Lead Associate – Intelligence Sharing, Quality and Assurance

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking regulatory body as an Intelligence Data Team Leader, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the effectiveness of intelligence operations. This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with various stakeholders, ensuring compliance with data sharing agreements and contributing to the fight against financial crime. With a focus on governance and quality assurance, you'll help shape the future of intelligence at the FCA, making a significant impact on the regulatory landscape. If you're passionate about data and its role in preventing harm, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Hybrid working (up to 60% from home)

Private healthcare with Bupa

Non-contributory Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder analysis and collaboration.
• Knowledge of financial crime legislation and data sharing.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships for intelligence data sharing with external partners.
• Define strategy and quality assurance for intelligence logs.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Data Sharing Agreements

Legislative Knowledge

Intelligence Handling

Quality Assurance

Management Information (MI)

GDPR Compliance

IT Capabilities

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Intelligence Professionalisation Programme Certification

Tools

Records Management Systems

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

Intelligence Data Team Leader

Division – Enforcement & Market Oversight

Department - Enforcement Triage, Intelligence and Co-ordination

Team – Intelligence Development & Analysis Team

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £59,100 to £90,800 and London £64,900 to £99,700 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

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.

Department & Team Information

This role will sit within the Enforcement Triage, Intelligence and Co-ordination Department (ETIC) but will work across both Specialist Intelligence Dept (SID) and ETIC. These departments are 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.

We also undertake the triage of intelligence received, and of matters which may require additional Intelligence Analysis or Enforcement Investigation. Staff in SID and ETIC 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 will you be doing?

• Reviewing and maintaining data sharing agreements related to intelligence with external partners. Owning the relationship for intelligence data sharing purposes across over 200 external partners, working closely with the Partners and Insight Team to ensure alignment with broader strategic relationship

• Defining the strategy/ framework and undertaking a programme of quality assurance of intelligence logs and data, feeding back for remediation where issues are identified and ensuring any themes which emerge of gaps in understanding are addressed as part of the above communication work, or through training

• Ensuring records management standards are defined through policy standard, updated, embedded and observed across intelligence share point libraries and outlook mailboxes and that data is not held
  beyond permissible dates. This will include undertaking assurance activities beyond the intelligence department, where intelligence data is shared by other areas

• Delivering through others and line managing those who are supporting the delivery of data sharing agreements for intelligence purposes

• Providing expert technical advice to ETIC and SID and broader FCA staff on these issues

• Building comprehensive and integrated MI across ETIC and SID designed to collect data that better demonstrates the impact of intelligence tools, capabilities and work

What will you get from the role?

• A unique opportunity to increase the effectiveness of the intelligence teams and find ways to demonstrate the value their work brings – and support the development of a pan FCA intelligence culture

• Opportunities to develop knowledge of FCA and financial crime issues and make a significant contribution to fighting financial crime

• A chance to ensure that the 2 Intelligence departments are adhering to good governance and thus not undermining the work they do

• An opportunity to extend working knowledge of UK markets and regulatory landscape therein

• The opportunity to use your judgement to make decisions at pace, stand by them, and learn from experiences

• Interaction with a wide variety of law enforcement agencies, regulators, industry bodies and government agencies

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

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

• Experience in operating under and administering information and intelligence sharing agreements

Essential

• 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

• Proficiency in storing, sharing, handling and using intelligence (including sensitive intelligence) effectively and securely, including managing records systems, tools and confidentiality

• Understanding of the National Intelligence Model; what ‘good’ intelligence looks like and an ability to convey that to others

• Working knowledge of GDPR and other legislation covering intelligence/data sharing

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

• Strong IT capabilities including ways to collect and display /manipulate MI

• Knowledge of and preferably holder of, Intelligence Professionalisation Programme’s Intelligence Analyst certification or be willing to obtain this

• Experience of undertaking Quality Assurance work, and an understanding of the principles which would constitute best practice in this area

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our Data Intelligence Team Leader role.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• 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 also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

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 can explore what might work best for both sides.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA- Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• SC Clearance is required for this role - SC Guidance The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting

• This role is graded as Lead Associate

• Advert Closing Date: 11th of May

• CV Review/Shortlist: 12th to 13th of May

• Interview Dates: 21st of May and onwards

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.

Got a question?

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

Riley Fox at [e-mail]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.