Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for an Operations Managers to work in the Criminal Investigation Team within the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau (EFCB).
The Operations Manager will provide technical advice and direction to the investigators and intelligence officers deployed within their respective teams. They will communicate openly with colleagues as part of their responsibilities to deliver EFCB and FIU business efficiently and effectively, assure standards, professional conduct, and good operational governance.
Location – Guernsey (based permanently on Island)
Contract – Permanent
Salary – £73,242 – £90,224 per annum
The role of an Operations Manager is a leadership role within the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau (EFCB) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Operations Managers will provide technical advice and direction to the investigators and intelligence officers deployed within their respective teams. They will communicate openly with colleagues as part of their responsibilities to deliver EFCB and FIU business efficiently and effectively, assure standards, professional conduct and good operational governance.
The Operations Manager roles are interchangeable and the postholder(s) can be assigned by the Director to any such role within the FIU and the EFCB.
Main duties and responsibilities
General Responsibilities
- Develop high knowledge and understanding of the FATF international standards and work with counterparts to improve levels of effectiveness in respect of Immediate Outcomes 6, 7 and 8.
- Provide clear management, leadership and direction to staff, providing mentoring, empowerment, guidance and support to maximise their development, efficiency, and morale in order that they can deliver their best to achieve successful outcomes.
- Conduct Personal Impact and Performance Reviews for staff under Operations Manager line management, setting clear objectives and expectations.
- Work with the Digital Data Lead and PPP lead to explore and develop opportunities for enhanced intelligence gathering and case development.
Key Responsibilities – Criminal Investigation Team (CIT)
- Lead and manage investigators within the criminal investigation team, ensuring investigations are proactively and expeditiously progressed in accordance with relevant legal requirements, this includes managing the preparation of advice and case files for submission to the Economic Crime Unit within the Law Officers of the Crown.
- Ensure focused investigation strategies are in place, regularly reviewing progress against plans in concert with investigators, in-house lawyers and Law Officers of the Crown to ensure appropriate and timely actions are pursued.
- Deliver a palpable change to the outcomes, number and quality of criminal investigations, delivering outcomes at pace.
- Provide technical advice and guidance on the use of proactive targeting techniques including covert surveillance and intelligence-based methods whilst ensuring compliance with governing legislation and codes of practice, acting as authorising officer in accordance with the Law
Key Responsibilities – Asset Recovery Team (ART)
- Lead and manage investigators within the asset recovery team. Working with the Law Officers of the Crown, ensure the full range of investigatory and legal tools and remedies, pursuant to the Forfeiture of Assets in Civil Proceedings (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2023 are considered and deployed at the earliest opportunity to aid timely outcomes in conviction and non-conviction based asset recovery cases, and maximise the impact of financial restitution.
- Provide advice and assistance to law enforcement colleagues in relation to the freezing, seizure and forfeiture of instrumentalities of crime and in selected cases assume responsibility for asset recovery actions in respect of volume crime operations.
Key Responsibilities – Proactive International Money Laundering Intelligence Development Team (PIMLIDT)
- Lead a hybrid team of intelligence officers and investigators, working collaboratively to affect a palpable step change in the number of viable cases identified of international standalone money laundering, for investigation by the EFCB, proactively developing intelligence through a range of sources and techniques.
- Engage and work with domestic and international counterparts to identify opportunities to access the widest range of financial information, expanding intelligence gathering techniques to reduce the reliance on SARs.
- Develop focussed operational analysis strategies to support the FIU in developing cases for criminal investigation.
- Oversee the development of and approve the packages presented to the Case Evaluation Board, or subsequent tasking and coordination process, for recommendation of adoption for criminal investigation.
Key Responsibilities – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
- Lead a team of Financial Intelligence Officers to deliver a measurable increase in the FIU operational outputs, which reflect the higher risks identified in National Risk Assessment ‘NRA’ (NRA 2 and the NRA Legal Persons and Arrangements) and specifically the primary strategic threat from the money laundering of foreign criminality…
- The primary focus is on affecting a palpable step change in the number of viable cases identified of international standalone money laundering, for investigation by the EFCB, proactively and collaboratively working with the PIMLIDT to deliver viable criminal referrals at pace.
- Proactively support criminal and asset recovery investigations being progressed by the EFCB, ensuring appropriate support is provided, including the allocation of a Financial Intelligence Officer to each investigation.
Key Criteria
- Demonstrate operational and managerial experience in an economic or financial crime environment, with a proven ability to investigate serious and complex economic crime and money laundering cases.
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary setting and effectively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, domestically and internationally, to proactively work to achieve operational objectives, within agreed deadlines.
- The ability to assess complex situations, analyse and interpret multifaceted data to aid balanced operational decision making and the provision of sound professional advice and direction.
- An understanding of the suspicious activity report regime and experience of developing financial intelligence from a wide range of sources, and to make recommendations and be accountable for decisions made.
Qualifications/Skills
- Relevant professional accreditation or qualification.
- Evidence of senior leadership training
Must be eligible for Security Clearance.
The deadline for applications for this position is 3rd December 2025.
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay £75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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