Unified Threat - Technical Specialist

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days leave

Pension 8–12%

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Volunteer hours

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Financial Conduct Authority seeks a Unified Threat - Technical Specialist to lead security threat responses, coordinate with government and partners, and provide expert risk guidance across enterprise security and travel security. The role focuses on cyber threats, insider risk and physical access, in a high‑profile environment.

You will centralise threat management, work with international stakeholders, and contribute to policies, training and risk-based decisions within a supportive setting.

Qualifications

• Experience managing information and intelligence gathering and briefing senior leadership.
• Experience applying formal risk management techniques in security contexts.
• Knowledge of intelligence handling, governance and information management standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the FCA’s response to security threats including cyber and physical risks.
• Collaborate with government, law enforcement and external partners for coordinated security.
• Provide travel security advice and support for overseas colleagues.
• Advise on risks from Organised Criminal Groups within financial crime remit.
• Develop and implement security policies, standards and best practices.
• Deliver risk assessments and provide specialist threat advice as needed.
• Design and deliver security training and awareness initiatives.
• Work across the organisation to support strategic decisions and broaden skills.

Skills

Intelligence gathering

Risk management

Information analysis

Job description

Job Title: Unified Threat - Technical Specialist

Division: Operations

Department : Cyber and Information Resilience

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £85,000 and London from £82,300 to £90,000 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Technical Specialist – Regulatory
• Your external recruitment contact is Benjamin via [e-mail]
• Your internal recruitment contact is Lauren via [e-mail]

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.

C&IR is responsible for enabling secure regulation at the FCA and PSR.This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high profile, newly created role, that will focus on cyber security, insider risk and physical access threats, in a co-ordinated way.

You will centralise our threat management efforts, ensuring a coordinated approach and bolstering capability around such areas as risks related to organised crime, espionage, physical access operations against the FCA and travel security. This will set the balance between engagement and security on a range of sensitive, high-profile and impactful areas for the FCA such as organised crime and more.

Role responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the FCA’s response to security threats, including nation state activity, regulatory risk, physical security and cyber threats
• Work closely with government departments, law enforcement agencies and external partners to support a coordinated security approach
• Provide comprehensive travel security advice and support, including for colleagues based overseas
• Advise on and help manage risks associated with exposure to Organised Criminal Groups as part of the FCA’s financial crime remit
• Support the development and implementation of security policies, standards and best practice across the organisation
• Deliver risk assessments and specialist advice on targeted threats, including access to outsourced services such as online profiling and personal security reviews where required
• Design and deliver training and awareness initiatives, helping colleagues build knowledge and capability across a range of security topics
• Gain a unique opportunity to work across the organisation, contribute to complex strategic decisions, broaden your technical skills and develop a deep understanding of the FCA in a busy, supportive environment

Skills required

Minimum:

• Experience managing information and intelligence gathering, synthesis and assessment, with the ability to brief senior leadership, including ExCo, and produce comprehensive, covering both enterprise-level and individual security considerations
• Experience applying formal risk management techniques in operational and real-world security scenarios and implementing security measures and data protection principles
• Knowledge of the legislative environment relating to intelligence collection operations, combined with extensive investigative experience and the ability to analyse information to support security and risk-based decision making

Essential:

• Applied understanding of risk assessment frameworks to support informed, risk-based decision-making
• Solid understanding of engagement and collaboration with law enforcement agencies, regulated firms, and international stakeholders, including foreign government bodies
• Comprehensive understanding of intelligence handling responsibilities, governance requirements, and information management standards
• Extensive experience in Insider Risk programmes and a clear understanding of how they interact with wider staff risk management frameworks and organisational controls

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices

• 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 & 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

• Advert Closing: 18th October (midnight)
• CV Review/Shortlist: 20th October
• First Stage Interviews W/C: 26th October
• 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.
• You will be required to obtain and hold DV clearance