Financial Investigation Officer

This contract with our central government client is for a Financial Investigation Officer for 12 months in Croydon on site. The pay rate to candidate is £294.37 UMB, £219.10 PAYE.  

As a Mentor, your responsibilities will include:  

1. Supporting and mentoring newly recruited trainee FIs, and more established FIs, through the accreditation process.  

2. Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable FIs to effectively utilise legislation to tackle the proceeds of organised immigration crime, and identify and recover the criminal finances, money movement and assets that are associated with the OIC threat.  

3. Assist in building investigative capacity so every Criminal Investigation team has access to a local fully trained financial investigation resource.  

4. Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable them to exploit financial data and intelligence to support the evidence base needed to secure the prosecutions of Organised Crime Groups.

1. Experience of conducting financial investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 including, money laundering, restraint, confiscation, and part 5 cash, listed assets, and account freezing order investigations (Civil Recovery In Summary Proceedings (CRiSP) and taking these financial investigations through the associated Court hearings.  

2. Experience of drafting summaries / statements in criminal and civil proceedings and attending Court to give evidence.  

3. Experience of analysing complex financial data, including presentation in an evidential format for Court, and the completion and service of Financial Orders.  

4. Experience of applying the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in criminal investigations.