Senior Investigator

1 week ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Play a key role in protecting New Zealand's sensitive land and businesses
- Use your investigative skills in a small, tight-knit, multi-disciplinary enforcement team
- Undertake interesting and diverse work involving all parts of New Zealand's economy
- Use your financial or accounting skills to help us determine the true beneficial ownership of investments.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
This is a unique opportunity to join our small, tight-knit, multi-disciplinary compliance team of experienced investigators and lawyers who work in partnership to investigate potential breaches of the Overseas Investment Act (the Act), and to take enforcement action where appropriate.
See here for information about our enforcement priorities and enforcement action taken.
Your main areas of responsibility will be investigating possible breaches of the Act, including:

- Where Overseas Persons have breached their conditions of consent;
- Serious offending where Overseas Persons have failed to obtain consent before acquiring sensitive assets and/or taken steps to circumvent the Act
- Where investors or persons of interest have made false statements or material omissions in any representations made to the Regulator.

The work we undertake is wide-ranging, complex, and interesting. To thrive in this role, you will enjoy operating in a small collegial team environment and the challenge of investigating complex business structures and transactions.
As part of Toitū Te Whenua's networked approach to work, you will also be required to undertake investigative work in other regulatory areas LINZ administers as required.

**He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience**:
As this is a Senior Investigator role, you will be expected to have at least 5 years of investigative experience, and a proven track record of successful investigations leading to enforcement outcomes. You will also need maturity, resilience, and sound judgement to operate successfully in our work environment.

**The annual salary range for this role is**: $102,000- 125,000

Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau - What we offer our employees
- Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai.
- Eye & ear care reimbursements
- Annual Flu Vaccinations
- Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks.
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations. Now and for future generations.

Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan

Tono mai - How to Apply
If you're eyeing up this role and believe you've got what it takes, please apply, or get in touch with the team.

You may notice that the Position Description title for this role (Customer Regulatory Specialist - Level toru/three) doesn't match the advertised title. At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks). This means our position descriptions are broad, one position description can cover many roles, this is known as Broad Based Role (BBR). Using BBR allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.

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