Cyber Forensic Investigator

Cyber Forensic Investigator - Senior Associate

**Salary**: Ranging from £53,300 - £65,000
- Are you interested in joining a team that has a _
- primary responsibility_
- for _
- conducting digital forensics?_

Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO) is responsible for the FCA’s primary market functions including monitoring markets, investigation and prosecution of misconduct, pursuing and remedying misconduct using the whole spectrum of criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and remedies against firms and individuals.

The division aims to:
- Be a world leading function, with professional and motivated staff, taking the right cases that have a positive impact on the way financial services work- Promote the conduct that supports trusted, orderly and efficient primary and secondary markets

EMO - Enforcement- Enforcement conducts forensic investigations into suspected misconduct and, where appropriate, pursues and remedies misconduct by firms and individuals through criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and orders including:
- Bringing criminal prosecutions and seeking penalties to deter misconduct-
- Requiring compensation to redress the consequences of misconduct, where appropriate

Enforcement’s case work is categorised into three tiers based on a range of factors. Tier 1 cases are the most important and /or complex, followed by tier 2 and then tier 3.

High level strategic oversight of Enforcement’s case work is provided by a Project Board made up of EMO’s Divisional Leadership Team. Project teams regularly attend Project Boards to provide updates to the Divisional Leadership Team and receive advice on case direction.

What you will be doing (the role)- Liaise with Investigation Case Teams, to provide strategic direction for digital forensic techniques in the recovery, processing and reporting of evidence- Responsibility for tier 1, 2 or 3 cases from a cyber forensics perspective- Preparing for and presenting at project boards in order to provide specialist advice and recommendations- Building, maintaining and owning effective stakeholder relationships with colleagues in other business areas within the FCA and with external bodies-
- Attending court to give evidence as required- Collection of digital evidence/material including desktops, laptops, storage media and mobile devices during onsite visits, including search warrants, carrying out detailed evidential analysis and making recommendations

What you will get from the role- You will have excellent learning, training and personal development opportunities. The Market Oversight Directorate is a supportive, close-knit, and team-focused environment- As an Academy business we place great value on your learning, and we offer development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations. Our Academy offers you a range of opportunities for personal and professional development, including our MSC in financial regulation, Advanced Managers programme, sponsored study and more- Exposure to interesting, varied work in a priority area for the FCA with the opportunity to provide significant technical and strategic input

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- 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 in our London office.

The skills and experience you’ll have

Minimum- Experience and expertise in digital forensic examination of both computers and mobile phones

Essential- Experience in Forensic Technology specifically working in eDiscovery and/or Digital Investigations- Experience working with an eDiscovery platform- Core Skills in Data Recovery and Analysis- Exterro ACE (FTK) or equivalent EnCase certification- Cellebrite, XRY or similar mobile phone examination experience- Strong written and oral communication skills in addition to well-developed organisation skills- Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with colleagues and other stakeholders and represent the department to internal and external stakeholders- The ability to make sound, evidence-based judgments and recommendations alongside a flexible and adaptable approach- Strong evidential analysis with the ability to make sound, evidence-based judgments and recommendations

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,