Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), the leading Government Agency charged with the responsibility of coordinating the fight against money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is seeking to recruit suitably qualified Sierra Leoneans to fill the underlisted positions:

NOTE: FIA’s core values are: Integrity, Professionalism, and Respect for Diversity & Confidentiality

Date of Issue:  11^th March, 2026

Closing Date: 25^thMarch, 2026

1 Job Title:             Officer – Operational Department

Duty Station:           Regional Offices (Bo/ Kenema/ Port Loko /Makeni

Report to:            Senior Officer

Summary of Responsibilities:

Reporting to Principal Analyst/Senior Officer, your responsibilities include providing support in the gathering of intelligence and its analysis.Carrying out on-site and Off-site AML/CFT examinations on reporting entities for compliance with the requisite legislation and provide necessary operational support in the discharge of all other activities of the Department.

Details of Responsibilities

• Receive, process and upload currency transaction reports
• Keep records of reports received from reporting entities
• Seek and collate data money laundering and terrorism related issues from open sources
• Liaise with compliance officers to ensure effective and timely reporting
• Proactive review of inhouse data to seek out suspicious transactions and report same to supervisor
• Registration of new entrants within the DNFBPs Sector
• Initiate the development of regulations for subsectors within the DNFBPs
• Liaise with sector regulators in sharing of information and expertise
• Provide support to Supervisors within the Department
• Request documents through the Supervisors from relevant authorities to aid FIA work
• Carryout on-site examination on financial institutions and non-financial businesses and professions to determine whether FIs/DNFBs have developed, administered and maintained effective programme for compliance with AML/CFT laws and regulations.
• Provide support in Sourcing relevant information from authorities, newspapers, etc. which are worthy of retention.
• Provide support in enforcing sanctions or other forms of penalties for failing to comply with reporting or record keeping obligations.
• Help identify training needs of staff of reporting institutions.
• Facilitate training of staff of reporting institutions
• Perform any other duties as shall be assigned from time to time.

COMPETENCIES:

Professionalism – Must demonstrate ethics, integrity and trust in the performance of duty at all times, experience of organisational systems and procedures.

Planning and organisations- Effective time management and an ability to plan own work to meet designated deadlines.

Communication – Good communication skills (spoken and written)

Technological Awareness –Excellent computer skills and proficiency in using advanced functions on standard computer applications.

Teamwork – Good interpersonal skills; ability to work in a team with sensitivity and respect for diversity; demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective team relationship; able to share workload and work closely with different program teams.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

A first level university degree in Social Sciences or a related discipline with at least two-year work experience in the areas of banking, accounting, law, auditing, intelligence gathering and/or related field

SALARY

Attractive

Special Notice

The FIA is committed to achieving gender balance in its staff. Female candidates who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The selection process will include examination and interview.

Your application together with all supporting document should be addressed to: Director General, Financial Intelligence Agency, 5H Bayoh drive, Tengbeh Town, Freetown.

2. Job Title: IT Officer/Senior Officer

Duty Station: Freetown

Report to: IT Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Manager, ICT and Records Department, the ICT Officer will be responsible for the following:

• Perform a full range of procedural activities in support of ICT, including IT systems and infrastructure, including troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues.
• Provides ICT and helpdesk support services to other divisions within the Unit under direct supervision of the Manager, ICT and Records Management Department.
• Provides daily technical support to users of information management tools.
• Manage and maintain user accounts and permissions.
• Train users on the use of IT systems and applications.
• Integrate security, physical control solutions for all confidential data and systems.
• Support in the provisioning and maintenance of FIA’s active directory and associated services.
• Install, configure, and maintain IT systems and equipment, including desktops, laptops, printers.
• Participate and assist in training for the FIU staff on ICT issues.
• Support in the maintenance of an up-to-date inventory of software and hardware services.
• Troubleshoot windows operating system, and monitor network problems and repair hardware including printers, computers, IP phone and scanners; respond to user needs and questions regarding network access.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the manager/supervisor.

Requirements:

Required experience.

5 years of experience in at least 3 years of relevant experience in computer hardware maintenance, network administration and software application.

Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment, ability to work effectively in a team.

Self-motivation, Ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.

• Sound information security management awareness.
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, culturally and socially sensitive, ability to work inclusively and collaboratively.
• Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
• Required education level.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field
• Cisco Certified Network Engineer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) is desirable.

SALARY

• Attractive

Special Notice

The FIA is committed to achieving gender balance in its staff. Female candidates who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The selection process will include examination and interview.  

Your application together with all supporting document should be addressed to: Director General, Financial Intelligence Agency, 5H Bayoh drive, Tengbeh Town, Freetown.

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