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Senior Civil Recovery Financial Investigators

Employer
National Crime Agency.
Location
Belfast (City/Town), Scotland
Salary
£37,536 - £40,800 + London Weighting Allowance of £3,258
Closing date
25 Mar 2019

Job Details

We are looking for a Senior Financial Investigator to lead financial investigations in support of the National Crime Agency’s objectives, supervising or mentoring staff in support of this by applying the full powers of financial investigation against criminals and enterprises involved in serious organised crime. The NCA utilises financial investigators for both civil and criminal casework. We are looking to recruit financial investigators from a range of backgrounds to help us fill roles in both areas. 

Successful candidates will be required to have significant experience of criminal or civil investigations and in effective operational decision making with accountability for decisions made. Candidates will also need to have an understanding of criminal or civil law and UK legislation affecting agency activity (with emphasis on POCA in relation to money laundering offences, civil recovery and cash seizures) and recent experience of conducting criminal, civil or regulatory investigation on complex economic or financial cases. 

Due to the nature of the work, we encourage applications from: 

• Candidates with accredited financial investigator status 
• Candidates with lapsed accreditation as financial investigators (3 years or less) who are prepared to do the necessary work to reinstate that accreditation 


If you want to make the UK a safer place, apply today. See the candidate information pack for more detail 


Experience Criteria 

You will be required to supply evidence of: 
 

  • Significant experience of criminal or civil investigations
  • Understanding of criminal or civil law and UK legislation affecting agency activity- with emphasis on POCA in relation to money laundering offences, civil recovery, and cash seizures
  • Experience in effective operational decision making with accountability for decisions made

Person specification

For applications for Civil Recovery Financial Investigation only, please also write a second personal statement of 250 words on how you meet the below criteria relating to your investigation experience: 
• Recent experience of conducting criminal, civil or regulatory investigations on 
complex economic or financial cases. 

Qualifications

• Accredited financial Investigator, or lapsed accreditation within the last 3 years 

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • National Insurance Number - Required for monitoring purposes only

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check

 

Company

Organised crime is one of the gravest threats to national security - blighting communities, ruining lives and costing the UK well over £34 billion every year. Organised crime can feel distant from most peoples’ day to day lives, but it affects us all. From the sexual exploitation of children to the smuggling of illegal firearms, cyber crime, human trafficking and modern slavery - serious and organised crime is everywhere.

The National Crime Agency's role is to protect the public from the most serious threats by disrupting and bringing to justice those serious and organised criminals who present the highest risk to the UK.

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