Counter Fraud Specialist

Sopra Steria Limited; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Pension

Health cash plan

Job summary

Sopra Steria Limited's Counter Fraud Service seeks a specialist to support the Head of Counter Fraud in delivering a robust fraud prevention programme across SSFSL and SSL, including investigations and FRA delivery. The role focuses on maintaining standards and policies while developing new ways of working.

You will respond to incidents, conduct interviews, gather evidence, and work with regulated financial services contexts. Hybrid role with DV clearance emphasis.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting fraud investigations with thorough documentation.
• Delivery and review of Fraud Risk Assessments.
• Experience gathering evidence with chain of custody integrity.
• Interviewing witnesses and third parties in fraud/financial crime cases.
• Understanding GovS 013 standards and relevant guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage investigations of reported fraud incidents with clear records.
• Advise and guide business unit fraud teams as needed.
• Act as main contact for fraud guidance including ML and bribery & corruption.
• Implement GovS 013 standards across operations.
• Maintain fraud prevention frameworks aligned with government guidance.
• Facilitate and maintain Fraud Risk Assessments with SSFSL business areas.
• Identify fraud-related risks and ensure appropriate controls.
• Support 1st and 2nd line activities to proactively identify fraud.
• Review SSFSL/SSL policies on fraud, whistleblowing and related areas.

Skills

Fraud investigations

Fraud risk assessments

Interviews and evidence gathering

Governance - GovS 013

Three lines of defence knowledge

Communication skills (written & verbal

Job description

This is a great opportunity to work in the Sopra Steria (SSL) Counter Fraud Service (CFS), specifically within Sopra Steria Financial Services Limited (SSFSL), to provide a service to all SSFSL business areas, external clients and stakeholders. The SSFSL Counter Fraud Specialist supports the Head of Counter Fraud in delivery of the Counter Fraud strategy. The individual will respond to the challenge of developing and implementing new ways of working as well as maintaining existing processes across the business to ensure SSFSL protect its financial assets and those of its clients. The SSFSL Counter Fraud Specialist is responsible for ensuring that SSFSL delivers an effective Counter Fraud programme, including conducting investigations, providing a robust fraud prevention approach across the whole business and developing and delivering a programme of Fraud Risk Assessments.

What you will be doing

• Manage the investigation of any reported suspected incidents of Fraud, maintaining an accurate, comprehensive, factual record of the actions taken at each stage of the investigation and conclusions reached.
• Working with business unit's specific customer fraud teams as required, providing advice and guidance.
• Being a main point of contact for advice and guidance relating to Fraud and associated areas such as Money Laundering and Bribery & Corruption.
• Implementing Government Counter Fraud standards (GovS 013).
• Delivery and maintenance of Fraud prevention frameworks in line with the pillars from the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act guidance notes.
• Work with SSFSL business areas to facilitate and maintain Fraud Risk Assessments (FRA).
• Identification and management of Fraud related risks, ensuring that the appropriate controls are being managed to mitigate the risks.
• Support 1st and 2nd line activities relating to fraud. Identify areas where a pro‑active approach, to identify potential Fraud, can be undertaken, and deliver this work.
• Review and maintain all relevant SSFSL and SSL Fraud, Whistleblowing and other relevant policies and procedures.

What you’ll bring

• Experience of conducting a Fraud Investigation and of delivering and reviewing Fraud Risk Assessments
• Ideally knowledge of financial services within a Financial Conducted Authority regulated sector, if not then experience of working withing a regulated industry.
• Experience of evidence gathering, including maintaining chain of custody and integrity of information evidence and intelligence.
• Experience of conducting interviews with witnesses, third parties and those suspected of being involved in Fraud or other financial crime.
• Understanding of the three lines of defence model including separation of duties.
• Knowledge of GovS 013 standards and the Home Office guidance requirements under the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act.
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written - including writing of detailed reports explaining findings.

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Hybrid variable role requiring limited presence in either our Blackpool, Durham, Newcastle, Glasgow or London offices.

Salary: Up to circa £45k depending on experience

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension and health cash plan scheme

Security Clearance Level: DV

We are a purpose driven digital transformation provider, creating innovative digital solutions to help clients drive their digital transformation projects and secure tangible and sustainable benefits. We harness the power of innovation to drive positive change in both business and society, delivering sustainable growth and services which make life better, from effective frontline citizen services, to digitising financial services, utilities, and delivering smarter roads. We place people at the heart of everything we do and are committed to working with our customers, partners and suppliers to shape a better world and add real and lasting social value to the communities in which we work. Together we are building a better future by delivering real and lasting value. We are just at the start of what we can achieve together.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].