Forensic Investigation Officer

Requirements of the role

Do you want to be part of the SRA’s dynamic front-line regulatory investigation team? Successful candidates will have proven experience in one or more of the following areas – investigation, accountancy, or professional regulation. We are looking to recruit multiple Forensic Investigation Officers.

The role

Working in this high-profile role, you will manage your own portfolio of cases, investigate financial discrepancies and inaccuracies and analyse complex information and data.

You will attend law firms throughout England and Wales to determine whether there has been serious professional misconduct, which includes breaches of the SRA Accounts Rules.

You will gather evidence, both remotely and onsite, interview key individuals and obtain witness statements. You will compile robust, easily readable and factual reports of the findings that will inform our regulatory decisions. This could lead us to take disciplinary proceedings or to close a law firm. You will also represent the SRA in court, giving evidence of your investigation’s findings.

You will need to be able to review and analyse complex information, including numerical and accounting information, and documents relating to legal transactions. The role will require you to develop a strong understanding of our Standards and Regulations. This includes the SRA Solicitors Accounts Rules which set out how solicitors record and account for client money.

What is in it for you?

• Use your skills to analyse complex information and accounts, identify breaches and present information clearly to highlight serious professional misconduct
• Enjoy a varied role – one day you could be investigating money laundering whilst the next you could be interviewing a victim of cyber fraud
• Be at the front-line in protecting the public interest, where no two days are the same
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in the field with the comfort of being part of a small, motivated and supportive team of investigators
• Exposure to investigations that are highly sensitive in nature and may gain high levels of media interest.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience in one or more of the following areas – investigation, accountancy or professional regulation
• Strong numerical skills and experience of analysing complex information
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Flexibility, tenacity and ability to adjust priorities at short notice.

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