Job Description

As a Forensic Services Investigator, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and reputation of our organization. Your responsibilities will include:
Investigations and Evidence Gathering:
Conduct thorough investigations into suspected irregularities as directed by the Manager of Forensic Services.
Adhere to best practices and internal processes, ensuring investigations are based on factual evidence.
Collect and compile comprehensive evidence to support internal or external proceedings, including criminal and civil cases.
Prevention and Loss Minimization:
Develop strategies to minimize financial losses, reputational damage, and other impacts of irregular behavior.
Support the organizations strategic and business objectives by focusing on the detection and monitoring of fraudulent activities and potential red flags.
Fraud Risk Monitoring:
Regularly monitor fraud risks, potential fraud instances, and known system vulnerabilities that could lead to misconduct.
Stay abreast of current fraud trends, generating business-friendly solutions to mitigate and prevent future fraud and misconduct.
Long-term Fraud Resilience:
Identify and implement long-term controls and solutions to enhance the businesss resilience against fraud.
Awareness and Training:
Oversee, initiate, and plan fraud awareness campaigns and training programs, both general and targeted, within various business areas.

Analysis and Improvement Recommendations: Upon conclusion of investigations, identify any systemic or procedural flaws. Communicate these findings to relevant parties, suggesting enhancements and training programs to prevent recurrence.
Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain robust relationships with internal stakeholders. Keep senior management updated on the progress of investigations.
Data Collection and Analysis: Gather and interpret electronic data, documents, and interview testimonies to support your findings. Analyze these elements to understand behavioral patterns and detect fraudulent activities.
Reporting and Communication: Effectively document all investigative processes and outcomes in a case management system. Prepare and disseminate detailed reports on findings and recommendations.
Legal and Financial Coordination: Collaborate with Legal and Finance departments to initiate recovery procedures.
Fraud Monitoring: Implement strategies to monitor internal and external fraud at its origin. This includes evaluating system alerts and analyzing transactions across various systems to identify potential fraudulent trends.
Law Enforcement Collaboration: Work in tandem with law enforcement agencies for the effective prosecution of cases, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and legislation.
Trend Response and Risk Management: Stay alert to emerging fraud trends and propose action plans. Regularly report on proactive fraud detection outcomes and engage with business units to mitigate risks.
Training and Development: Coordinate with management to identify and implement fraud awareness training needs across the organization. Design and execute an annual training plan, ensuring its effectiveness and compliance with business needs.
Awareness Campaigns: Conduct post-investigation communication campaigns tailored to specific incidents or trends.
Fraud Risk Assessment: Support the execution of fraud risk assessments, identifying potential risk areas. Engage with key stakeholders and staff to increase direct reporting of suspicious activities.
Audit Review and Gap Analysis: Examine internal and external audit reports to spot any process vulnerabilities where fraud or misconduct could occur.
Training Results Reporting: Regularly report on the effectiveness of training and awareness programs, demonstrating their impact on reducing fraud and misconduct.
This role requires a proactive approach to fraud detection and prevention, with a focus on continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle sensitive information discreetly. Effective communication and relationship-building skills are essential for this role, as is the ability to work collaboratively with various departments within the organization.

Requirements * Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in forensic investigations and fraud management within corporate environments, particularly in white-collar crime, conflict of interest, and related areas.

• Demonstrated experience in conducting forensic investigations, preparing evidence files, interviewing witnesses and suspects, and advanced technical report writing.

• Proven ability in leading evidence in internal disciplinary proceedings and criminal/civil prosecutions, including experience with South African Police Service (SAPS) procedures.

• Comprehensive understanding of laws relevant to forensic investigations.

• Strong knowledge of information sources and evidence handling, especially regarding electronic evidence.

• Demonstrated proficiency in analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting data sets with advanced analytical techniques.

• Experience in forensic data analytics.

• Familiarity with technology applications such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in monitoring and detection techniques.

• Expertise in fraud risk management and fraud risk assessments.

• Insight into the alignment of strategy and organizational implementation.

• Proficiency in performing predictive analysis and developing effective fraud prevention, detection, and response strategies, including stakeholder engagement.

• Ability to develop remedial action plans.

• Knowledge in risk practices, laws, and regulations, including relevant regulatory or legislative frameworks.

• Experience in the white-collar corporate environment concerning forensic investigations and fraud awareness strategies.

• Background in fraud awareness training or learning and development.

• Specialist knowledge of forensics and fraud awareness strategy in a corporate environment, covering the full forensics value chain (predict, prevent, detect, recover, respond & remediate).

• A proven track record in managing diverse stakeholder groups and navigating across regions.

• Experience in interacting with executive management.

Benefits

CTC - R60 254

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