Counter Fraud Specialist

Sopra Steria; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave with the option(s

Life assurance

Pension

Health cash plan

Job summary

Sopra Steria Financial Services Limited (SSFSL) is seeking a Counter Fraud Specialist to support the Head of Counter Fraud in delivering the strategy and programme across SSFSL and external clients. The role includes investigations, fraud prevention, and FRA development within a hybrid setup across UK offices.

The ideal candidate will have fraud investigation experience, knowledge of GovS 013 standards, and strong written and verbal communication. Security clearance required (DV).

Qualifications

• Experience conducting fraud investigations and delivering FRA
• Familiarity with financial services regulation or a regulated industry
• Evidence gathering with chain of custody and integrity of information
• Experience interviewing witnesses and third parties in fraud cases
• Understanding of the three lines of defence model

Responsibilities

• Manage investigation of reported fraud incidents with records of actions and conclusions
• Provide guidance to business unit fraud teams as required
• Act as main point of contact for fraud guidance, including anti-money laundering and corruption
• Implement GovS 013 government counter fraud standards
• Deliver and maintain fraud prevention frameworks aligned with guidance notes
• Coordinate Fraud Risk Assessments with SSFSL business areas
• Identify and manage fraud-related risks and controls
• Support 1st and 2nd line activities to proactively identify fraud
• Review and maintain SSFSL/SSL fraud, whistleblowing and related policies

Skills

Fraud Investigation

Fraud Risk Assessments

Evidence gathering

Interviews & witnesses

Regulated industry knowledge

Governance standards

Communication (verbal & written)

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.

This is a hybrid variable role requiring limited presence in either our Blackpool, Durham, Newcastle, Glasgow or London offices.

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 within 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.

Security Clearance Level: DV

Internal Recruiter: Adrian

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

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].

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role.