We provid e dedicated financial investigation resource to:

• Investigate, identify , restrain and confiscate the proceeds of criminal behaviours, seeking to remove these from convicted individuals

• Compensate victims wherever possible

• Use enforcement powers available to us to ensure confiscation orders are satisfied

• Use civil powers under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and associated legislation to identify and forfeit recoverable property

• Undertake criminal investigations into money laundering offences under Part 7 POCA

What you will be doing (the role)

Our Proceeds of Crime Team are now recruiting for an Associate on a permanent basis to join the team.

You will be working as part of a team supporting the effective delivery of the different investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as well as wider projects. You will work flexibly across different cases and projects, providing the team with crucial intelligence, analytical and administrative assistance .

You must be willing to be trained as a Financial Intelligence Officer, committing to the independent study and timely completion of all relevant training courses necessary to successfully qualify . This post requires the holder to have already successfully completed, or to achieve successful completion of, national security vetting to Security Check (“SC”) level .

What you will get from the role

• To commit to successfully undertake the training to become a Financial Intelligence Officer, to submit appropriate Personal Development Plans and evidence of Continuing Professional Development as deemed necessary by the Proceeds of Crime Centre, to ensure accreditation is maintained

• Undertaking intelligence gathering and case building activities, such as submitting requests for information under the Data Protection Act 2018, the Anti-Terrorism, Crime & Security Act 2001, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and open-source enquiries, including use of software packages such as Altia to convert financial information to Excel, under the supervision of an Accredited Financial Investigator

• Conducting financial research and analysis, as well as general administrative t asks relating to investigations and the work of the team

• Using document management systems for the r eview of evidence, document analysis and initial classification of documents for relevance and disclosure purposes

• Drafting straightforward documents (including external requests for information, correspondence, memoranda, reports and minutes of internal and external meetings)

• Supporting the team in search and seizure operations

• Ensuring that all case files and records are accurately and efficiently maintained including document scheduling, archiving and retrieval and ensuring all documents are maintained in accordance with agreed protocols

• Conducting timely and accurate complex document preparation including photocopying, collation, pagination, labelling, checking and listing

• To ensure management information is accurate and up to date, including running reports on confiscation activity from the Joint Asset Recovery Database

• Attending Court during trials an d other hearings

• Reviewing documents and proof reading , including cross-reference checking

• Working closely and collaboratively with case teams , Busines s Support and ancilla ry services used by Enforcement

• Attend and contribute to knowledge sharing events and identify oppo rtunities for knowledge sharing

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• 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 support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time spent in our London office.

The skills and experience you will have

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Minimum

• Evidence of working within a regulatory or criminal investigation environment OR of working in an intelligence function in those environments

• Competency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel, IT skills, including sound knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and other similar packages, including evidence management systems

• Dynamic and forward thinking with excellent initiative to diagnose problems and propose solutions

Essential

• Excellent judgement and good written and oral communication skills with ability to analyse, present and explain issues in a c omprehensive and concise manner

• Experience of performing basic research and organising inform ation in a comprehensive manner

• Strong interpersona l skills and strong team player

• Experience of working on own initiative including prioritising, foreseeing issues and working under pressure to tight deadli nes whilst maintaining accuracy

• Experience of proof reading and drafting straightforward documents and correspondence

• The ability to quickly analyse and understand the detail, purpose and context of our document management procedures

• Able to cope with and quickly resolve a range of cas e related administrative issues

• Flexible and willing to take on new tasks and responsibilities, to adapt to c hange and to support colleagues

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion 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.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Associate Level 9 role.

Flexible working

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 won’t judge you for asking.

Useful information

Applications for this role close at 23:59 on the 23rd February 2024.

The role is graded as, Associate Level 9 - Regulatory.

Got a question?

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

For internal applicants, please contact Michael Wood at michael.wood@fca.org.uk

For external applicants, please contact Michael Wood at michael.wood@fca.org.uk

What to expect from our interview process

Initial CV sift and a one hour technical and competency based interview