Economic Crime Intelligence Researcher FTC

Requirements of the role

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

We are recruiting for an experienced Intelligence Researcher to join the FCA’s Specialist Intelligence Department to triage and develop intelligence on instances of misconduct and financial crime within the FCA perimeter.

The Specialist Intelligence Department provides insights from intelligence to support various departments within the FCA in achieving the organisation’s statutory objectives and public commitments. Using intelligence to address economic crime and drive both criminal and regulatory outcomes is central to the department’s role. The department contributes to all 4 areas of the FCA Strategy: fighting crime, helping consumers, supporting growth and being a smarter regulator.

The Intelligence Researcher will play an integral role in the Data Exploitation Team – who are focussed on using bulk data sets to detect and investigate economic crime – by acting as the Secure Clearing House. They will be responsible for ensuring sensitive intelligence is effectively and securely disseminated to across the organisation in accordance with appropriate intelligence management policies.

What will you be doing?

Collecting, analysing and interpreting a variety of intelligence sources including, sensitive intelligence sources, as well as identifying insights and developing packages on financial crime within the FCA perimeter to inform criminal or regulatory actions

Producing clear, actionable reports and briefings for internal and external stakeholders at varying security classifications and communicating complex findings to non-specialist audiences, ensuring transparency and understanding

Working closely with multiple FCA departments to provide support in ongoing intelligence-led activities and building effective relationships with external bodies such as the NCA, HMRC and Policing partners to effectively collaborate to gather and share intelligence.

Maintaining and updating intelligence databases and management systems whilst ensuring compliance with data protection, security standards and product handling guidance

Using intelligence to identify trends, emerging risks and potential criminal threats within the FCA perimeter and developing strategies to address complex financial crime threats or regulatory vulnerability

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