Risking Officer - Stratford Regional Centre - Westfield Avenue

About the job

Discover what it's like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here. HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department's civil and criminal investigations. FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud.

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 & insolvency 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.

Economic Crime undermines the integrity and stability of the global economy, denies funding to critical public services and destroys lives. Criminals often seek to use legitimate channels to launder the proceeds of crime, directly enabling the trafficking of people and drugs, illegal sale of arms and the funding of terrorism. HMRC plays a significant and unique role in tackling the threat posed by economic crime - as a tax authority, a law enforcement agency and as a supervisor under the Money Laundering Regulations.

The Economic Crime Supervision (EC-S) team of almost 300 specialist staff, support those businesses who want to do the right thing, educating them on the impact of money laundering and terrorist financing, the risks they face, and the consequences of not taking action. We safeguard the sectors by preventing criminals and unfit persons obtaining roles in businesses we supervise and pursuing those businesses that should be registered for supervision but aren't. And we respond robustly when businesses do not properly manage money laundering risks by failing to implement the Money Laundering Regulations. We use the full range of HMRC sanctions, including civil measures and, where appropriate, criminal prosecutions.

Join the EC-S Risk - Tactical Risking Team (TRT)

Are you looking for a dynamic and impactful role in tackling economic crime? This is an exciting opportunity to join the Tactical Risking Team (TRT) within Economic Crime Supervision (EC-S), whose core mission is to reduce the vulnerability of supervised businesses to money laundering and terrorist financing. TRT plays a vital role by preparing compliance packages enabling our visiting officers to carry out robust interventions.

Due to internal movements, we now have vacancies on the team. We're looking for motivated individuals who can:

• Develop risk-based case packages for delivery to EC-S Compliance teams.
• Analyse sensitive and non-sensitive data across multiple systems to build profiles of businesses and individuals.
• Assess money laundering and terrorist financing (MLTF) risks using HMRC, third-party, and open-source data.
• Stay informed on relevant policies, procedures, guidance, and legislative changes affecting HMRC's anti-money laundering supervisory regime.
• Record and report statistical data to support management priorities, especially in fast-changing environments.
• Actively contribute to team meetings, case reviews, and cross-team collaboration within EC-S Risk.

Person specification

The person we are looking for:

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills; thrives both in collaborative team environments and when working independently.
• Possesses a curious mindset with sharp analytical skills and keen attention to detail; able to assimilate information from diverse sources and clearly summarise key insights.
• Adaptable, creative, and solution-oriented when navigating challenges and change.
• Exercises sound judgement with effective problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Works confidently within guidelines, applying discretion and judgement within defined parameters, even under tight deadlines.
• Committed to continuous improvement in performance-driven environments.
• Plans and organises effectively, anticipating risks to proactively mitigate potential issues.
• Communicates clearly and succinctly when presenting to groups.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications, including OneNote, Word, Excel, and others.
• Occasional travel to other HMRC locations will be required, including overnight stays.

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft 365 applications, including OneNote, Word, Excel in a professional or educational environment.
• Experience evaluating multiple information sources to form judgements in a professional or educational environment.

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge and understanding of the UK Anti-Money Laundering regime and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,096, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £9,008 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days. Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary. Family friendly policies. Personal support. Coaching and development.

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