Head of Economic Crime Reform & Funding

Economic crime and illicit financial pose a significant risk to the UK. These threats harm UK citizens, economic security and growth, the integrity of the financial system, and our reputation as a great place to invest and do business.

The public and private sector work closely together to tackle these threats. HM Treasury and the Home Office are responsible for developing and driving ambitious reforms to the UK’s system to cut economic crime, to protect national security and support the UK’s legitimate economic growth and competitiveness.

About the Team

The Sanctions and Illicit Finance team (SIF) is a friendly, busy, outward-facing team of c.30 people. We develop policies and legislation to address economic crime and illicit finance in the UK and overseas, to help protect the stability of the global financial system.

About the Job

This is an exciting domestic-facing role, focused on ensuring the government, law enforcement agencies and private sector deliver critical economic crime reforms ahead of the UK’s next assessment by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF); and that our economic crime reform agenda is proportionately and sustainably funded in the years ahead. 

In this role, you will:

1. Work collaboratively with Home Office, law enforcement, Department for Business & Trade, and the private sector to drive and deliver economic crime reforms.
2. Lead on implementation and evaluation of an innovative new economic crime levy.
3. Work on ensuring economic crime reform is appropriately funded beyond the levy, including through the next Spending Review.
4. Help prepare for the UK’s next FATF assessment, including tracking law enforcement outcomes and the impact of the UK’s economic crime reforms.

About You

You must have strong collaboration skills, and an ability to work collegiately across multiple departments, industry groups and governance structures to develop and deliver policy, in an environment where you do not always hold all of the hard levers to drive progress. You will need to be able to identify key priorities and risks across different strands of work, and think strategically about your department’s objectives and the best way to achieve them.

Previous knowledge of government spending processes or tax policy development would be very useful, as the ability to navigate HM Treasury processes, and make effective judgements on funding and value for money, will be key. Experience of anti-money laundering or economic crime is not essential, provided you are comfortable picking up new technical areas; you would also be supported with training and development opportunities to get to grips with the subject matter.     

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the Treasury, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.   

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