Partners & Insight Lead Associate (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Division – Enforcement and Market Oversight
Department – Specialist Intelligence Department
Salary –London only from £64,900 to £88,100 (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
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The Specialist Intelligence Department (SID) sits at the core of the FCA’s efforts to protect consumers and prevent economic crime. It provides critical intelligence and insight across the organisation, supporting fast-paced, high-impact work to tackle fraud, money laundering, and other financial threats.
SID collaborates with a wide network of UK and international partners including law enforcement, regulators, government, and the private sector to deliver a joined-up approach to financial crime prevention.
Within SID, the Partners & Insight (P & I) team leads strategic coordination with key external bodies such as the National Economic Crime Centre, driving the UK Economic Crime Plan, Fraud Strategy, and the FCA’s Financial Crime Public Commitment through targeted engagement and intelligence sharing.
What will you be doing?
- Spearhead a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team to deliver the FCA’s economic crime strategy, driving measurable impact across the UK financial crime ecosystem
- Provide proactive leadership and development for internal staff and secondees at the NECC, fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and excellence
- Represent senior leadership at key meetings and events, delivering clear insights through MI and strategic briefings that shape decision-making
- Forge strong partnerships with law enforcement, government and international bodies to disrupt economic crime through coordinated action
- Lead operational engagement with external partners, streamlining case referrals, resolving conflicts, and enabling secure intelligence exchange
- Champion best practice and innovation across P&I, enhancing intelligence capabilities and unlocking collaboration opportunities across the FCA
What will you get from the role?
- Play a key role in shaping the UK’s strategic response to serious and organised economic crime, contributing to national priorities and FCA commitments
- Lead a skilled, diverse team while collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners domestic and international to drive a whole-system approach
- Generate strategic insight by engaging across the financial crime ecosystem, informing threat understanding, intelligence direction and decision-making
- Gain exposure to varied workstreams and typologies, influencing regulatory, enforcement and policy outcomes through cross-sector collaboration
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
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Minimum
- Experience of leading or supporting teams
- Experience of building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of producing high-quality written outputs, including reports and briefings for senior stakeholders
Essential
- Experience in roles requiring strong knowledge of the UK economic crime landscape, FCA’s responsibilities and cross-system commitments
- Skilled in influencing stakeholders to promote intelligence sharing, support operations and represent FCA capabilities across workstreams
- Demonstrates adaptability and continuous improvement, embracing learning, change and shifting priorities
- Able to challenge constructively, apply sound judgment and defend decisions when appropriate
- Proficient in handling sensitive intelligence securely, with practical experience of NIM, FCA gateways and records management
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.
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 are women (4 in 8)
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 this 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%
- Life assurance
- 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.
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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
- This role is graded – Lead Associate (This role is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
- Security Clearance needed: In possession of, or eligible and prepared to obtain, a developed vetting (DV) clearance
- Advert Closing Date: 31st August at midnight
- CV Review/Shortlist: 4th & 5th September
- Competency Based Interview: w/c 8th September
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
benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted