Financial Investigator

TN United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at Northumbria Police as a Financial Investigator, where your skills will help tackle serious crime and protect vulnerable communities. This role offers the chance to conduct thorough financial investigations, prepare evidence for court, and utilize your expertise in legislation to disrupt criminal enterprises. With a commitment to inclusivity and employee wellbeing, this position provides not just a job, but a meaningful career in public service. If you're methodical and passionate about making a difference, this is your opportunity to contribute to a safer community.

Benefits

Health and Wellbeing Support

Training and Development Programs

Flexible Working Hours

Inclusive Workplace Culture

Qualifications

• Experience with financial investigations and analysis.
• Strong understanding of criminal justice procedures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial investigations to tackle serious crime.
• Prepare and present evidence to support confiscation orders.
• Manage investigations into the recovery of seized assets.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Investigative Skills

Knowledge of Legislation

Attention to Detail

Education

Relevant Degree in Finance or Law

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Salary: Career Graded 7-8, £31,548 – £39,372

Location: Agile, Byker and homeworking

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England, we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training, and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard, and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline, and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job; it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

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The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively. Do you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Crime Department as a Financial Investigator.

This is your opportunity to conduct financial investigations to tackle the highest harm offenders involved in Serious and Organised Crime. In line with legislation, you will produce comprehensive files of evidence and use your expertise to decipher technical financial terminology and processes, ensuring this is understood in criminal justice procedures.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team who share a passion for disrupting criminal enterprises and who work hard to safeguard and protect vulnerable members of our communities in the Northeast Region. We are looking for individuals who are methodical, tenacious, and able to identify criminally obtained assets and, using thorough knowledge of legislation and available legislative powers, prepare documentation required to satisfy a confiscation or forfeiture hearing.

What you’ll do

• Be responsible for the collation, examination, and analysis of complex financial evidence and intelligence from a variety of financial institutions and partner agencies. Ensuring financial investigations are completed to a high standard within agreed time limits, utilising the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and other relevant legislation to maximum effect to secure the confiscation of recoverable assets from criminals.
• Prepare production order applications for submission to circuit judges. Serve the orders on the relevant institutions to obtain material in furtherance of financial investigations.
• Prepare and present written statements for submission to the Crown Prosecution Service and courts to support the imposition of forfeiture and confiscation orders.
• Attend court and give evidence regarding financial investigations.
• Restrain assets believed to be the proceeds of crime or suitable for inclusion in confiscation orders in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime Act.
• Lead and manage investigations into the civil recovery of seized assets and freezing of money in bank accounts suspected of being derived from criminality in accordance with POCA 2002.