Financial Crime Apprentice, Financial Crime at Financial Conduct Authority

The following is a Apprentice Review for Financial Conduct Authority.

Financial Conduct Authority scores 3.7/5 based on 313 reviews.

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

The work is not repetitive, new day new challenge. Team work is an invaluable part of the way the FCA works and I believe it to be a key reason for our success. Working in a team with great management and support is a great feeling!

Worst

There a many processes involved due to the nature of the work and the reputational risks the FCA is open to.

Processes are in place to ensure everything is covered off in a sufficient manner that meets the FCA standards and does not open us up to scrutiny.

What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £17,000 - £19,000

Current salary: £23,000 - £25,000

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Be yourself, as an apprentice there is not that expectation that you should have experience. What will be valuable is your passion and drive to learn more.

What we do here at the FCA hits home to everyone who uses the UK financial services. For your application build on your own experiences of the financial services and your awareness of how the FCA has an impact on it.

Do you have any interview tips?

Smile and breathe.

Whilst you may be nervous as this is an interview, try and control your nerves so that it does not mask your personality too much.

To be offered an interview means that there is an interest in you and you have impressed your prospective employer in one way or another. This is a time for you to be yourself and to discover whether this is the right placement for you.