POCA Regulator & Trainer Economic Crime - Belfast
3 days ago
Belfast
About the job Job summary Discover what it's like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here. HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department's civil and criminal investigations. FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud. FIS is home to a wide range of people with a variety of skills and professional backgrounds - including accountants, cybercrime specialists, criminal justice professionals, tax professionals and operational delivery support teams to name but a few. We use a range of powers and approaches to protect funding for UK public services, investigating the most harmful tax cheats and ensuring nobody is beyond our reach. The Economic Crime (EC) deputy directorate forms an integral part of the HMRC Serious Fraud Strategy. Working closely across the department and the wider Law Enforcement community, using specialist expertise and modern technology we put illicit finance at the centre of operations. Economic Crime collaborate across various businesses and government departments to reduce the impact of serious fraud on the UK's tax system, recover the proceeds of fiscal crime and protect the UK against the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Capability, Assurance and People team sits at the heart of FIS EC within the Corporate Centre. The Corporate Centre is part of a wider programme of work being undertaken across EC which aims to ensure EC is working in the most effective way to enable it to meet its vision of being a global leader in the fight against Economic Crime. The Corporate Centre brings together a variety of corporate functions, previously being undertaken across the business, into one centralised team, removing duplication, building resilience, and reducing the burden on operational teams. Job description POCA Regulators and Trainers oversee the training, registration and monitoring of HMRC financial investigators across the UK. Working in partnership with the Counter Fraud Academy (CFA) and Proceeds of Crime Centre (POCC) at the National Crime Agency (NCA) they ensure that the training, assessment and monitoring of financial investigators within HMRC is in line with agreed national standards for law enforcement agencies. This is a national team, and the role can be carried out from any EC location. This post is for a Proceeds of Crime Regulator & Trainer who will also support HMRC's Counter Fraud Academy (CFA) Economic Crime portfolio holder with the ongoing development and delivery of financial investigation training to support the FI training pathway and other lines of business within CCG. Key duties of this post: • Registration, Monitoring and Training of HMRC financial investigators across the UK., • Monitoring includes preparing individual responses, action plans and formal suspension rationale, as well as travelling to meet individuals and their supervisors/managers and conducting workplace assessments., • Reviewing evidence submitted during training and assessing the evidence, continual reviewing of CPD evidence submitted ensuring individuals' compliance with the legislative obligations., • Supporting the designing, developing and delivering of training events, in financial investigation and asset recovery in partnership with HMRC Counter Fraud Academy and Proceeds of Crime Centre (POCC). Training to be delivered in either a face to face or digital classroom environment., • To create and deliver bespoke Illicit Financial training both within FIS and in other directorates as and when required., • Working in partnership with the Proceeds of Crime Centre (POCC) regulators at the National Crime Agency (NCA) to ensure that assessment and monitoring of financial investigators within HMRC is in line with agreed national standards for law enforcement authorities., • Maintaining own current competence, knowledge and understanding in financial investigation legislation, case law, training, procedures, guidelines, best practice and criminal typologies; and the appropriate delivery of training products, tutoring, assessing, accreditation and monitoring., • Supporting HMRC's Counter Fraud Academy in the design and preparation of training material., • Delivery of financial investigator training and other financial related training as required., • Setting or checking and advising on Action Plans, PDP's and CPD's., • Liaising and interacting with POCC on behalf of HMRC., • Disseminating best practice, policy and case law changes advised to HMRC FI's., • Networking with financial staff/managers located in Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) and Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS)., • High levels of interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to explain issues in a concise and straightforward way to a wide range of audiences., • Planning and organisational skills., • Strong decision-making ability and the application of effective problem solving., • The ability to work with the minimum of supervision and be highly motivated., • Effective report writing skills., • The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, and other Law Enforcement Agencies with the skills to build positive working relationships and establish strong networks., • Successful candidates will be expected to take part in and successfully complete appropriate assessor training. • Communicating and Influencing, • Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary., • Family friendly policies., • Personal support., • A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences of up to your last 3 roles with no more than 100 words per role., • A 750-word Personal Statement. Your personal statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the essential criteria and person specification outlined in the advert., • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020