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

Role overview

Role responsibilities

• Develop strategy to use a significant financial intelligence source effectively and identify opportunities to enrich the FCA's understanding of financial crime.
• Hire, develop, oversee, and performance-manage a blended team of data and intelligence analysts at different grades.
• Oversee data-led intelligence packages for onward action and work with internal and external partners to share, validate, and develop insights.
• Advocate for intelligence across the FCA and participate in the Data Exploitation and Specialist Intelligence Department management team.

Minimum experience

• Experience managing and developing staff to deliver practical and exploratory analysis.
• Experience delivering significant projects and overseeing intelligence data acquisition and exploitation.
• Experience in at least one of intelligence analysis, investigations, or financial services; economic or financial crime experience is of particular interest.

Essential skills

• Communicate effectively through strategic and tactical briefings to stakeholders at different levels.
• Engage internal and external partners, set engagement direction, and lead projects to improve business processes and workflows.
• Explain how data can support tactical and strategic decisions and identify opportunities for better data-led outcomes.
• Manage own workload and the workload of a team of associate analysts.

Salary and contract

• The advertised salary range is £66,600 to £86,000, with the offer based on skills and experience.
• The role is fixed-term until 18 October 2027.

Workplace

• The role is based in London; colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of working time in the office each month.

Benefits

• Benefits include 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a non-contributory pension, life assurance, private healthcare, income protection, and employee assistance.
• The posting also describes paid volunteering and a flexible benefits scheme.