Economic Crime Supervision

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 292849**Salary**:

- £27,650 - £29,728- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMRC - CCG - Fraud Investigation Service**Type of role**:

- Investigation**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol Regional Centre (BS2 0EL)About the job

**Job summary**:
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, criminal justice professionals, tax professionals to name but 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 nobody is beyond our reach.

The Economic Crime (EC) deputy directorate 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 teams tackle the financial aspects of cases that will ultimately deter, disrupt and remove assets from tax fraudsters.

In the UK, the Money Laundering Regulations require certain businesses to take steps to prevent or reduce the risk of money laundering through their business.

The Regulations specify 27 bodies as supervisors of specific industry sectors covered by the Regulations. Along with the Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC is one of the Economic Crime supervisors in the UK.

Economic Crime Supervision (ECS) is a unique aspect of HMRC activity. It involves the regulatory supervision and enforcement of legislation designed to reduce the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. This requires engagement with a unique set of customers, stakeholders and delivery partners.

HMRC currently have supervisory responsibility for; Money Service Businesses, Trust Company Service Providers, Accountancy Service Providers, High Value Dealers, Estate Agents, Bill Payment Service Providers, Art Dealers and Letting Agents.

**Job description**:
The role of a Compliance Officer within Economic Crime Supervision (ECS) involves undertaking investigations involving businesses registered for supervision with HMRC.

This is a challenging role requiring flexibility in a fast-paced environment.
- Manage a caseload of anti money laundering (AML) registered businesses to deliver business targets/Key Performance Indicators.
- Undertake interventions to AML registered businesses primarily through face-to-face but also occasionally through desk-based interventions depending on the identified risks.
- Consider the degree of compliance with the Money Laundering 2017 Regulations, evaluate and test the credibility of policies & procedures statements, books and records or information obtained at visits to registered businesses ensuring that caseloads are processed within the required deadlines.
- Evaluate and test the credibility of a business and its compliance with the money laundering regulations maintaining a clear audit trail on all ECS systems.
- Closing cases in a timely manner ensuring consideration of appropriate outcomes supported by robust evidential conclusions.
- Share information with ECS, HMRC and partner agencies through the dissemination of intelligence via legal gateways by submitting accurate and timely intelligence reports.
- Take ownership of the quality and accuracy of own work while sharing best practice with colleagues.
- Ensure all systems are updated to account for all actions taken in a case ensuring that quality of work adheres to required Compliance professional standards.
- Work flexibly across teams and business sectors. Some overnight stays may be required. A full driving license would be desirable
- As an ECS Trainee, you will complete a Learning Routeway, this consists of 26 weeks of training specific to the role you’ll be undertaking.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**:
What we are looking for.
- A curious mindset with good analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to assimilate information from multiple sources and effectively summarise and articulate facts.
- Good judgement, problem-solving & decision-making skills.
- Due to the sensitive nature of the work, CTC level of security clearance is required. Applicants without this level of clearance must be willing to undergo the necessary level of vetting and secure relevant clearance.
- Being able to travel, occasionally long distances.

Applicants should write a 500-word statement of suitability demon