Investigator

About the role

NYC Department of Finance (DOF) administers the city’s tax revenue laws fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service. DOF’s Sheriff’s Office serves and enforces court mandates, orders of protection, warrants, decrees, and property seizures; conducts criminal investigations of real property fraud, tax crimes, and the trafficking of illegal and untaxed tobacco products and synthetic narcotics; and monitors defendants referred by the courts for electronic monitoring. The Sheriff’s Office is seeking an Investigator to serve in the Manhattan Law Enforcement Bureau. The ideal candidate will also act as the primary liaison between the NYC Sheriff's Office and the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA), ensuring that all case‑related information is accurate, up to date, and processed in a timely manner. This role requires strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage sensitive information while providing reliable statistical and investigative reports to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Collect, verify, and maintain up‑to‑date information from HRA to support timely case processing.
• Maintains and updates files, orders, and databases to ensure the accuracy and availability of case records.
• Track and compile data to produce comprehensive reports for the Sheriff and First Deputy upon request.
• Report results of investigations clearly and accurately.
• Utilize computer systems to assist with the processing, tracking, and analysis of investigations.
• Examine and analyze records and documents to identify relevant information and potential discrepancies.
• Perform tasks such as answering phones, filing, and organizing documentation to support the office's operations.

Qualifications

• A four‑year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory, full‑time experience as an investigator evaluating credit worthiness, searching for assets, verifying information concerning education, experience, and other personal qualifications bearing upon character and fitness for employment; or performing investigations involving the research, compilation and/or location of evidence or information in order to build a case or uncover activities of a criminal, corrupt, unlawful or unethical nature