Investigator/Examiner (Insolvency)

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A large public sector organisation is looking to recruit a Live Company Vetter/Insolvency Investigator Examiner.

The job in outline:
The organisation, in addition to dealing with both corporate and individual insolvency issues (liquidations and bankruptcies), also has a unit that deals with complaints about companies that are still active and trading.

These complaints come from a variety of sources including ordinary members and a wide range of agencies encompassing commercial firms, trade and industry bodies, public authorities and other government departments.

The companies that are the subject of these complaints have to be "vetted" to see whether the business practices that they are engaging in and that are being complained about - these can range from trading standards-type issues such as aggressive cold calling and misleading marketing right through to fraudulent behaviours relating, for example, to the receipt of advance fees for non-existent goods and services - are so objectionable and harmful to the public or to the market place as to make it appropriate for the appropriate agency to consider applying for a court order to have the company shut down and put into liquidation.

It is the job holder's responsibility to make this judgement ie to make a written recommendation to his or her Supervisor as to whether or not the company should be formally investigated under the Companies Act 1985.

(These formal investigations are carried out by a separate team from that in which the job holder will be working.)

Essential requirements:
* Analytical skills - gauging the relevance, materiality, proportionality of information obtained when considered against internal and investigation criteria.
* Ability to make reasoned and logical decisions, often based on incomplete information - ie robust decision making and effective management of risk.
* High level written communication skills - ability to draft documents concisely in plain, professional, grammatical English, accurately reflecting the information and evidence obtained.
* Ability to work with little supervision - managing own targets.
* High level communication and interpersonal skills - communicating with both internal colleagues and external stakeholder over the phone and in writing.
* Professional scepticism - 'challenging' the information available to assess its veracity, reliability and relevance
* Working knowledge of company financial statements ie an ability to read and interpret a company balance sheet and profit & loss account

A background in any of the following areas would be desirable and possibly advantageous:
* Law
* Investigatory and or regulatory work

This is a temporary role for a period of up to 12 months. The successful candidate will work full time hours (37-42) over a 5 day week.

Please apply immediately to be considered.

Badenoch & Clark is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Badenoch & Clark is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a registered Disability Symbol User.

Start date
May 2013
Duration
up to 12 months
From
Badenoch & Clark
Published at
27.03.2013
Project ID:
511671
Contract type
Freelance
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