Tenancy Fraud Manager in Oldham

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We have a new opportunity for a Tenancy Fraud Manager to join our team in Oldham on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting into the Head of Safe Neighbourhoods & Support, you will lead the development and delivery of our tenancy fraud function, driving a proactive and intelligence-led approach to identifying, preventing and investigating tenancy fraud across the tenancy lifecycle.

Working closely with teams across allocations, tenancy management, customer services and legal, you will lead complex investigations, oversee fraud cases through to enforcement action and help ensure homes are occupied by those entitled to them. You will establish and maintain robust fraud processes, governance frameworks and quality standards, taking ownership of case management oversight and ensuring investigations are conducted consistently and effectively.

Using data from multiple sources, including fraud intelligence and verification tools you will analyse trends, undertake risk assessments, produce detailed reports and provide insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making at senior leadership level.

As this role requires regular travel across our operating areas to conduct investigations, build stakeholder relationships and attend meetings, you will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle.

You will also be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Experience of conducting or overseeing investigations to evidential / legal standards.
• Proven experience leading tenancy fraud, housing fraud or financial crime investigations.
• Strong knowledge of tenancy fraud typologies.
• Excellent customer service delivery, demonstrating good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Resilient and able to deal with challenging situations and deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Strong analytical capability using data and intelligence to identify fraud patterns.
• Experience working with National Fraud Initiative, data matching tools and CRM systems.

Essential qualifications required:

• Educated to Level 6 (Degree or equivalent) or higher.
• Level 4 CIH Qualified or willing to work towards, Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (ACFS).

If you would like to be part of our team, we would really like to hear from you. Create your application today by uploading your CV and cover letter, detailing how you meet the essential criteria.

Benefits:

• Holidays: We offer 25-27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
• Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
• Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
• Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility.
• Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death.
• Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade.
• VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if required for VDU work.
• Additional benefits include: Access to the Finance wellbeing portal, Professional subscription annual payment, Travel season ticket loan, Car lease scheme.