Financial Intelligence Officer - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Enforcement & Market Oversight

Financial Intelligence Officer /To Train as a Financial Intelligence Officer, Proceeds of Crime Team (Permanent)

Associate Level 9

The Role

Our Proceeds of Crime Team are now recruiting for an Associate on a permanent basis to join the team.

You will be working as part of a team supporting the effective delivery of the different investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as well as wider projects.

You will work flexibly across different cases and projects, providing the team with crucial intelligence, analytical and administrative assistance.

You must be willing to be trained as a Financial Intelligence Officer, committing to the independent study and timely completion of all relevant training courses necessary to successfully qualify.

This post requires the holder to have already successfully completed, or to achieve successful completion of, national security vetting to Security Check ("SC") level.

The key responsibilities will be:

To commit to successfully undertake the training to become a Financial Intelligence Officer, to submit appropriate Personal Development Plans and evidence of Continuing Professional Development as deemed necessary by the Proceeds of Crime Centre, to ensure accreditation is maintained.
Undertaking intelligence gathering and case building activities, such as submitting requests for information under the Data Protection Act 2018, the Anti-Terrorism, Crime & Security Act 2001, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and opensource enquiries, including use of software packages such as Altia to convert financial information to Excel, under the supervision of an Accredited Financial Investigator.
Conducting financial research and analysis, as well as general administrative tasks relating to investigations and the work of the team.
Using document management systems for the review of evidence, document analysis and initial classification of documents for relevance and disclosure purposes.
Drafting straightforward documents (including external requests for information, correspondence, memoranda, reports and minutes of internal and external meetings).
Supporting the team in search and seizure operations.
Ensuring that all case files and records are accurately and efficiently maintained including document scheduling, archiving and retrieval and ensuring all documents are maintained in accordance with agreed protocols.
Conducting timely and accurate complex document preparation including photocopying, collation, pagination, labelling, checking and listing.
To ensure management information is accurate and up to date, including running reports on confiscation activity from the Joint Asset Recovery Database.
Attending Court during trials and other hearings.
Reviewing documents and proof reading, including crossreference checking.
Working closely and collaboratively with case teams, Business Support and ancillary services used by Enforcement.
Attend and contribute to knowledge sharing events and identify opportunities for knowledge sharing.

About you

Minimum

Evidence of working within a regulatory or criminal investigation environment OR of working in an intelligence function in those environments.

Essential

Excellent judgement and good written and oral communication skills with ability to analyse, present and explain issues in a comprehensive and concise manner.
IT skills, including sound knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and other similar packages, including evidence management systems.
Experience of performing basic research and organising information in a comprehensive manner.
Strong interpersonal skills and strong team player.
Experience of working on own initiative including prioritising, foreseeing issues and working under pressure to tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.
Experience of proof reading and drafting straightforward documents and correspondence.
The ability to quickly analyse and understand the detail, purpose and context of our document management procedures.
Able to cope with and quickly resolve a range of case related administrative issues.
Flexible and willing to take on new tasks and responsibilities, to adapt to change and to support colleagues.
Dynamic and forward thinking with excellent initiative to diagnose problems and propose solutions.

Desirable

Some knowledge of the context of proceeds of crime work.

About us

The Proceeds of Crime Team, made up of Financial Intelligence Officers, Accredited Financial Investigators and professional business support provides a dedicated specialist team with the expertise to help the FCA meet its proceeds of crime investigative responsibilities.

This forms part of our credible deterrence agenda, around prosecution of criminal offences linked to our statutory objectives and remit within the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000 and Financial Services Act 2012.

We provide dedicated financial investigation resource to: