Intelligence Analyst

Job summary

Discover what it’s like to work in a compliance role that makes an impact. Could you help us shape a stronger, fairer future? Your next career move starts here.

The Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for dealing with cases of serious fraud and bespoke tax avoidance by way of civil and criminal investigations. These cases are the most challenging complex cross tax interventions that HMRC undertakes. FIS consists of approx. 4,500 professionals including a range of specialist skills such as forensic accountancy, cybercrime investigation and insolvency.

FIS provides HMRC with an effective investigation arm to enforce the Department’s compliance policies. This enables the Department to deliver against our strategic responsibilities across all the taxes and duties HMRC administers. Our work includes tackling complex offshore evasion, international smuggling of illicit excise goods, exports of controlled weapons and technology, labour market abuses, VAT and Self-Assessment repayment frauds and a host of other attacks on the tax system.

Fraud Investigation Analysis (FIA) is the Operational Analysis arm of FIS. Our Intelligence Analysts work closely with investigators and help them understand information collected. Analysts work with data from HMRC systems, seized digital devices, from Communications Service Providers or banks, or information generated by investigators, for example, intelligence or surveillance logs.

We will be running Webinars to provide more information about the role and work on Tuesday 12th May 2026 at 10:00am and Thursday 14th May 2026 at 14:00pm. Please use the links below to book your space.

Tuesday 12th May: Candidate Information Session - Intelligence Analyst - Tuesday 12th May @ 10am – Fill in form

Thursday 14th May: Candidate Information Session - Intelligence Analyst - Thurs 14th May @ 2pm – Fill in form

Job description

Do you have an analytical mind and an interest in helping tackle tax evasion?

If this sounds like you, then you could be a great Intelligence Analyst in HMRC.

What will I be doing?

As an Intelligence Analyst, you will provide analysis to support the work of FIS’ Civil and Criminal Investigation teams. You will use a range of methods and tools to produce clear, concise and creditable reports that help understand the risk and threats to HMRC, exploited by the dishonest for financial benefit.

The ability to understand and tackle problems is critical. You will identify, collect, interpret and evaluate information with accuracy and perception and use analysis to see past information gaps and inconsistencies.

As an Intelligence Analyst, you will become familiar with gaining an understanding of complex issues to make conclusions and recommendations, presenting findings to customers to help inform decision making, or progress operational investigations.

This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team and develop new skills in a challenging and demanding role.

All Intelligence Analysts within HMRC are trained to the same cross government baseline standard, irrespective of role or grade. Additional training, proper to this role, will be provided as needed.

Professional Trial Period

Depending on your level of experience and training, you may be required to complete or continue with the Professional Trial Period (PTP) where your progress will be evaluated and marked against a set of pre-defined assessments for HMRC Intelligence Analysts.

You may need to attend several multi-day courses where you may be required to stay overnight and travel away from your home office location.

Successful candidates will be offered posts on merit order and location preference.

Job Duties:

Drive Analytical Casework: Work closely with customers to define work requirements and timelines. Deliver in-depth analytical support using appropriate tools and methodologies, even when circumstances are uncertain, or information is incomplete or unclear. Ensure analysis informs case progression and direction. Produce timely, evidentially robust reports and visualisations that clearly present key judgements, highlight intelligence gaps, and offer actionable recommendations.

Case and Project Management: Take full ownership of the project management of analytical casework, ensuring high standards and accountability throughout.

Quality Assurance and Peer Review: Conduct thorough reviews and make constructive challenges of colleagues' analyses to ensure that final products meet professional standards.

Confident Communication: Articulate the results of analysis with clarity and confidence to investigators using a range of communication methods. When necessary, present findings to courts or tribunals.

Preparation of Witness Statements and Exhibits: Produce clear, accurate, and evidentially robust witness statements and analytical exhibits that support investigative and legal processes. Ensure all products meet required standards for disclosure and evidential integrity.

Court and Tribunal Attendance: Attend court or tribunal hearings as a witness of fact when required, presenting analytical findings confidently, responding to questions clearly, and upholding professional standards throughout legal proceedings.

Analyst Development: Support the growth of other analysts by delivering formal training courses, mentoring, or assessing trainees during their Professional Trial Period.

Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Lead or support projects aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of FIA, sharing good practices and expertise, while driving continuous improvement.

Additional Information

This is a trainee role that will require travel and overnight stays away from home to attend mandatory training during the early months of the training period. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this, please contact the vacancy holder before applying.

Person specification

Critical thinker with strong problem solving abilities

Resilient and adaptable, able to remain effective when working in ambiguity with uncertainty or shifting priorities

Communicates with confidence and professionalism, adapting style to audience

Detail-focused, ensuring accuracy and professional integrity

Building strong working relationship with different stakeholders

Proven ability to work independently, taking ownership of workload and driving case progress

Ability to maintain appropriate professional standards when handling sensitive information

Able to confidently interpret and apply guidance, following written instructions accurately and consistently

Proven ability to contribute to or lead initiatives intended to improve process, efficiency or analytical capability

Ability to form balanced, evidence-based judgements without jumping to conclusions

Organised, reliable and able to manage multiple priorities at once.

Essential Criteria

Applicants should be confident working with complex datasets in Excel, including using filters, formulas, pivot tables, and producing charts or graphs.

They should be able to analyse and interpret the data to identify key findings, draw meaningful conclusions, and clearly present their insights or recommendations.

Leeds Locations

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it’s really like to work for HMRChear from our insiders or visitThinking of joining the Civil Service.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

How to Apply

After submission of the first stage of your application, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Verbal Test and Civil Service Numerical Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stages of the application.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences, highlighting your experience, key achievements and demonstrate how you meet the job role including any relevant qualifications. Your CV should be clear, concise and easily digestible to the reader and be no more than 500 words in total. For each role please include:

  Dates in role (MM/YY – MM/YY).

  Employer.

  Job Title.

  A description of your responsibilities and relevant achievements detailing the ‘what you did’ and ‘how you did it’.

  Detail any key achievements and the impact your work has had, tailoring this to showcase how your experience aligns with the advertised role
  

• A 750-word personal statement, describing how your skills and experience would make you suitable for the role, and how you meet the Essential Criteria and Person Specification. When evidencing the essential criteria in your personal Statement, please provide an example of how you have used Excel to analyse complex data to generate insights or key findings, and explain how you communicated or presented the results.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on your CV.

At full sift your CV, and your Personal Statement, will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you’ll take part in a one‑hour analytical exercise. You’ll be given a set of documents on a specific topic and asked to review the information before choosing between two possible positions. You’ll then prepare a clear, structured argument to support your chosen viewpoint and present it verbally to the interview panel.

Your Experience, Behaviours and Strengths will be assessed, in order to determine your suitability for the role, as well as to explore what you enjoy, and what motivates you.

[This is an example of a strengths-based question]:

“It is often said that the customer's needs should come first. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?”

There is no expectation or requirement for you to prepare for the strengths-based questions in advance of the interview, though you may find it helpful to spend some time reflecting on what you enjoy doing and what you do well.

Interviews will take place face to face at Leeds Regional Centre - Wellington Place. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Linked vacancies

This vacancy is part of a joint campaign for the same role in other locations. You can submit an application for any of the linked vacancies, but you will only need to complete the full application process for your first application. Your scores will carry across and you will be considered for all vacancies that you have applied for. You will only be invited to attend one interview.

You can find all the linked vacancies that are part of this campaign by searching CS Jobs for the following keyword: Intelligence Analyst.

Online Tests

After submission of the first stage of your application, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Verbal Test and Civil Service Numerical Test, If you successfully pass the tests, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.

Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended) and ensure you allow sufficient time to complete and submit the final stage of your application after submitting your online test.

The deadline for both the test and the application is 28/05/2026 23:55.

Online Test Downtime Period

Please be aware that the Online Tests on this campaign will not be accessible during the hours of 3 May 4pm to midnight and 10 May - midday to 1pm.

Please do not attempt to launch the test during those times, as you may experience technical issues and we may not be able to assist you before the closing date and time.

Online Tests – Banked Scores

When an applicant has a banked score they are not asked to retake the same test, providing it is:

set at the same job level, and

within the same system.

Scores will be banked for six months, or until a new score benchmark is applied, whichever is sooner. This means that if a candidate applies for another vacancy at this grade they may not have to retake the test within that time, and their previous score will be used for the new vacancy.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.

Sponsorship

We have assessed this role against both Home Office and HMRC criteria and we are unable to offer sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. This means the vacancy is not open to applicants who require visa sponsorship.

The HMRC app can help you with your application

The HMRC app can provide you with your past 5 years' employment history, making the process of filling in your application quicker and easier.

If successful in your application, you will need your National Insurance number for the onboarding process.

Download the HMRC app now and save your National Insurance number to your digital phone wallet.

How to download the HMRC app and sign up for an account

Download the free HMRC app from the App Store or Google Play store.

If you have an HMRC online account already, sign straight in using your ID and password. If not, you can prove your identity by answering some questions or providing your photo ID.

You’ll then be able to access the app quickly and easily by signing in using a 6-digit PIN, your fingerprint, or facial recognition.

You can find guidance for technical issues on GOV.UK: Technical support with HMRC online services.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact the UBS Recruitment team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Technical Support

If you are experiencing problems that cannot be resolved by our ‘help’ section, then technical support is available. You will receive a reply in 2 working days.

Additional Security Information

Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.

From 1 April 2026, applicants will be required to meet updated nationality and residency requirements so that National Security Vetting (NSV) checks can be conducted. If this affects you, we will give you more information at the appropriate time.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.

Terms and Conditions

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.UK.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities