Criminal Investigator

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

- 389491

**Salary**:

- £36,320 - £44,614
- London Weighting applies minimum salary £41,289 maximum salary £44,614
(Stratford, Croydon)
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- HMRC - CCG - Fraud Investigation Service

**Type of role**:

- Investigation

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 14

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Location
- Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Dover, Gartcosh, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Stratford

About the job

**Job summary**:
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**About HMRC**

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is one of the UK’s largest organisations, with around 60,000 employees, collecting over £605 billion in tax revenue. We are an effective, efficient and impartial tax and payments authority with a vital purpose: to collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.

**About Fraud Investigation Service**

HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department’s civil and criminal investigations.

FIS provides HMRC with an effective investigation arm to enforce the Department’s compliance policies. This enables the Department to deliver against the strategic responsibilities across all the taxes and duties it administers. This includes complex offshore evasion, international smuggling of illicit excise goods, exports of controlled weapons and technology, labour market abuses, VAT and Self-Assessment repayment frauds and a host of other fraud attacks targeted at the tax system.

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 support teams 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.

These roles are for Criminal Counter Fraud Investigators - within our different FIS business areas, Organised Crime, Individuals and Businesses and Offshore, Corporate and Wealthy, Economic Crime and Internal Investigations.

In this role, you will use HMRC’s legislative powers to investigate and gather evidence against individuals, corporate entities, and organised crime groups that target our tax systems. Your work will be crucial in building, advancing, and strengthening criminal and financial investigations to prosecute and disrupt serious tax fraud.

**Job description**:
As a Criminal Investigator at HMRC, you will play a key role in leading and advancing investigations, ensuring they are conducted to the highest standard. You will work closely with investigation teams, legal professionals, and law enforcement agencies to identify and pursue all reasonable lines of inquiry. This role requires strong decision-making, analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex cases within legal and procedural frameworks.

**Core Responsibilities**

**Lead and Manage Investigations**
- Provide direction to investigation officers, set deadlines, and ensure regular engagement with the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO).
- Take ownership of case decisions and actions, ensuring they withstand scrutiny from senior officers, the courts, and external authorities.
- Maintain oversight of tasks, update case management systems, and assess risks in parallel civil and criminal investigations.

**Operational Duties**
- Conduct searches of premises under warrant or statutory provisions, seizing and detaining goods as required.
- Make dynamic decisions in line with legislation and policy.
- Carry out arrests, conduct searches of individuals, and manage potentially confrontational situations.
- Develop and implement interview strategies, conducting interviews under caution while supporting junior colleagues.

**Legal and Forensic Strategy**
- Draft and review interview transcripts, witness statements, and case files to meet legal standards.
- Serve as the Disclosure Officer/Reviewing Officer, ensuring compliance with legislative, judicial, and departmental guidelines.
- Prepare and submit prosecution files to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions.

**Collaboration and Court Proceedings**
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including HMRC di