60% Flex/Hybrid working month from Croydon hub.
Role closes 11:55pm 17/11/25
About the Team
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 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 a Financial Investigator in the Offender Management Enforcement Team (OMET) you will be responsible for delivering a wide variety of complex and exciting POCA investigations including delivery of restraint and confiscation, detained cash investigations, listed assets and account freezing orders.
You will take the lead in proactively managing and investigating financial investigations in all recovery areas by working closely with tax professionals, insolvency professionals, forensic accountants and wider Economic Crime teams to identify alternative methods of recovery.
The role may also include HR line management responsibilities for Financial Investigator and Financial Intelligence Officers and management of those officers' financial investigations.
You will be expected to keep your knowledge and relevant accreditations up to date with changes in the law and technical and professional developments.
You will act as a role model by demonstrating HMRC values and capability.
Person Specification
We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate strong decision-making and problem-solving skills. You should have a proven ability to think laterally and drive forward investigations. Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to effectively communicate and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
* Court Applications: Attend court and make court applications and respond to questions from Judiciary and Court officials. Act as an Assurance Officer in line with the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002, other relevant legislation, case law, and Codes of Practice.
* Material Analysis: Analyse financial and case-related material to improve recovery opportunities.
* Case Preparation: Prepare cases for court and attend court to give evidence when necessary.
* Continuous Learning: Keep your knowledge and relevant accreditations up to date with changes in the law and technical and professional developments.
* Stakeholder Relationships: Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure Illicit Finance is at the heart of all FIS investigation work.
Role Model:
* Act as a role model by demonstrating HMRC values and capabilities.
* Mentor and support colleagues to lead and direct casework.
* HR line management responsibilities for Financial Investigators, Financial Intelligence Officers and other Economic Crime Operations staff.
* Case management of Financial Investigators, Financial Intelligence Officers and other Economic Crime Operations staff.
* Management Information: Maintain accurate Management Information on an ongoing basis.
Additional Responsibilities for Authorised Officers
* Operational Planning: Plan, lead, and deploy operationally to maximize cash and listed assets interdiction opportunities.
Wider Activities
* Deploy operationally on broader activities to enhance Financial Investigations in other areas of Fraud Investigation Service.
Essential Criteria
Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria
* Recent experience of undertaking civil or criminal investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, or criminal investigations, or managing a team undertaking this work.
In addition, candidates must hold at least one of these mandatory qualifications, please be clear in your application which qualification(s) you hold:
* National Crime Agency Financial Investigation Accreditation / Financial Investigation training.
* National Crime Agency Restraint and Confiscation Accreditation.
* POC Authorised Officer Training.
* BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma Enforcement Investigation.
* CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist.
* Policing Professionalising Investigative Practice (Level 2) (PIP2).
* Candidates must be able to arrive at our Croydon site within an hour of being called out.
Desirable Criteria
* Good knowledge of tax regimes administered by HMRC and Civil Recovery Options to maximise Asset Recovery.
* Hold a valid UK driving licence.
Qualifications
• National Crime Agency Financial Investigation Accreditation / Financial Investigation training.
• National Crime Agency Restraint and Confiscation Accreditation.
• POC Authorised Officer Training.
• BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma Enforcement Investigation.
• CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist.
• Policing Professionalising Investigative Practice (Level 2) (PIP2)
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Making Effective Decisions
* Working Together
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £42,631, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £12,350 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
* Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
* Family friendly policies.
* Personal support.
* Coaching and development.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
How to Apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
* A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences of up to your last 3 roles with no more than 100 words per role.
* A 750-word personal statement. Your personal statement should be used to describe how your skills and experience would be suitable for the advertised role, making reference to the essential criteria and person specification outlined in the advert.
Please complete a separate statement (Max 250 words) for the Desirable Criteria where applicable. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at interview.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
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