FCA Screening for those working in "controlled functions" for services providing financial services.
On the strictest interpretation it isn't everyone and only applies to a few roles.
However just like other compliance it tends to be applied by financial firms in a risk-averse maximal approach rather than a minimal approach. So it's not uncommon for background checks to be applied to all staff at a company or who provide services to such a company.
I don't agree with such maximal interpretation of the compliance rules, but this is how it happens and having that conversation with HR during interviewing is just going to get you excluded.
The original poster likely wants to avoid US travel too... given that it will require a visa due to moral torpitude.
On the strictest interpretation it isn't everyone and only applies to a few roles.
However just like other compliance it tends to be applied by financial firms in a risk-averse maximal approach rather than a minimal approach. So it's not uncommon for background checks to be applied to all staff at a company or who provide services to such a company.
I don't agree with such maximal interpretation of the compliance rules, but this is how it happens and having that conversation with HR during interviewing is just going to get you excluded.
The original poster likely wants to avoid US travel too... given that it will require a visa due to moral torpitude.