Financial Confiscator - Economic Crime Unit (Transferee Police Constable or Detective Constable )

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Financial Confiscator to join Dorset's Economic Crime Unit. This exciting role involves investigating POCA 2002 asset recovery cases, ensuring victims of acquisitive crime are compensated, and becoming a subject matter expert in financial crime. Successful candidates will have the chance to work towards Detective Constable accreditation while contributing significantly to the criminal justice system.

Qualifications

• Accredited Financial Confiscator or Financial Investigator.
• Experience in asset recovery and financial crime investigations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for conducting POCA 2002 confiscation investigations.
• Investigate detained cash/property and ensure victims are compensated.

Skills

Financial crime expertise

Collaboration with Criminal Justice system

Education

NCA Accreditation for Confiscation

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Financial Confiscator - Economic Crime Unit (Transferee Police Constable or Detective Constable ), cheltenham

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

Salary: Between £29,907 and £48,231 depending on length of service.

Location: Bournemouth, England

Closing Date: 25th June 2025, Midday

Hours per week: This role is 40hours per week. However, we welcome applications from individuals wishing to work on a part-time basis and we are willing to consider flexible working patterns subject to business need.

About the role:

Applications are invited from accredited Financial Confiscators or Financial Investigators seeking to train to become accredited Confiscators.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Dorset’s Economic Crime Team and respond to the need to apply Part 2 POCA and Part 5 POCA to the cases that Dorset Police handle. The key functions of the unit are to ensure; where circumstances allow, that victims are compensated for their losses to acquisitive crimes and that where grounds exist the maximum funds are returned to the public and police through the various incentivisation programmes that exist.

The main duties of the Financial Confiscator will be to be responsible for investigating Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 asset recovery cases, and specifically to be responsible for conduct of:

• POCA 2002 confiscation investigations, including restraint and property seizure.
• POCA 2002 detained cash investigations and forfeiture
• POCA 2002 detained property investigations and forfeiture *
• POCA 2002 frozen funds investigations and forfeiture *

*POCA 2002 as amended by the Criminal Finances Act 2017

Financial Confiscators can expect to work closely with colleagues from across policing and the Criminal Justice system and will become a subject matter expert when it comes to financial crime and material.

Constables applying would be supported to embark on the ICIDP programme to become PIP2 Detective Constables if desired.

Qualifications required:

or

NCA Accreditation for Confiscation, restraint (Part 2)

Want to know more about this role?

Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to the vacancy on our website for further information about the role including the role profile. For further details about the role please contact Detective Inspector Allen 07530 197127 or Detective Sergeant Burnett 07584 348201.

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To apply:

https://recruitment-dcp-dp.org/media/3zzgbcte/application-form-dorset-financial-confiscator.docx