Fraud Consultant - Solution/Technical Specialist

PA Consulting; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Generous pension

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking a Fraud Consultant with public sector and/or banking counter-fraud expertise. You will blend fraud technology, solution design and data delivery to help clients build proportionate controls across services and platforms.

The role requires strong consulting presence with capability to translate complex technical details into clear client outcomes, while shaping architectures and roadmaps for secure delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in fraud, financial crime or counter-fraud consulting in government, public sector and/or banking.
• Strong understanding of fraud technology, control design and service delivery.
• Experience with fraud platforms, technical solutions or product delivery.
• Understanding of fraud risks across digital services, payments, identity and case management.
• Ability to develop practical, proportionate technical recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management, writing and consulting skills.
• Experience implementing fraud technology solutions, workflows and analytics methods.
• Knowledge of public sector fraud platforms, identity ecosystems or control patterns.
• Experience in vendor assessment or implementation assurance.
• Experience in solution architecture, service design or technical business analysis.
• Understanding of data, analytics or orchestration for fraud services.
• Experience manipulating and summarising large datasets for fraud analytics and reporting with Python/SAS.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on fraud technology strategies, solution designs and implementation approaches.
• Support design of fraud controls, decisioning approaches and service workflows.
• Develop technical requirements, process flows and control specifications.
• Shape target architectures, delivery roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Support assessment of fraud platforms, products and integration options.
• Define data, process and non-functional requirements for secure and scalable services.
• Work with architecture, engineering, product and operations teams to support delivery.
• Produce assessments, recommendations, design inputs and business cases.

Skills

Fraud technology

Solution design

Data delivery

Python

SAS

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder management

Consulting

Public sector / banking knowledge

Architecture & service design

Tools

Python

SAS

Job description

Fraud Consultant - Solution/Technical Specialist

• Full-time

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

We are seeking a Fraud Consultant with experience in public sector and/or banking counter-fraud, with expertise in fraud technology, solution design, data and technical delivery. The role supports clients to design and implement proportionate fraud controls across services, platforms and operational processes. The successful candidate will combine fraud expertise and consulting capability with strong technical understanding to improve prevention, detection and response arrangements across programmes and services.

Key responsibilities

• Advise clients on fraud technology strategies, solution designs and implementation approaches
• Support design of fraud controls, decisioning approaches and service workflows
• Develop technical requirements, process flows and control specifications
• Shape target architectures, delivery roadmaps and implementation plans
• Support assessment of fraud platforms, products and integration options
• Define data, process and non-functional requirements for secure and scalable services
• Work with architecture, engineering, product and operations teams to support delivery
• Produce assessments, recommendations, design inputs and business cases

Essential experience and skills

• Experience in fraud, financial crime or counter-fraud consulting in government, public sector and/or banking
• Strong understanding of fraud technology, control design and service delivery
• Experience working with fraud platforms, technical solutions or product delivery
• Understanding of fraud risks across digital services, payments, identity and case management
• Ability to develop practical, proportionate technical recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management, writing and consulting skills
• Experience implementing fraud technology solutions, operational workflows and analytical/modelling techniques
• Knowledge of public sector fraud platforms, identity ecosystems or technical control patterns
• Experience supporting product selection, vendor assessment or implementation assurance
• Experience in solution architecture, service design or technical business analysis
• Understanding of data, analytics or orchestration approaches relevant to fraud services
• Experience in the manipulation and summarisation of large datasets for fraud analytics and reporting purposes, through the use of Python, SAS or equivalent analytic platforms

Core consulting skills

• Structured analysis and evidence-based recommendations
• Ability to translate technical detail into clear client outcomes
• Strong report writing and stakeholder communication
• Ability to shape practical outcomes in ambiguity
• Commercial awareness and support to bids and proposals

Apply today by completing our online application.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK. We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations – Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]