Chief Fraud Prevention & Strategy Leader

Referment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is working with a global financial services business to appoint a senior fraud leader for its EMEA financial crime function. The role offers enterprise‑wide responsibility for the fraud risk framework and requires strategic leadership paired with hands‑on delivery across multiple jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate will set strategy, strengthen prevention and detection capabilities, and provide senior governance forums with clear insight into threats, control effectiveness and

Qualifications

• Significant senior experience leading fraud risk programmes in financial services.
• Proven track record designing enterprise fraud strategies and control frameworks.
• Credibility with boards, regulators and auditors.
• Experience leading multi‑jurisdictional programmes and large teams.
• Strong analytical skills using data and AI to improve detection.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the fraud risk management framework, including taxonomy, typologies, assessment methodology, risk appetite and escalation thresholds.
• Set the fraud strategy, capability roadmap, governance model and senior reporting requirements across the organisation.
• Define minimum prevention, detection and response controls, then challenge first‑line teams on design, implementation, performance and automation.
• Build intelligence and analytics capability covering fraud patterns, losses, near misses, emerging threats and control effectiveness.
• Set standards for incident escalation, investigations, root‑cause analysis and lessons learned from material fraud events.
• Act as the senior fraud specialist for regulators, auditors, executive committees and other key stakeholders.
• Lead specialist fraud professionals and develop sustainable capability, training and succession across the function.

Skills

Fraud risk leadership

Enterprise-wide strategy

Regulatory governance

Multi-jurisdictional delivery

Data analytics & AI for detection

Board/executive engagement

Job description

Referment is working with a global financial services business to appoint a senior fraud leader for its EMEA financial crime function. The role offers enterprise‑wide responsibility for the fraud risk framework and requires strategic leadership paired with hands‑on delivery across multiple jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate will set strategy, strengthen prevention and detection capabilities, and provide senior governance forums with clear insight into threats, control effectiveness and