Claims Compliance & Validation Specialist

AKG UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

AKG UK is seeking a Compliance Officer in Greater London to independently review employer claims and supporting evidence against contract requirements. You will record defensible validation outcomes, escalate unsupported or potentially ineligible claims, and maintain clear audit trails to support financial approval.

The role emphasizes consistency, risk identification, and collaboration with Claims & Compliance teams while ensuring data protection and adherence to procedures and escalating

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, claims validation or a comparable evidence-checking role.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to review documentary evidence consistently.
• Ability to follow programme requirements, procedures and checklists while exercising sound judgement on exceptions.
• Good written communication skills and confidence raising evidence queries.
• Ability to identify inconsistencies and recognise when an issue requires escalation.
• Ability to work accurately to volume and deadline requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review complete employer claim packs against the approved employer and placement record.
• Check participant details, funded period, hours and relevant start, change and leaver information.
• Review wage and supporting evidence for consistency with the claim and agreed evidence standards.
• Review onboarding-cost evidence for participant linkage, business rationale, eligibility and potential duplicate funding.
• Identify missing, inconsistent, unsupported or potentially ineligible evidence.
• Raise clear and specific evidence queries where further information or clarification is required.
• Record evidence reviewed, validation date, outcome, exceptions and rationale in the required register or system.
• Process allocated claims accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Identify potential compliance risks, unusual evidence or recurring issues and raise these with the Lead Compliance Officer.
• Escalate suspected fraud, altered evidence, repeated control failures or serious non-compliance promptly.
• Support risk-based employer spot checks and corrective-action activity as directed.
• Participate in thematic reviews and additional validation activity where required.

Skills

Compliance experience

Evidence review

Attention to detail

Auditing

Documentation

Risk escalation

Programme procedures

Written communication

Independence and objectivity

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

AKG UK is seeking a Compliance Officer in Greater London to independently review employer claims and supporting evidence against contract requirements. You will record defensible validation outcomes, escalate unsupported or potentially ineligible claims, and maintain clear audit trails to support financial approval.

The role emphasizes consistency, risk identification, and collaboration with Claims & Compliance teams while ensuring data protection and adherence to procedures and escalating