Intelligence Manager - Tactical Enquiries and Research
Division: Enforcement and Market Oversight
Department: Enforcement, Triage, Intelligence and Coordination
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £85,000 and London from £79,300 to £95,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
This role is graded as: Manager – Regulatory
Your recruitment contact is Steve Christopher via steve.christopher@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
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.
Enforcement & Market Oversight 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 Intelligence and Specialist Services Directorate, the Enforcement, Triage, Intelligence & Coordination (ETIC) Unit brings together four specialist teams to strengthen the use of intelligence, including whistleblowing, across the regulatory lifecycle, enabling smarter prioritisation and enforcement decisions that deliver impactful outcomes.
Role responsibilities
Join a high impact intelligence gateway team at the FCA, central to tackling financial crime and shaping the UK financial services sector while earning a market leading salary
Drive collaboration across enforcement triage, intelligence networks and internal teams to ensure intelligence informs priorities and strategic objectives
Represent the FCA in external intelligence sharing forums, managing sensitive requests and referrals effectively
Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of coaching, professional growth and accountability
Influence decision making by engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and providing actionable intelligence products
Contribute to departmental strategy and operations, ensuring cross-functional alignment and delivering measurable impact for the FCA
Operate as a specialist intelligence bureau managing inbound and outbound enquiries, providing tactical insights that shape early interventions and deliver impact across the organisation
Skills required
Minimum:
Prior experience in leading and uplifting teams, confidently managing priorities, resources and supporting individual growth
Experience in UK criminal investigations and intelligence gathering, with a calm and capable approach to complex situations
Prior experience in building collaborative stakeholder relationships to enable impactful regulatory or criminal outcomes
Essential:
Strategic, adaptable leader with proven success in coaching, innovation and aligning teams to organisational goals
Clear communicator with strong stakeholder engagement skills, able to simplify complexity and build trust through collaboration
Accredited by NCA POCC as a Financial Intelligence Officer or confident in applying the SARs regime, with strong knowledge of financial intelligence systems to tackle economic crime and emerging digital threats
Experienced in intelligence operations, including project delivery, financial intelligence systems and supporting out-of-hours activity when needed
Benefits
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
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 and 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 timelines
Advert closing: 19th November
Shortlisting: 21st November
First interview: 3rd – 11th December
Manager assessments: 12th - 20th December
Final interview: w/c 12th January (possibly in person)
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 should have Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance or be willing to undergo DV security clearance vetting