Financial Investigation Officer

Financial Investigation Officer – Hybrid Working 

Location: Cardiff / Manchester / Dover / Hounslow. The role requires flexibility and a willingness to travel occasionally. 

Contract Length: 12 months

Candidates must have current or recent POCC accreditation as a Financial Investigator and Confiscator

Key accountabilities:

• Support and mentor newly recruited trainee financial investigators successfully through their accreditation process.
• Assist in building investigative capacity so every Criminal & Financial Investigation team has access to a local fully trained financial investigation resource.
• Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable financial investigators to fully utilise legislation to tackle the proceeds of organised immigration crime.
• Financial investigators will identify and recover the criminal finances, money movement and assets
• Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable the Department to exploit financial data and intelligence to support the evidence base needed to secure the prosecutions.

Key requirements:

• Experience of conducting financial investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 including, cash detention, confiscation, part 5 (civil recovery), listed assets and account freezing order investigations.
• Experience of taking these financial investigations through the associated Court hearings is also required.
• Experience of drafting summaries / statements in criminal and civil proceedings and attending Court to give evidence.
• Experience of analysing complex financial data and the presentation of such in an evidential format for Court and the completion and service of financial orders.
• Experience of applying the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in criminal investigations.
• Mentoring/ training experience
• Current or recent POCC accreditation as a Financial Investigator and Confiscator