Offender Management Investigator - Croydon - Ruskin Square
1 day ago
Croydon
About the job Job summary Discover a career in your hands at HMRC. Whether you're seeking purpose, growth, or a workplace that gives you a true sense of belonging, hear from some of our employees as they share their story about what it's really like to work at HMRC. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full series and come and discover your potential. 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 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 none are beyond our reach. We target a variety of threats, including complex offshore evasion, international smuggling of illicit excise goods, exports of controlled weapons and technology, labour market abuses, money laundering, VAT and Self-Assessment repayment frauds and a host of other fraudulent attacks. The Economic Crime (EC) deputy directorate brings together our Supervision, Proceeds of Crime Operations and Illicit Finance teams and 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. Our operational teams tackle the financial aspects of cases that will ultimately deter, disrupt, and remove assets from tax fraudsters to level the playing field for the honest majority. EC has several specialist teams who perform unique functions within HMRC, but which are common to other areas of the public sector. Job description As an Offender Management Investigator in the OMU, you will work with colleagues across HMRC and with external law enforcement agencies to monitor, deter and disrupt HMRC nominals post-conviction. You will pro-actively engage with HMRC's response to Lifetime Offender Management now Multi Agency Response to Serious Organised Crime (MARSOC) - a HM Government priority, to address the threat posed to the UK, by entrenched recidivist serious organised criminals with novel targeted approaches to prison management, post sentence monitoring, tackling recidivism and financial interventions. You will work collaboratively across all areas of OMET including offender monitoring on the prison estate, fugitive tracing, confiscation enforcement and SCPOs. This work is complex and challenging. You will undertake and manage Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) financial requests acting as case officer. Be involved with PoCA investigations, cash, listed assets, account freezing orders and restraint & confiscation. You will be expected to keep your knowledge and relevant accreditations up to date with changes in the law and technical and professional developments. The role will include you taking responsibility for building and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external (NCA, ROCU, DWP and HMPPS) to ensure the success of MARSOC and MARSOC investigations. You will act as a role model by demonstrating HMRC values and capability. Person specification The ideal candidate will have: • Exceptional problem-solving skills and a systematic approach to investigation., • The proven ability to think laterally and to drive performance improvements across all areas of OMET., • The ability to communicate, negotiate, persuade, and lead across multi-functional teams., • Strong decision-making ability and the application of effective problem solving., • The ability to be a strong team player, self-motivated and determined to drive forward OMET proactive investigations including recovery, utilising all the available powers and tools within FIS and FIS Economic Crime., • Plan, lead and deploy operationally to maximize cash and listed assets interdiction opportunities., • BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Enforcement (Criminal Investigation)., • University of Portsmouth CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (Investigation)., • University of Northumbria CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (Investigation)., • Recent experience of investigation serious fraud through Criminal Investigations or managing a team undertaking this work., • Knowledge of the other capabilities within EC Ops and how these can be brought together to achieve a more powerful operational outcome for FIS and support the wider Government agenda., • Experience of working and liaising with external law enforcement agencies, • Working knowledge of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 and Criminal Finance Act 2017 (Financial Investigation accreditation will be provided if not already accredited), • Making Effective Decisions, • 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 (max 500-words) including your job history, qualifications and previous experiences for up to your last 3 roles. This will be scored against the Person Specification. Please match your experience here., • Making Effective Decisions, • 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