Deputy Director Fraud Investigation Services - Threat Management - Belfast About the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and strategic leader to join HMRC\\\'s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) at Deputy Director level, playing a pivotal role in protecting the UK\\\'s tax system.
Leading the Charge: FIS is at the forefront of HMRC\\\'s efforts to tackle the most serious civil and criminal fraud and wrongdoing.
National Importance: FIS is fundamental to managing the tax gap, achieving HMRC\\\'s strategic objectives, and promoting a healthy tax system.
Multi-Disciplinary Team: You\\\'ll be part of a diverse team of approximately 5,000 professionals with specialist skills across tax, counter fraud, and operational delivery.
Threat Management Focus: This role is central to ensuring FIS maximises its impact by deeply understanding key threats, setting clear priorities, and driving the operational plan.
Deliver the cross-HMRC strategy for tackling serious fraud, a high-profile and scrutinised area.
Shape FIS\\\'s response to priority tax risks, ensuring interventions deliver measurable impact.
Act as the threat lead for fraud, engaging with policy partners across HMRC, government, and internationally.
Performance & Governance:
Lead teams responsible for capturing, monitoring, and reporting on FIS operational performance at CCG and HMRC levels.
Establish a governance and performance framework to provide challenge and accountability.
Hold SRO responsibility for Tobacco and MTIC fraud, requiring engagement across Whitehall (Border Force, Department of Health, National Crime Agency) and within HMRC.
Hold responsibility for a number of partnership relationships with Intelligence Agencies and the Home Office.
Lead teams working on international collaboration (J5 and GFIP) with public and private sector partners.
Resource Management:
~ Accountable for the allocation of paybill budgets and the overall management of the deputy directorate.
Deliver your own areas\\\' contribution to the CCG business plan, focusing on improving engagement, reducing absence, managing risk and resource.
Drive National Strategy: You will be at the forefront of shaping HMRC\\\'s approach to combating serious fraud.
Make a Tangible Impact: Your work will directly contribute to protecting public finances and ensuring a fair tax system.
Extensive experience in working collaboratively and setting and agreeing priorities in a threat management context.
Significant senior stakeholder management experience (both internal and external)
Alongside your salary of £76,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
As a Civil Service employee, you\\\'ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.
25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years\\\' service. This is in addition to your public holidays.
~ This will be complemented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the King\\\'s Birthday.
~ Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.
~ Flexible working patterns and access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day as long as you work your total hours.
~ A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join and where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. Your contribution comes out of your salary before any tax is taken and will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire.
~ Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.
~ Use of onsite facilities (where applicable).
~ Occupational sick pay.
This campaign is being managed by HMRC\\\'s Executive Resourcing team. All applications should be submitted via Civil Service Jobs no later than 23:55 on Monday 19 th May 2025 and must include:
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The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
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