Financial Investigation Manager

The Proceeds of Crime team sits within the Agency’s Investigation and Enforcement Services Directorate.

The successful candidate will report to the Head of Asset Recover and line manage a team of Accredited Financial Investigators providing technical, operational, and strategic guidance to the team.

You will be working at the cutting edge of money laundering enforcement, freezing and forfeiting criminal property, including cryptoassets and working towards the goal of preventing the abuse of our company register by serious and organised criminals.

Responsibilities

• lead the Proceeds of Crime team in delivering a full POCA recovery service to the Agency and its partner agencies across Government in support of the Agency’s 5-year strategy
• lead from the front, managing and undertaking work on larger or more complex projects
• become a Single Point of Contact (“SPoC”) with the National Crime Agency (NCA) Proceeds of Crime Centre
• support the team and wider agency in providing technical, operational and strategic advice on Proceeds of Crime work
• line manage a team of Accredited Financial Investigators
• contribute to the strategic direction of the Agency
• undertake high-level confiscation or other recovery work and liaison with other agencies and similar units where appropriate
• maintain individual accreditation with the NCA
• investigate criminal property vested in or moved through UK businesses
• identify entities, persons, and networks used to launder criminal property, including cryptoassets
• disrupt money laundering networks by all available lawful means
• freeze and forfeit property through POCA CRISP procedures
• when possible, return criminal property to victims of crime
• in all cases work to ensure criminals do not retain the proceeds of their crimes
• be responsible for deciding whether or not to grant to consent to Defence Against Money Laundering reports

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