Financial Investigator Supervisor - South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU)

Role Description

The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) is looking for a Financial Investigator Supervisor keen to progress their careers as part of our Regional Economic Crime Unit.

The Regional Economic Crime Unit uses financial investigation techniques to disrupt serious and organised criminals that are based in South West England. In partnership with other law enforcement agencies and government departments from the UK and abroad it works to bring criminal prosecutions and regulatory disruption and use the Proceeds of Crime Act to deny criminals the profits from their offending through confiscation and forfeiture.

You will be the case officer for some more complex cases and supervise the conduct of other investigations by the FI’s. These will primarily be investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and may include criminal money laundering, asset forfeiture and confiscation, confiscation enforcement, and Civil Recovery at the High Court. It will involve presenting case material including financial statements and attending court if necessary. You will supervise financial investigators and ensure work submitted for court proceedings meets the required standard.

You will work in conjunction with Senior Investigating Officers and the Crown Prosecution Service to set and manage financial investigation strategies for investigations being conducted by the wider Regional Organised Crime Unit.

You will monitor FISS CPD compliance across the team, and support and develop trainee staff to achieve and maintain accreditation in financial investigation and confiscation.

SWROCU is a collaboration of police officers and police staff from the five South West regional forces. We’re part of a national network of nine ROCUs covering England and Wales.

We have more than 20 capabilities that staff and officers work in to Pursue offenders, Protect and Prepare individuals and organisations, and Prevent people from engaging in serious and organised crime.

Our capabilities are here to advise, to assist, or to fully adopt investigations.

We work with local forces and national partners to target and disrupt criminals posing the greatest risk of Serious and Organised Criminality (SOC). This includes offenders involved in cyber threats, economic crime, drug conspiracies, modern slavery and human trafficking, and child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Police Staff in one of our five regional forces can find out more about SWROCU, read case studies and learn more about our capabilities on our dedicated microsite: https://www.southwestrocu.police.uk/

What we can offer you

Flexible working – with many of our roles we are able to be flexible regarding working hours and your primary location.
Continuous professional development – we encourage and support career growth, giving you the opportunity of a flourishing career.
Well-being support – we have many support mechanisms in place to assist in improving your personal health and wellbeing.
Other perks include discounts and savings for you and your family on retail, dining out, holidays and theme parks to name just a few.
Flexible local government pension scheme.

Skills, experience and qualifications required

Essential:

Allocate and manage the case work of the South West Regional Economic Crime Unit (RECU) Financial Investigators
Set Financial Investigation strategies in respect of investigations being supported by the SW RECU and supervise the RECU use of investigation powers under Part 8 POCA
Manage RECU investigations being conducted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Part 2 (Restraint and Confiscation), Part 5 (Civil Recovery in Summary and High Court proceedings) and Part 7 (Money laundering), ensuring work submitted to the CPS or the court meets the required standard
Develop and support South West ROCU staff to achieve and maintain financial investigation accreditation from the National Crime Agency Proceeds of Crime Centre
Provide support and guidance to the Unit Manager in the management of Suspicious Activity Reports received from the UK Financial Investigation Unit
To provide expert advice to senior managers and investigation teams on financial investigations and associated risk management and decision making
Develop and maintain close liaison with external agencies, groups and individuals to ensure the efficient and effective denial of assets by the SW RECU, and improve the understanding and use of Financial Investigation
To provide guidance, support and training inputs to the force and partner law enforcement agencies in all matters relating to financial investigation and confiscation
To manage and ensure that the team exploit all legislative opportunities to recover the proceeds of crime and compensate victims, including the investigation of cryptocurrency, financial exploitation of vulnerable people, and use of slavery and trafficking reparation orders
When required to perform the role of “SWROCU Financial Investigator”
To execute the powers designated by the Chief Constable (under Schedule 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017)

Recruitment and Selection

Recruitment webinar: Thursday 21st August 2025 1300 hrs

Hosted by the capability lead or a member of their team, this is an opportunity to find out more about the role, the team you would be part of, and ask any questions.

Please contact swrocurecruitment@avonandsomerset.police.uk, whereby invites will be sent accordingly. Please note that webinars will not be recorded

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - we would like to make you aware that this webinar will be a group video call which may show your personal details, such as your name and email address, to other attendees on the call. Attendees also need to be mindful of the misuse of personal data and information displayed in the webinar.

The closing date for receipt of applications is: Monday 1st September 2025 at 12:00hrs
Shortlisting will take place week commencing: Monday 1st September 2025
Assessments/Interviews will be held week commencing: Monday 15th September 2025

How to Apply

All applications are processed through the Avon and Somerset Constabulary online Oleeo portal.

Contact SWROCURecruitment@avonandsomerset.police.uk for further information.

If you reach the assessment/ interview stage of a process and become a reserve applicant, we would like to retain your application. This will be pending further vacancies arising for the same role in a 12-month period. By giving your consent this does not prevent you from applying for any other opportunities.

Additional Information

Vetting and safeguarding

This post is subject to a higher security clearance at MV and SC – Management Vetting and Security Clearance Level.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a five-year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last five years.

In accordance with the National Vetting Policy, SWROCU are committed to safeguarding and operate safer recruitment processes, to ensure a police service that employees are proud to work for because they feel safe, valued and part of a happy and supportive work environment. All employees and volunteers therefore will be subject to background checks including vetting and references.

Police Barred and Advisory lists

Individuals placed on the Police Barred and Advisory lists will not be considered for employment by the police for a minimum of five years from the date of listing in the case of gross misconduct, or three years from the date of listing in the case of poor performance.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

SWROCU is working hard to increase diversity and inclusion where communities are currently under-represented including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people of all ages, abilities, faiths, religions, gender, LGBTQ+ communities and those from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds who share our values and wish to make a difference to the communities we serve. All applications will be treated on merit, based on the evidence provided in your application and suitability for the role you have applied for.

Flexible and Part Time Working

All requests for flexible working patterns and part-time working will be considered and be dependent on the role, this includes job shares and part-time hours.

Travel to Work Protocol

This is an incentive whereby staff working for SWROCU may be able to claim compensation for travelling to work if they meet a set criteria.

For more information, please refer to a copy of the protocol attached. Should you have any questions please make contact with SWROCUBusinessTeam@avonandsomerset.police.uk

If you are interested to find our more information about this post, please email us at: SWROCURecruitment@avonandsomerset.police.uk