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G4 Senior Officer – SARs Exploitation and Engagement UKFIU

Employer
National Crime Agency.
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£35,846 London Weighting Allowance £3,339
Closing date
2 Dec 2019

Job Details

The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKIFU) sits at the heart of the international response to money laundering and terrorist finance. It has responsibility for receiving, analysing and disseminating Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), from the private sector, taking action on these reports and disseminating to partners. It provides the intelligence “engine room” for law enforcement action against money laundering and terrorist financing.
The UKFIU is currently being expanded and enhanced and a Home Office-led SARs reform programme is developing significant improvements to the regime. This includes replacing and transforming the SARs IT systems and related business change. All of which will ensure the effective running of the system and enable transformation of the SARs regime so that it provides a more effective response to money laundering and terrorist finance.

SARs Exploitation and Engagement Officers will be responsible for engaging with Police Forces and other Law Enforcement Agencies across the UK.

The key responsibilities will be to assist in the design, implementation and delivery of an extensive SARs training package for Police Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies. They will support the enhanced exploitation of SARs by all Law Enforcement Agencies through training, sharing good practice and collaboration. They will provide support to expert users, low usage agencies, mainstreaming policy, other data sets and future IT requirements.

Job description

This role will involve:

• Being part of a team ensuring the new Arena SARs system has new extensive training materials and products ready for the system launch.
• Assisting in the development of a thorough and comprehensive training package.
• Ensuring Law Enforcement Agencies are trained in the new system.
• Engaging with Police Forces and other Law Enforcement Agencies.
 

Responsibilities

This role will require:
• An understanding of crime and the illicit finance landscape including good understanding of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience of assessing information, conducting analysis and presenting results.
• Experience in effective decision making with accountability for decisions made
• Ability to engage credibly with Law Enforcement Partners
• Previous experience as a Financial Investigator or understanding of criminal investigation procedures including intelligence development, information/intelligence management and disclosure and previous experience of using Arena and Moneyweb is desirable

Technical skills

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

  • • An understanding of crime and the illicit finance landscape including good understanding of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity.
  • • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience of assessing information and presenting results.
  • • Experience in effective decision making with accountability for decisions made
  • • Ability to engage credibly with Law Enforcement Partners

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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