Senior Intelligence Analyst

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) supports the UK’s prosperity and global market position by promoting stable business conditions through the investigation and prosecution of the most serious and complex fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering cases, both nationally and internationally. Our mission is to reduce the harm caused by high-level economic crime and to preserve and enhance the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business. We achieve this by taking on a selected number of large, complex cases for investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution or other judicially supervised outcomes. We also pursue the recovery of unlawful financial gains. The SFO is unique in that we both investigate and prosecute offenders and have special legal powers to enable us to do this.

The Senior Intelligence Analyst Function is led by the Head of Intelligence Analysis and comprises a team of Senior Intelligence Analysts operating within a flexible model that enables a dynamic response to organisational and wider operational needs. Analysts rotate between roles annually, working collaboratively to support some of the most complex and high-profile economic crime investigations. The team plays a key role in developing operations and delivering the Intelligence Division’s core business, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, shared demand management, and continuous learning.

This role is suited to an experienced Intelligence Analyst who thrives on intellectual challenge, welcomes variety, and is comfortable working independently on investigations and detailed evidential analysis over extended periods. You will manage multiple long and short-term priorities simultaneously and will need to demonstrate strong organisational skills, agility, and a depth of experience in investigating serious and/or economic crime.

Senior Intelligence Analysts are responsible for producing high-quality strategic, tactical, operational, and investigative intelligence products, while supporting the development of sensitive intelligence. The function operates in accordance with the competency frameworks of the College of Policing and the Professional Heads of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA). Intelligence products may be published nationally and can directly influence policy development and senior-level decision-making. The role also requires representing the SFO at joint agency and public-private partnership meetings.

Senior Intelligence Analysts are encouraged to continuously develop their skills by embracing innovative techniques and training opportunities. The SFO actively supports professional development, providing opportunities to enhance expertise, attend national training forums, and take a leadership role within them. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside legal professionals on high-profile economic crime cases and contribute directly to tackling serious criminality.

As a Senior Intelligence Analyst you will be responsible for:

• Produce analytical Intelligence products recognised within the National Intelligence Model (NIM) to aid in developing Intelligence operations.
• Work with case investigation teams as the dedicated Senior Intelligence Analyst on Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Operations producing analytical Intelligence products which informs operational planning and aids the Case Team in understanding the intelligence picture, articulating large, complex data sets, such as telecommunications and financial material in a clear and concise manner.
• Compile and present evidential analysis at court as required.
• Be proactive in engaging with key stakeholders to ignite partnership working, gather and collate further intelligence to enrich the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) intelligence picture, bringing risks to the forefront from an operational and strategic perspective.
• Be a threat lead and proactively develop intelligence from a operational and strategic perspective.

For more information about the role and for a full list of key responsibilities, please see attached Job Pack.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application stage

As part of the application process you will be required to provide:

• A personal statement of no more than 750 words that explains how your skills and experience meet each of the essential experience and technical criteria as listed in the job pack.
• A supporting CV outlining your job history and qualifications.

It will not be possible to provide feedback to applicants who are unsuccessful at the application stage.

Interview stage

Behaviours and experience criteria as outlined in the job pack will be tested at interview.

Candidates invited to interview will also be required to complete an exercise, assessing the experience criteria.

Full details of the interview process will be made available to shortlisted candidates in the invite to interview.

Sift to take place from 9th November.

Interviews are expected to take place in person at our offices week commencing 16th November.

All dates are indicative and subject to change.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. To be eligible you must meet the following residency requirements dependent of the level of security vetting required:

• SC: 5 years residency in the United Kingdom preceding this application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.