Operational Security Advisor

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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’re recruiting an Operational Security Advisor to join our Specialist Intelligence team on an 18-month fixed term contract. This is a unique opportunity to support high-impact investigations using covert law enforcement tactics, with a strong focus on operational risk management and security assurance.

The Specialist Intelligence Department (SID) plays a critical role in supporting the FCA’s regulatory and enforcement objectives by providing intelligence on financial crime, insider dealing, investment fraud, regulatory breaches, and whistleblower cases. As Operational Security Advisor (OpSy), you’ll help reduce operational security risks across investigations, shape policy and best practice, and work with national partners and legal teams to build a consistent operational security framework.

You’ll also support the FCA’s RIPA Gatekeeping function and Central Authorities Bureau (CAB), offering tactical advice and contributing to IPCO inspections. This role is key to protecting FCA assets, people, capabilities, and reputation while helping the FCA to evolve its intelligence capabilities in line with their five-year strategy to combat financial crime.

What will you be doing?

• Advising and supporting senior investigators in the planning and delivery of investigations using covert law enforcement tactics with an emphasis upon risk assessment and risk management
• Providing and facilitating current and relevant operational security advice and guidance in the management and avoidance of compromise and developing policy and operational practice by review and implementation of approved recommendations
• Testing the integrity, review process and risk management in any investigation and/or intelligence operation and undertaking independent reviews and inspections of the operational use of Intelligence
• Undertaking and participating in audit and inspections of the Sensitive Intelligence Unit (SIU) in conjunction with the SIU Manager, as determined by local arrangements and the Sensitive Intelligence Network (SIN) National Assurance program for SIUs.
• Protecting assets including staff, capabilities, intellectual property and organisational reputation whilst reporting operational security incidents and compromises to allow learning and reducing risk to future operations
• Being a part of the FCA’s RIPA Gatekeeping function / Central Authorities Bureau (CAB) assisting stakeholders with tactical advice and IPCO Inspections

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