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Economic Crime Supervision (ECS) HO - Promote Engagement Analyst

Employer
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
Location
Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds
Salary
£34,404 - £36,985 + benefits
Closing date
30 Jun 2022
Reference
208265

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Employer Sector
Government & Military, Public Sector
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time, Part Time
Job Type
Data Analytics

Job Details

Summary

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

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 professionals and operational delivery 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 none are beyond our reach. We target a variety of threats, including complex offshore evasion, international smuggling of illicit excise goods, exports of controlled weapons and technology, labour market abuses, money laundering, VAT and Self-Assessment repayment frauds and a host of other fraudulent attacks.

The Economic Crime (EC) deputy directorate brings together our Supervision, Proceeds of Crime Operations and Illicit Finance teams and forms an integral part of the HMRC Serious Fraud Strategy. Working closely across the department and the wider Law Enforcement community, using specialist expertise and modern technology we put illicit finance at the centre of operations. Our operational teams tackle the financial aspects of cases that will ultimately deter, disrupt and remove assets from tax fraudsters to level the playing field for the honest majority. EC has several specialist teams who perform unique functions within HMRC, but which are common to other areas of the public sector. Our Offender Management Enforcement Team are responsible for the management of HMRC's prison population, the enforcement of outstanding confiscation orders, the imposition of serious crime prevention orders and the extradition of HMRC's fugitives; Our anti-money laundering supervisors work across government and in partnership with the private sector to help businesses comply with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations - and take robust remedial action when they fail to do so.

As a supervisor of almost 40,000 businesses across nine high risk sectors, our team of almost 300 specialist staff is growing to meet that challenge.

Businesses we supervise include:

  • Money Service Businesses (MSBs)
  • Estate Agency Businesses (EABs) and Letting Agency Businesses (LABs)
  • Accountancy Service Providers (ASPs) and Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs)
  • High Value Dealers (HVDs)
  • Art Market Participants (AMPs)
  • Bill Payment Service Providers (BPSPs)
  • Telecommunications, Digital and IT Payment Service Providers (TDITPSPs)


Job description

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.

As a supervisor of almost 40,000 businesses across nine high risk sectors, HMRC is key to protecting the UK against the threat of money laundering and terrorist financing. We 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 fail to manage money laundering risks by not implementing the regulations. We use the full range of HMRC sanctions including civil measures and, where appropriate, criminal prosecutions.

In line with the government's Economic Crime Plan, which sets an ambitious agenda to strengthen the whole-system response to economic crime and illicit finances, HMRC is strengthening our approach to anti money laundering supervision - increasing the effectiveness of interventions carried out on our supervised population and using the full range of powers available to robustly tackle non-compliance.

Our team of almost 300 specialist staff is growing to meet that challenge, and, as part of our implementation of a new operating model, we are now seeking leaders to help build capability and deliver a robust approach that helps protect the UK from the impact of economic crime.

This is a key role within the Fraud Investigation Service. The successful applicant will be working in an interesting and high-profile part of the department which links into wider, cross-Government work to tackle money laundering/terrorist financing.

The role is part of the Promote team in AMLS. Through a range of communications initiatives, it works closely with compliance, operations and policy colleagues to help businesses comply. This includes webinars, e-learning, targeted email messaging/alerts and information on GOV.UK. It builds strong relationships with Trade/Rep Bodies and other government departments to align its external messaging, ensuring a consistent and integrated approach across the supervisory regime.

The successful applicant will have an interest in analysing data and will work alongside colleagues in the Promote team to design and deliver products for the businesses across each of the sectors we supervise.

Responsibilities

  • Analyse the communications activities used by ECS, reporting key findings to the SO, and propose future initiatives to help target our communications more effectively.
  • Represent ECS at internal and external events, helping to raise the profile and reputation of HMRC as an AML supervisor. This includes Civil Service Live and other key external industry forums.
  • Build strong and fruitful relationships with colleagues internally within ECS, cross-HMRC, OGDs, the NCA and law enforcement agencies.
  • Routinely review content on our GOV.UK pages to ensure its content remains up to date, is easy to access and is effective for our supervised businesses.
  • Work alongside colleagues in the team and wider ECS to regularly review our communication initiatives to ensure they are up to date, engaging and targeted in line with emerging risks within each sector.
  • Support the SO on behavioural insight projects as required and the wider Promote team on communications initiatives (webinars, email campaigns, e-learning).

Essential Criteria:

  • The ability to analyse a range of data drawing appropriate, logical and robust conclusions.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to be flexible and work to tight deadlines

Desirable criteria:

The role will suit someone who is passionate about tackling and driving down Economic Crime in the UK and is keen to improve HMRC and the UKs response to money laundering and terrorist financing.

Behaviours

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

  • Changing and Improving
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

 

  • Learning and development tailored to your role.
  • An environment with flexible working options.
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
  • A Civil Service pension.

Team members that are moving offices as a result of the Locations Programme will be entitled to a Moves Adjustment Payment for three years where they incur additional costs. This is calculated based on the difference between the costs of travelling to and from the new and old office, over a weekly period. You will get more detail on this as part of targeted locations move communications.

Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 30th June 2022

Company

HMRC is responsible for working out and collecting the taxes and duties that pay for public services including hospitals, schools, police, transport, defence and security, as well as for Child and other Benefits. We help to keep the UK running.

HMRC is committed to becoming a ‘data driven organisation’ and undergoing the biggest digital transformation in government with some of the biggest and most exciting digital projects in Europe

Internal Audit is at the very heart of HMRC and works with every area of the department. Looking at assurance on governance, risk management and controls, we help to ensure that HMRC plans and manages its performance, makes good decisions and is held to account on accurate financial and performance data. As well as undertaking compliance and risk-based audit work, we’re actively brought in early to help the business design assurance into its new products and processes. Most importantly, we enable HMRC to account for everything they do.

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