Junior Insolvency Investigator

Full Job Description

Do you have prior insolvency experience, exposure to investigations, and a keen interest to specialise in contentious insolvency work moving forward? If so, RSR Regulatory Services have the right job for you.

On behalf of our client Griffins, we are recruiting for a Junior Insolvency Investigator to join their team.

Griffins are a national firm of licensed insolvency practitioners, established over 40 years ago, with collectively hundreds of years' experience across all aspects of insolvency practice and law, both in the UK and across many global jurisdictions.

Location: Office based in Central London but will consider remote or hybrid working with a commitment to travel as required for the purposes of the role

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Salary: Competitive salary and benefits

Main duties and responsibilities

• statutory / compliance issues from previous office holders’ files and electronic record
• investigations to identify any fraud, dishonest conduct and/or negligence on the part of the former office holder.
• with the investigation’s manager and the office holder to provide all relevant evidence to submit bond or PI claims.
• misconduct by former directors, shadow directors, debtors and connected third parties.
• potential heads of claim under the Insolvency Act 1986 and other relevant legislation.
• to the investigation’s manager and case partner on a regular basis to update them on case progression.
• appropriate, conducting investigations in accordance with the requirements of SIP 2 and preparing Director Conduct Reports.
• progressing your case portfolio and agreeing the on-going strategy with the investigation’s manager and office holder.
• detailed case reviews to summarise and reporting on the case at defined progression stages, ensuring case records and decisions are fully documented in accordance with the processes and systems used by the team.
• and analysing accounts and other financial statements and information to assist with ongoing investigation and litigation matters.
• asset realisations, including liaising with solicitors and agents where required.
• the IPS case diary.
• statement of affairs, deficiency accounts and estimated outcome statements.
• bills are raised and collected in accordance with billing plan on all cases.
• timesheets are submitted on time and are compliant with the Partnership’s standard for the recording of own chargeable time.
• part in presentations and marketing events, both internally and externally in order to promote the team and the Partnership generally.

Person Specification

• educated (Law, Accountancy or other relevant subject matter preferred);
• of administering/ handling and progressing a portfolio of active cases and ongoing matters;
• awareness of relevant legislation including relevant provisions and claims processes;
• insolvency technical knowledge and the ability to apply this to an active caseload;
• good working knowledge of MS Word and Excel;
• with using IPS and/ or an electronic filing system.

If you would like to be considered for this position and have the relevant experience, then please email your CV to

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