SOC Financial Investigator

Leicestershire Police; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional police force in the UK is looking for a SOC Financial Investigator to drive investigations into serious and organised crime. The role includes planning thorough investigations, identifying criminal assets, and providing advice to stakeholders. Applicants must have relevant financial investigator accreditation and experience in complex crime investigations. This position offers a full-time or part-time schedule and focuses on professional development and career progression.

Benefits

Career pathways and professional development

Formal training and mentoring

Qualifications

• Current or previous accreditation as a Financial Investigator.
• Complex crime investigation skills including asset confiscation and exhibit handling.
• Awareness of intelligence gathering with experience of financial intelligence submissions.

Responsibilities

• Planning investigations ensuring they are conducted thoroughly.
• Identifying criminally obtained assets and conducting confiscation inquiries.
• Providing specialist financial investigation advice to a range of stakeholders.

Job description

Overview

Uncover assets and disrupt serious and organised crime. As a SOC Financial Investigator for EMSOU, you’ll drive investigations into serious and organised crime. You’ll recover assets and obtain confiscation orders through development of intelligence and gathering evidence to help prosecute money laundering offences.

We have a full‑time (37 hours) and part‑time (25.9 hours) position available.

You’ll be

• Planning investigations ensuring they are conducted thoroughly.
• Identifying criminally obtained assets and conducting confiscation inquiries.
• Providing specialist financial investigation advice to a range of stakeholders.

You must have

• Current or previous accreditation as a Financial Investigator.
• Complex crime investigation skills including asset confiscation and exhibit handling.
• Awareness of intelligence gathering with experience of financial intelligence submissions.

Due to the nature of the role, applicants must have 5 years’ continuous residency in the UK.

What’s in it for you?

By joining us, you will be part of a team of highly skilled, professional, and dedicated colleagues and partners, who are committed to policing with integrity. We offer a range of exciting career pathways, formal training, secondments, mentoring and development opportunities to improve your skills and help you progress your career. We offer continued professional development, through events, guest speakers, and training for everyone. Your skills will help keep people safe.

What’s next

Please click apply to complete your application, stating how you meet the criteria as listed within the job description.

To support you with your application, we have provided some application useful guidance and our recruitment process.

Vacancy closes on Sunday 16th November 2025 at 23:55.

Who we are

We are a collaborative unit of officers and staff tackling the most serious, organised, and violent crime, counter terrorism and extremism and providing forensic services on behalf of the region.

To find out more about EMSOU visit our website.

EMSOU has a commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equality. We celebrate difference and encourage diversity of thought.

EMSOU are Disability Confident Committed.