Financial Investigation Officer - London, United Kingdom - Public Sector Resourcing

Public Sector Resourcing

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Financial Investigation Officer - Inside IR35**
Contract Term: 12 months

Contracting Authority:
The Home Office

Location:
Cardiff, Manchester, Dover and Hounslow
The first duty of Government is to protect the public.

Since 1782, the Home Office has led work to keep the country safe from those who seek to do it harm; in doing so, we make a vital contribution to HM Government's plan for a stronger, fairer, outward-looking and united Britain.

The Home Office covers three systems: Homeland Security, Public Safety and Borders, and Immigration and Citizenship. These systems work collaboratively to deliver our cross-cutting priorities, whilst providing increasingly efficient and secure services for the public.

These are difficult areas that can rapidly change in the global environment we work in - this makes us one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.

Key responsibilities:

To support the mentoring of newly recruited trainee financial investigators successfully through their accreditation process.
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 that are associated with the OIC threat.
Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable us to exploit financial data and intelligence to support the evidence base needed to secure the prosecutions of OCGs.

Specialist skills and/or knowledge required:

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.

Specific or specialist Qualifications and Experience required

Current or recent POCC accreditation as a Financial Investigator and Confiscator.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._