Connecting Talent to opportunity

Connecting Talent to opportunity

Civil Investigator

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Job Description:

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.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is one of the largest Government Departments and one of the country’s biggest organisations. Almost every individual and business in the UK is a direct customer of HMRC. We collect in excess of £500 billion a year in revenue from over 50 million customers across the UK.

We are an effective, efficient and impartial tax and payments authority with a vital purpose: To collect the money that pays for the United Kingdom’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support.


About the Fraud Investigation Service

The Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for dealing with cases of serious fraud and bespoke tax avoidance by way of civil and criminal investigations. These cases are the most challenging complex cross tax interventions that HMRC undertakes.

Sitting within Customer Compliance Directorate, FIS consists of approx. 4,500 professionals including a range of specialist skills such as forensic accountancy, cybercrime investigation and insolvency. Each year our teams bring in £billions of additional yield and deliver over 600 convictions.

FIS deploy the full range of powers and approaches to protect funding for UK public services, from surveillance and undercover operations to communications interception and cyber ops; investigating the most harmful tax cheats and ensuring nobody is beyond our reach. This plays an important part in building trust in the compliant majority and reinforces the Department`s fair and even-handed approach. Job description

You will be responsible for cases investigating individuals and businesses which are referred to the civil investigation team by internal compliance teams or from other sources. FIS use strong, data-led approaches to identify other cases that require investigation.

The complexity of these cases means that you will be involved in addressing risks across different tax regimes, collaborating closely with specialists on technical issues, working alongside FIS criminal investigation teams and making effective use of HMRC powers.

You will be encouraged to use your experience and skills to help others across the team, which will give you the opportunity to demonstrate and develop inventive ways of tackling fraud and how you can use the resources available most effectively to work cases and meet FIS priorities.

Now, more than ever, our Investigators are necessary to guard the revenues that ensure public services can protect everyone and keep us safe.

Making FIS a great place to work is a key priority and you will be fully supported in your development and wellbeing. You will receive relevant training, including how to tackle tax fraud under the investigation of fraud procedures using Code of Practice 9.

We have roles available in the following locations, you will be asked to state your location preference on your application form
• 15 x Any FIS RC location (excluding London)
• 5 x Manchester/Salford
• 5 x Birmingham
• 3 x Bristol
• 3 x Glasgow
• 2 x Nottingham
• 2 x Newcastle upon Tyne
• 2 x Portsmouth
• 2 x Liverpool
• 1 x Leeds
• 1 x Belfast (Carne House)

If you have questions for the Vacancy Holder

We have a call booked in for interested candidates to dial-in and speak to us about the role. This has been booked for 02/11/21 between 12:30-13:30. To join us, potential applicants should call 0203 321 5238 and use entry code 694653676#

Responsibilities As a Civil Investigator, you will play a key role in the way we operate across FIS. Within your role you will:

• Lead your own investigations and support others as part of a multi-grade team to conduct compliance interventions.
• Identify risks and lead on complex civil investigations in line with Compliance Professional Standards using.
- HMRC Code of Practice 9 where we suspect fraud; or
- HMRC Code of Practice 8 for those who deliberately try to pay less than the correct amount of tax or take advantage of a scheme or device to reduce a tax liability.
• Investigate tax risks effectively through engagement with the customer, agent, third parties, specialists and others, including the use of HMRC powers when appropriate.
• Monitor and maintain quality and delivery targets in line with forecasts, making recommendations to your Operational Leader as appropriate and being accountable for your decisions.
• Act as a leader and mentor to less experienced team members to improve capability and performance.
• Lead case teams drawn from across HMRC to provide an effective response to complex and emerging risks.
• Develop innovative ways of tackling fraud to address new risks utilising resources effectively to meet the FIS priorities.
• Please note: Travel and overnight stays may be required across the UK.

Essential Criteria: For the Civil Investigator role, you will need to demonstrate:

• Proven experience operating at a senior level in a Tax environment or experience of complex tax investigations across a variety of Heads of Tax relating to corporate entities, individuals and partnerships.
• Ability to work with customers and their agents respectfully but effectively in seeking evidence to acquire facts to understand arrangements or transactions, to reach an appropriate outcome.
• The ability to undertake detailed analysis, consider options, make decisions and set direction.

Additional Requirements and Qualifications

Applicants must have completed one of the below;
• Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) qualification, or
• Chartered Accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, CAI, ACCA) qualification, or
• Successfully completed the HMRC Tax Specialist Programme, or one of its predecessors (TPDP, IDP, ITS2, CPT, FT2), or
• Be a qualified solicitor with post qualification experience in tax, or
• Successfully completed BDDP, ITS1 or equivalent Pathway training in direct tax, VAT or Employment Duties