We are recruiting for two Financial Intelligence Officers (FIO) to join an established team, providing an intelligence research function in support of the Force Financial Development Unit. FIOs are responsible for receiving, processing, evaluating, disseminating, and accounting for intelligence. This is an exciting opportunity to support financial policing, developing valuable skills and knowledge.
Location: Southern Support Training HQ, Hamble
About the Role
As an FIO, you will assess and research suspicious activity reports to identify criminality and vulnerability and instigate the appropriate disruption activity. You will also be responsible for identifying fraud and money laundering offences from the reported intelligence, developing financial profiles, producing intelligence packages for Investigators, and liaising with subjects believed to be acting as money launderers. The level of fraudulent activity may range from volume fraud through to organised crime groups (OCG's). You will need to create and maintain spreadsheets to record your decision making and for data collection purposes.
FIOs support the Financial Intelligence Manager with research regarding all ‘defence against money laundering’ and ‘defence against terrorist financing’ requests.
You will be responsible for interrogating the Financial Intelligence Gateway (FIG) and other sources of information to develop financial intelligence, and you will be required to research and utilise all available intelligence from Police systems and external agencies that will inform Intelligence and Analytical products in line with the National Intelligence Model. The intelligence developed will support investigations, safeguarding activity, and the disruption of criminality.
This role also involves researching and reviewing past confiscation orders to identify assets now held, adding warning markers on RMS, and submitting PNC circulations regarding new confiscation orders.
FIOs act as deputy Force Financial Intelligence Manager when required and perform the functions of that role.
For further information about this role, please view the attached role profile.
About You
We are looking for candidates who are educated to QCF Level 3 or who have work experience deemed to be at a comparable level. You must be competent in the use of MS Office products, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel, and have experience of working in a busy office environment. It is desirable that candidates have experience of working in a research or intelligence role/environment and be competent in the use of PNC, PND, and RMS, however this is not essential.
The successful candidates will be required to pass a Financial Intelligence Officer accreditation exam and subsequent programme run by the national Crime Agency.
Hybrid working will be available once training is fully completed.
Benefits of working for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary
In addition to the competitive salary and highly rewarding career, our benefits include, but are not limited to;
- Competitive pension scheme;
- Generous annual leave allowance;
- Retail, food, and leisure discounts through Hampshire Police Leisure & Sports and Blue Light Card;
- Excellent wellbeing support;
- Gym facilities at a number of our buildings; and
- Fantastic career progression including development and secondment opportunities.
How to Apply
Please follow the online application link to apply. You will be required to enter personal details, complete our screening questions, and provide examples of when you have displayed the below competencies:
We are emotionally aware Level 2
We take ownership Level 2
We undefined Level 2
We support and inspire Level 2
We analyse critically Level 2
We are innovative and open minded Level 2
Your answers should also consider the values of courage, respect and empathy, and public service.
Your answers to these competencies will be used to shortlist applications and reading the above linked College of Policing webpages will assist you in completing your application. We also recommend you read through this candidate guidance for complete an application form.
Your answers to these competencies should be specific examples (from work, education, social, or home life) and should be a true account of events. To structure your answers, we recommend using the STAR technique which is explained in the above guidance document.
Your answers should be typed into the relevant section on the application form.
We recommend that you write your answers in MS Word before copying them into your application, to avoid the system timing out and you losing your progress. Our recruitment system uses a word count for your answer to each competency, but please do not use MS Word as a word count guide – the system will tell you how many words you have typed for each answer.
Contact details for an informal discussion
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Jane Dye on jane.dye@hampshire.police.uk. Alternatively, the Recruitment Team can be contacted on police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk.
