Senior Threat Strategy Advisor - Subject Matter Expert

Please click APPLY to learn more and apply before role closes on 11:55pm Thursday 26th June 2025 Package is £56,888 inc base of £44,110 and Annual Pension of £12,778 60% working week/month from our Dover Hub – Flexi Hours/Flexi Time 25 days holiday and more About our Team HMRC\’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) tackles the most serious fraud, evasion and organised criminal attacks against the tax system, using a wide range of approaches, skills and capabilities including civil and criminal investigations. HMRC plays a significant role in tackling economic crime, delivered through its unique function as a tax authority, law enforcement agency and anti-money laundering supervisor. HMRC’s investigation, asset recovery and anti-money laundering powers complement and support the activities of the broader government agenda. Exploitation of the UK’s financial system has consequences for tax compliance and society’s perception fairness. Taking robust action when exploitation is identified, including through sectors HMRC supervises under the Money Laundering Regulations and criminal investigations, ensures there are consequences for those actions. In FIS Economic Crime, we work across HMRC and the wider law enforcement community, using a unique blend of skills and expertise to recover the proceeds of crime and protect the UK against the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, putting illicit finances at the centre of operations. Our operational teams tackle the financial aspects of cases to deter, disrupt and remove assets from tax fraudsters, sending a clear message that crime doesn\’t pay. This includes recovering the assets of crime using criminal and civil powers, taking action to ensure businesses in supervised sectors comply with money laundering and terrorist financing regulations and the post-conviction management of offenders. Targeting and tackling the financial benefits of tax crime is a powerful approach in disrupting attacks on HMRC. Using our unique set of powers (including confiscation at the conclusion of a criminal trial, civil recovery tools, insolvency or taking control of goods to satisfy an outstanding debt) to achieve maximum impact, we take the profit out of tax crime and return monies to the Exchequer, ensuring funding of vital public services. Job Description This is a key role in an interesting and high-profile part of the department which is at the forefront of disrupting illicit finance threats. The roles will include (and not limited to): • Working with and through operational teams across the Fraud Investigation Service (FIS), Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS), and the Fiscal Crime Liaison Network (FCLN) to deliver an effective and impactful response to disrupting TBML and/or Cash; • Supporting Threat Leads (TBML and Cash) in the development, implementation, and delivery of a coordinated strategic response to key domestic and international illicit finance risks within HMRC, and across other law enforcement government agencies and international partners; • Providing clear and concise briefings including key actions, drafting and preparing lines to take on current strategy plans for internal and external engagements; • Creating and delivering capability products to public and private sector both domestically and internationally to raise awareness of TBML, Cash and other associated illicit finance threats. • Provide technical knowledge and support to intelligence and operational teams to identify TBML, and/or cash and assist with developing opportunities for interventions in HMRC and cross government; • Working with domestic partners (such as Border Force and NCA) to understand the current IF cases in particular (TBML and/or cash), successes, challenges and looking for opportunities about what can be done to support progression of TBML and/or cash cases through civil or criminal interventions; • Liaising with international partners (such as Australian Border Force, Canada Border Service Agency and New Zealand Customs etc) to discuss current trends, commodities of interest, shipping routes criminal networks to align domestic and international activity, and therefore seek opportunities for joint working leading to some form of disruption; • Supporting the TBML Threat Lead devise and execute a realistic tactical priority plan on disrupting TBML or supporting the Cash Threat Lead execute the Cash tactical priority; and • Deliver training and capacity building to the law enforcement community domestically and internationally as required. Essential Criteria • Strong leadership, and excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of international and domestic stakeholders in the public and private sectors. • Demonstrate a high level of communication skills – both written to produce high quality briefing documents for senior leaders, and verbal, using good interpersonal skills to influence others. • A good understanding and/or a willingness to learn what illicit finances are, what opportunities there are to improve intelligence and/or data collection, to help identify and improve operational activity domestically and internationally. • Strong IT skills including using MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI. • Accredited financial investigator, have a formal criminal justice qualification (or similar) and/or experience of conducting civil or criminal investigations. Other Information • Must already hold or are willing to undergo a minimum of Security Check (SC) vetting status. Behaviours We\’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Seeing the Big Picture Working Together Communicating and Influencing Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. How to Apply As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following: A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences. Your CV will be scored. A 750-word personal statement clearly demonstrating how you meet the Essential Criteria, providing examples of past achievements and what you and your experience can bring to the role. The personal statement will be scored. Separate 250-word statements addressing the specified behaviours. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. We acknowledge that AI can assist you in your application. Find our guidelines here. #J-18808-Ljbffr