in developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, proficient in stakeholder analysis to understand their interests, influence and expectations, experienced in teamworking and collaborating well with others

• 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

• Experienced in developing Management Information (MI) to help understand performance and impact of intelligence work

• 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 (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 certification or be willing to obtain this

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. 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.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Senior Associate role.

Flexible working

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.

Useful information 

• Applications for this role close at 23.59 on 25th September 2024

• This role is graded as Senior Associate - Regulatory

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:

For internal applicants, please contact Louise Nash at [email protected]​

For external applicants, please contact Aaron Ward at [email protected]

What to expect from our interview process

If your application is successful, you will be invited to complete a competency-based interview with case study presentation.

Application support

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible. 

Security Clearance/Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.