Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for an Operations Managers
Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for an Operations Managers to work in the Criminal Investigation Team within the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau (EFCB) based in the Channel Islands.
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 primary focus of the FIU and EFCB, and in turn that of the teams led by the Operations Managers, is to proactively develop intelligence, sourced from the widest range of financial information, and employing a wide range of techniques, to identify and investigate cases of standalone Money Laundering, Terrorist and Proliferation Financing, to provide evidence of criminal offences to the Law Officers of the Crown, and recover the proceeds of crime and unlawful conduct.
Operations Managers will be responsible to either a Deputy Director – Head of Operations, or the Head of the FIU (dependent on their area of deployment). All Operations Managers will work closely and collaboratively together, as well with all operational staff across the FIU and EFCB. They will regularly liaise with key local domestic and international counterparts.
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.
Location: Guernsey
Contract: Permanent
Salary: SO2 or SO3 – £73,242 – £82,506 or £80,089 – £90,224 per annum
Security Vetting Level: This is a Security Check (SC) post contingent on the successful applicant attaining SC status.
Closing Date: 14 August 2026
Main 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.
- Lead developments and improvements in relation to processes and policies which cover respective business areas, ensuring efficiency and effective use of resource, maintaining an awareness of developments in legislation, intelligence and investigative techniques and opportunities
- Enhance and maintain collaborative working arrangements with key partners and stakeholders, both domestically and internationally and to represent the EFCB in various forums
- Professionally and diligently represent the EFCB and / or FIU domestically and internationally, presenting and speaking on behalf of the organisation, as required.
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.
- Ensure compliance with investigatory procedures and policies. Identify and promulgate good practice to enhance the delivery outcomes. Build and enhance collaborative working with other stakeholders domestically and internationally to improve investigative opportunities and outcomes, including the application of legislative and regulatory sanctions at relevant proceedings.
- Implement and manage appropriate quality control functions in conjunction with legal advisers to ensure materials provided in preparation for applications made before the Court and international requests are of a consistently high standard. Ensure relevant issues are brought to the attention and consideration of the Deputy Director – Head of Operations, Criminal in a timely manner.
Person Specification
- 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.
- Proven communication and interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to motivate and inspire a diverse team, ensuring high levels of performance, quality outcomes and a culture of excellence.
- 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.
- Proven ability to always act with a high degree of integrity, to be entirely trustworthy and to display an excellent understanding of the need for complete confidentiality when dealing with secure or sensitive matters, information or documents.
Qualifications/Skills And Other
- Relevant professional accreditation or qualification.
- Evidence of senior leadership training
Closing Date: 14 August 2026
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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