Sensitive Data Exploitation Team Lead (FTC until 18/10/2027)

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.   

Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO) is responsible for the FCA’s responsibilities for market monitoring, delivery of the functions of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and the investigation and prosecution of misconduct using the whole spectrum of criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and remedies against firms and individuals.

Sitting within the Enforcement & Market Oversight Division, the Enforcement Intelligence and Specialist Services (EISS) Directorate provides strategic expertise, intelligence capabilities, and operational support across enforcement functions, strengthening the FCA’s ability to detect harm, deliver effective investigations, and uphold market integrity.

Sitting within the Enforcement Intelligence and Specialist Services Directorate, the Specialist Intelligence Department (SID) delivers advanced intelligence capabilities through four expert teams that generate strategic insights into economic crime, proactively detect threats, and collaborate across the FCA and with external partners to prevent serious financial harm.

Timeline:  

• Job advert closing: 18th October at 11:59pm
• CV Review/Shortlist: 20th October
• Interview: w/c 2nd November
• 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.   

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will currently hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting  

• →Developing the strategy to utilise and exploit to best effect a significant source of financial intelligence, opportunity spotting where the data source can enrich FCA understanding of financial crime issues
• →Hiring, growing, and managing (overseeing and performance managing) a blended team of data and intelligence analysts at various grades
• →Overseeing the creation of data-led intelligence packages for onward action and liaising with internal and external partners to share, validate and develop insights
• →Acting as a role model and advocate for intelligence within the wider FCA
• →Being part of both the Data Exploitation and Specialist Intelligence Department management team

• Experiencing of managing and developing staff to deliver high-quality practical and exploratory analysis
• Experience of significant project delivery and oversight of acquisition and exploitation of intelligence data
• Experience of working in at least one of: intelligence analysis (e.g., OSINT, SOCMINT), investigations, and/or financial services sector; of particular interest, in any of these areas, would be experience of economic or financial crime issues.

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.