Location
Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
This contract with our central government client is for a Investigation Officer for 12 months. The role is located in Liverpool and is hybrid with 2-3 days per week onsite. There is a pay rate of £294.37 LTD / UMB or PAYE - £216.78.
Contractors will support and mentor newly recruited trainee financial investigators as they progress through the FI pathway. Financial Intelligence Officer, Financial Investigator, Part 5 and Confiscation PDPs will continue to be monitored and signed off by CFI tutors as per PoCC requirements. Current FI accreditation is not required however Contractors will have significant experience of working on POCA investigations and therefore candidates will have had FI accreditation previously. Confirmation of this will be obtained from Proceeds of Crime Centre. Whilst Contractors will be based in a single location, they will be expected to share their POCA knowledge with FIs across multiple CFI locations
Deliverables include:
- To support and mentor newly recruited trainee financial investigators successfully through their accreditation process.
- To 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 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.
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 and POCA investigations (namely frozen funds).
- Current or previous POCC accreditation as a Financial Investigator and have undertaken Civil Recovery In Summary Proceedings (CRiSP) training. Previous confiscation training is desirable.
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