Financial Crime Intelligence Team (FCIT) Lead
Job summaryDo you thrive when challenged? Do you have excellent stakeholder engagement skills? If so, we would like to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to join Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt (CFCD) as part of their Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service (IRIS) Financial Crime Intelligence Team (FCIT).
The Financial Crime Intelligence Team (FCIT) was established in 2020 as part of the Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service (IRIS) within the Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt (CFCD) Directorate.
The function is to highlight new risks and threats by acquiring intelligence/insights from the Financial Sector to reduce Serious and Organised Crime (SOC), Fraud, Error and Debt (FED) and money laundering losses by working in partnership with the Financial Sector. FCIT also explores and deliver innovative solutions and pilots relating to payments, banking intelligence and automation across the Financial Sector.
The Financial Crime Intelligence Lead(s) are required to manage and lead the FCIT and will have split responsibilities: One leading on Fraud, New Risks/Threats/Payments and the other managing the Money Laundering (ML) or Illicit Finance operation including the Cryptocurrency Intelligence Desk and the Joint Money Laundering Taskforce (JMLIT). The posts will report to the Head of Intelligence for IRIS. These are exciting opportunity to join the team and lead on significant areas that may have major impacts across CFCD, FED and DWP. CFCD is a great place to work where the leadership team are passionate about attracting the best talent whilst nurturing and valuing new and existing colleagues to be the best they can be. We are looking for people who can demonstrate our values and commitment to leadership which are based around collaboration, resilience and inclusivity. We look for emotionally aware leaders who enable teams to be innovative, adaptable and flexible. We want you to be comfortable challenging the norm and finding daring and dynamic solutions that support our values and enable colleagues to shine in whatever role they do.
If you want to join somewhere that recognises the importance of work-life balance, where you can learn new skills and progress your career, then CFCD is the place for you. Come and join the CFCD team today!
Job description
- The FCIT lead for Fraud, New Risks/Threats and Payments will lead and own those activities and be responsible for co-ordinating the benefit savings opportunities.
- The FCIT lead for Money Laundering (ML) will lead the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Team (JMLIT), Cryptocurrency Intelligence Desk (CID) and also aim to develop the new Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) opportunities.
- The posts will jointly lead, manage and deliver the overall objectives of the FCIT and its function, design, it’s strategic direction will also be responsible for the overall Financial Sector engagement and report to the Head of Intelligence in IRIS.
- The posts will identify and engage with stakeholders across the Financial, Payments, Cryptocurrency sectors including external Law Enforcement Agencies
- Leads relationships with the key DWP FCIT internal stakeholders across Intelligence/Investigations, IRIS and within CFCD
- The posts will line manage direct reports and the wider Financial Crime Intelligence Team members who will lead on separate strands across FCIT.
- This role is a national role and will require frequent travel and overnight stays.
Person specification
Key criteria
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate the following:
- Must have experience within Fraud/SOC Threats/Risks or Money Laundering capabilities (specifically leading teams), in an intelligence capacity, and across the Financial Sector (Lead Criteria).
- Experience of Project Delivery and its basic components (Second Lead Criteria).
- You will be a self-starter and enthusiastic to make a difference to FED losses whilst working with the financial sector.
- Experience of working with senior partners across Law Enforcement including National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), National Crime Agency and Police Forces
- You will be a strategic thinker, self-starter and enthusiastic to make a difference to FED/SOC/ML losses whilst working with the financial sector.
Desirable skills
If based in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £55,557, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £16,094 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
- Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
- Support for financial well-being, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
- Health and well-being support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
- Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
- Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditation, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability and Experience.
Stage 1 - Application form
Please complete the first stage short application form.
Stage 2 - Civil Service Judgement Test
After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 17th December 2024. If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
Stage 3 – Written application and sift
As part of the application process you will then be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement.
The Personal Statement should be no more than 750 words detailing the relevant skills and experience you can bring to the role, based on the key criteria listed. Please pay particular attention to the lead criteria and second lead criteria as if you do not demonstrate these on your application, you will not progress to the interview stage.
When completing your Personal Statement, please read and understand the key criteria thoroughly, as this is what your written evidence will be assessed against. Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc. You may choose to address each criteria separately, however, one narrative example may cover and evidence several key criteria. You may not be able to meet all the key criteria, but please ensure you evidence the key personal requirements, what have you done that’s relatable to the requirements. You don’t have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used. Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why. What you can do, the skills you have that are transferable to the key requirements, and the life experience or passion you have that are linked to this role. You don’t have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
If you do not have work-based examples then please give examples from school/college, clubs, volunteering or other activities you have been involved in.
Your CV should detail your education, professional qualifications and full employment history. Your CV will not be formally assessed so please put the main evidence of your skills into your personal statement. Your CV will be used to add context to your personal statement.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead criteria or lead and second lead criteria. If so, we will sift on:
- Must have experience within Fraud/SOC Threats/Risks or Money Laundering capabilities (specifically leading teams), in an intelligence capacity, and across the Financial Sector (Lead Criteria).
- Experience of Project Delivery and its basic components (Second Lead Criteria). Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to an interview.
**Please note the closing date for your full application is 23:55 on 17/12/2024**
The sift is scheduled to be held from 13/01/2025 to 20/01/2025. These dates made be subject to change.
Stage 4 - Interview
If you pass the test and written application sift with the required score, you will be invited to a blended interview and will receive an electronic notification to your Civil Service Jobs account.
The interview will be conducted face to face at a location to be advised.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend a face-to-face interview, please ensure you state those on your application form when asked to do so.
Interviews are scheduled to take place from 27/01/2025, please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. Interviews will be scheduled Monday to Friday, between 09:00 to 17:00.
Communications will be electronic and/or by telephone therefore it is important that you check your Civil Service Jobs account regularly, as well as your spam/junk email folder. Telephone calls may show as a withheld number, it is important that you answer so that your interview can be confirmed.
Preparing for the interview
The interview will take approximately 45 minutes and will consist of behaviour and strength-based questions. A blended interview aims to be more of a conversation offering a more inclusive approach. The behaviour and strength-based questioning explores what you, the candidate, can and have done, but also your potential.
Behaviours
You will be assessed against the Civil Service Behaviours listed above at level 4.
To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the behavioural questions in advance of the interview. These questions should be treated as confidential and should not be shared. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions on behaviours, and those about your strengths.
An example of a behavioural question would be “Tell me about a time when you have had to deal with a difficult customer.”
It may help to use one or more examples of a piece of work you have completed or a situation you have been in and use the WHO or STAR model to explain:
WHO - What it was? How you approached the work/situation? What the Outcomes were, what did you achieve? or
STAR - What was the Situation? What were the Tasks? What Action did you take? What were the Results of your actions?
Strengths
It is difficult to prepare for strength type questions. However, you can think through your answers, focus on your achievements and aspects you enjoy and decide how these can be applied in the organisation and role. While strengths questions are shorter and we do not expect a full STAR response, the panel is interested in your first reaction to the question and information or reasoning to support this.
If you do not have work-based examples then please give examples from school/college, clubs, volunteering or other activities you have been involved in.
If you withdraw your application at any stage, it will not be progressed any further.
Stage 5 – offer
Once all interviews have been completed, you will be notified of the outcome by email. Offers will be made in strict merit order to the highest scoring candidate first.
The successful candidates will be notified of a start date following successful security checks, which is likely to be during April / May 2025.
Please note:
If you are offered the role you applied for, in a location you have expressed a preference for, and you decline the offer or are unable to take up post within a reasonable time-frame you will be withdrawn from the campaign and removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances*.
If we makes an offer of an alternative role or location to that which you originally applied for, and you decline that offer, you will be able to remain on the reserve list.
*Note: exceptional circumstances could be when a candidate has requested a contractual part time working pattern and this pattern cannot be accommodated in the initial role offered, or in cases of serious ill health.
You should also note that if successful in this campaign, you will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before applying for any other lateral moves within DWP.
Important information
Candidate pack
It is important that you take time to read the candidate pack which can be found at the bottom of this job advert. This provides further information about the role and working in DWP.
Location
Please see slide 2 in the candidate pack for list of possible locations.
The applicant who is successful after interview will be asked their three preferred locations via an offline email process.
You should only apply for suitable posts where you can travel to and from your home office location daily within a reasonable time. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed.
Hybrid working
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Working pattern
Part-time, part-year, term-time compressed hours and job-sharing working patterns within working hours will be considered but must meet business needs. We will do our best to let people with existing part time contracts retain their contracted hours provided they are in line with current business needs. Please note that successful candidates with agreed alternative working patterns may be required to work full time for specific periods to complete all training and consolidation.
Hours of work
The full-time working week in DWP is 37 hours. You may be required to work at any time between the hours of:
7:45am and 8:00pm on any day between Monday to Friday, and 8:45am to 5:00pm on Saturday.
Managers will agree working patterns with successful applicants within these business hours and review these as appropriate. You will be given advance notice of your personal schedule.
Further information
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Reasonable adjustments
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:Contact Government Recruitment Service via DWPRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :CFCD RECRUITMENT TEAM
Email :CFCD.RECRUITMENTINBOX@DWP.GOV.UK
Recruitment team
Email :dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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