Contract Type: Permanent Working Pattern: Full time Working Hours: 35 hours per week Salary: £70,877.87 per annum for Birmingham and Cardiff, £77,965.65 for London - with excellent benefits Location Options: Hybrid - Birmingham, Cardiff, London (Old Broad Street) Function Type: Investigations Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for risk assessment, intelligence, and proactive investigations? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can think on your feet, analyse complex data, and drive impactful decision-making? This newly created role presents an exciting opportunity to establish and lead our Proactive and Intelligence function, setting the strategy for risk identification and investigative excellence. The role As Head of Proactive and Intelligence, you will play a key role in the leadership of Investigations and the broader Investigations and Enforcement directorate. You will be responsible for building and developing the new Proactive team, shaping its approach and priorities to enhance our ability to detect and prevent fraud and emerging risks. With three direct reports, you will lead a team of Intelligence and Investigation Officers and Managers, working closely with risk analysis and data strategy specialists. Your role will be pivotal in identifying threats, assessing risks, and delivering high-quality investigations that create a credible deterrence across the regulated community. Experience in data analysis and interpretation, and innovative problem-solving will be essential for success in this role. You will collaborate with internal teams and external agencies, including law enforcement and regulatory bodies, to strengthen engagement and enhance risk management capabilities. A key focus will be on ensuring the management team has the right insights, using both data and qualitative information to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency. You will identify opportunities to improve the quality and timeliness of investigations, driving continuous improvement across the function. Please see the Role Profile on our jobs page for the full job specification. What’s in it for you? Establish and lead our Proactive and Intelligence function, setting the strategy for risk identification and investigative excellence Work collaboratively internally, and externally with government bodies and intelligence agencies Play a key part in delivering one of our corporate strategy objectives - strengthening our risk based and proactive regulation What we are looking for Detailed understanding of assessment and identification of risk and horizon scanning. Ability to analyse, assimilate and evaluate large volumes of information in an efficient and effective way. Understanding categories of and trends in Fraud, money laundering rules and legislation and of intelligence and investigative techniques. Able to make decisions at operational and strategic level. Experience of influencing and constructively challenging internal and external stakeholders. Proven experience of developing and maintaining relationships at a senior level with people of influence within a wide variety of government bodies such as a National Police Forces, SFO, NCA and also with banks, insurance, accountancy firms and other regulators. Useful and additional information There is a Role Profile attached at the bottom of the advert on our website. This role can be based in our Birmingham, Cardiff or London office. We operate on a hybrid working model which means working two days a week in the office, and rest of the week from home. There is a requirement for the successful candidate to be in the Birmingham office one day a week as the team and stakeholders are primarily based in Birmingham. The starting salary for this role is £70,877. For those eligible, an additional 10% London weighting will apply. If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert or on our website or would like to have a confidential chat you can contact us (click the 'Apply on website' button for full details). To apply Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role. The Cover Letter should be no longer than 2 pages. To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages. Closing date for applications is 24 March at 10:00 am. Interviews are anticipated to take place from 3 April. The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life. Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Vacancy closing date: 24/03/2025, 10:00 The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff. Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.