Cambridgeshire Constabulary
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# Senior Financial Investigation Manager (SFIM) – Permanent Full-Time
Location: Newmarket, Stevenage | Grade: PO5 | Salary: £62,940 | Hours: 37 per week
## About the Role
The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) is seeking a Senior Financial Investigation Manager (SFIM), who will provide industry-leading strategic and operational leadership in financial investigation and asset recovery across the eastern region.
This role is critical to disrupting and dismantling serious and organised crime, ensuring effective use of financial investigation powers. As SFIM, you will:
- Lead specialist financial investigators (primarily from the Proceeds of Crime Unit)
- Drive consistent high-performance operational delivery, prioritising best practice in financial investigations, confiscation, and enforcement
- Work across forces, regional policing teams, and partners such as the Crown Prosecution Service to support complex investigations and promote tangible criminal justice outcomes
You will operate autonomously and with a high degree of accountability, making independent and evidence-based decisions while demonstrating adversarial thinking in dynamic operational settings. Critical components of this role include:
- Managing risk and providing complex decision-making under pressure
- Translating advanced insight into strategic, proportionate action
- Maintaining accountability without excessive supervision
## Responsibilities
Key duties include:
Strategic Leadership
- Oversee operational strategic planning and financial investigation partnerships
- Ensure alignment with national organised crime priorities and priorities
- Provide leadership in financial intelligence and asset recovery across multiple forces
Specialist Investigation Support
- Supervise a team of specialist financial investigators to achieve operational delivery goals
- Support-and-delivery of complex POCA (Proceeds of Crime Act) cases, confiscation efforts, and enforcement activities
- Maintain compliance with legislative frameworks and force accountability standards
Collaborative Partnerships
- Engage with national and cross-force partners to maximise asset recovery opportunities
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with investigative and enforcement services
- Support structured and professional multi-agency investigations.
Decision-Making and Accountability
- Exercise competent decision-making based on sound operational and risk-based assessments
- Demonstrate of adversarial mindset, ensuring investigationらない薄く検証される判断マイ鼎随意 срок эффективность conversations
- Ensure all actions adhere to police policies, legal requirements, and organisational integrity.
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## What We Are Looking For
We are seeking individuals with:
- Extensive experience (10+ years) in financial investigation and asset recovery, including advanced knowledge of:
- Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) legislation and its application in operational environments
- Financial forensics – understanding networks and proceeds of crime trade
- Senior Leadership capability with proven management expertise:
- Team development within dynamic, high-stakes environments
- A mindset leading complex decision-making and strategic direction where needed
- Specialist critical-thinking to handle high volumes of complex data and evidence:
- Ability to translate intricate information to data-driven solutions
- Ability to excel in unstructured, but evidence-based methodologies
- Professional Accountability, demonstrating resilience, independence, efficiency, and compliance
- Minimal supervision needed with clear operational accountability
- Cross-partner collaborative experience across law enforcement and enforcement agencies:
- Proven track-record of influencing and delivering results across siloed structures
## About ERSOU – Who We Are and What We Do
Formed in 2010 and funded by 7 Eastern police forces, ERSOU is a forward-thinking unit focused on Serious and Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism efforts within the region.
ERSOU:
- Combines officers and police staff from multiple forces and partner agencies
- Offers unique specialism opportunities, such as regional-level strategic investigation expertise
- Facilitates intellectual and operational collaboration, ensuring targeted impact against crime threats
Joining ERSOU provides a dynamic environment where:
- You can develop expertise in specialist areas such as financial crime mitigation
- Career progression opportunities through shared learning across regional investigations
- Contribution to public safety objectives via targeted, justice-driven initiatives
## Benefits & Opportunities for Growth
ERSOU invests in employees through:
- Blue Light discounts – access to specially priced infrastructure purchases
- Generous pension scheme and flexible work arrangements
- Networking and inclusion initiatives – support groups for:
- Women
- LGBTQ+ employees
- Parents and carers
- Health and wellbeing champions
## Key standpoints on diversity & equity
We enthusiastically promote a diverse senior workforce, actively working to reflect the communities we serve. ERSOU welcomes applications from:
- Women
- BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic)
- Disabled candidates
- LGBTQ+ allies
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## Vetting Requirements & Equality Criteria
Applicants must meet the following vetting requirements:
- People of all backgrounds
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Applicants must hold or obtain Management Vetting (Level 3) and Security Clearance based on current residency criteria.
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Due to the sensitive nature of work, restricted eligibility criteria applies:
- Open only to UK Nationals; Dual-national candidates may be required to relinquish non-British nationality upon confirmation.
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British Nationality Required: One of your parents should be:
- A UK citizen
- A citizen of a British Overseas Territory
- A Commonwealth citizen
- An United States citizen
- Or meet substantial ties to the UK (demonstrated residency or familial history).
- Marriage and Cohabitation Policy Aspiring internal or external candidates should be aware that marriage to/cohabitation with non-British nationals will trigger Security Check Reviews by case merit.
As part of the recruitment process, please select “Yes” in response to 'Are you a British National' during application steps.
## Further Information
Contact ASK.ERSOU@beds.police.uk
- Emails handled directly by HR/recruiting managers within 3 working days
## Additional Notes for Applicants
✅ All internal candidates must have successfully completed probation before progressing.
For Internal Candidates (Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, or Hertfordshire Constabulary):
- Upload a CV document (Word/PDF) to validate selection criteria
Surplus Staff/Priority Redundancy:
- This role will remain available to candidates at-risk of redundancy/surplus
- Redeployees will gain priority over internal transfers at any stage until a conditional offer stage. If selected, they continue under their original employed terms.
Disability Confident Compliance:
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As a confident leader, ERSOU will provide workplace adjustments upon request
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Offer an Interview Scheme supports qualified disadvantaged/declared disabled candidates so long as minimum criteria are met.
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