About the SFIO

Serious Fraud Investigation Office has been constituted u/s 211 of the Companies Act, 2013. It is a multidisciplinary Investigating Agency, wherein experts from diverse sectors like banking, capital markets regulation, corporate regulation, law, forensic audit, taxation, information technology, etc. work together to unravel corporate frauds. It is headed by a Director, in the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, SFIO.

The Head Office of SFIO is in Delhi and five Regional Offices are presently functional i.e. at New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.

About the Opportunity

For efficient discharge of its functions, Serious Fraud Investigation Office proposes to engage individual consultants in distinct fields.

*Please Note: SFIO is seeking to engage individual consultants in distinct fields which also include Consultants in the field of Financial Analysis/Forensic Audit (CA/CS/CWA) and Consultants in other fields. However, for the reader of Lawctopus, we have resorted to the information regarding the recruitment of Consultants in the field of Law.

To check out the details about the recruitment for other fields, refer to the official notification. (Link given at the end of this post)

Click here for the official website of the SFIO.

Number of Vacancies

• Young Professional (Law): 04 (Four)
• Junior Consultant (Law): 10 (Ten)
• Senior Consultant (Law): 07 (Seven)

Scope of Work

The consultants engaged in the field of law would be required to perform the following functions:

• To draft complaints, petitions, replies, rejoinders, affidavits and other pleadings/legal documents to be filed before various Courts and other forums.
• To appear before different Courts and other forums throughout the country as per requirement.
• To render all assistance to the officers of SFIO in prosecution matters and also during investigation of the cases.
• To provide legal advice and opinion on points of law in various matters.
• To keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of law specially Corporate Law.
• Any other work assigned to them.

Eligibility

• Young Professional (Law): The incumbent should be a Law Graduate with one-year
  experience preferably having exposure in other investigation agencies and/or regulatory bodies in the field of Corporate Law.
• Junior Consultant (Law): The incumbent should be an Advocate with at least 3-8 years’ experience preferably having exposure in other investigation agencies and/or regulatory bodies in the field of Corporate Law.
• Senior Consultant (Law): The incumbent should be an Advocate with 8-15 years’ experience preferably having exposure in other investigation agencies and/or regulatory bodies, especially in the field of Corporate Law.

Duration of Engagement

The initial term of engagement of consultants will be for a period of three (3) years extendable by a further period of two years on a case-to-case basis.

The maximum period of engagement of consultants shall be five (5) years or till attaining the age of 65 years whichever is earlier

Remuneration

• Young Professional (Law): Rs.60,000/- per month
• Junior Consultant (Law): Rs.80,000 to 1,45,000 depending upon educational
  qualification and experience
• Senior Consultant (Law): Rs.1,45,000 to 2,65,000 depending upon educational qualification and experience

How to Apply?

• Interested candidates may forward their application in the prescribed format to:
  The Director,
  Serious Fraud Investigation Office,
  2nd Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan,
  B-3 Wing, CGO Complex,
  Lodhi Road, Delhi (110003).
• The application should also be sent via email to admn.hq@sfio.nic.in on or before 20th June 2021.
• Find the prescribed format in Annexure III of the official notification.

Location

New Delhi

Click here for the official notification.