Counter Fraud Consultant/Senior Consultant

RSM UK City Of Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Overview

As one of the world\\\’s largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.

At RSM, our consulting team brings together diverse advisory experts to deliver our six core solutions: business transformation, forensic, deal services, restructuring, finance function support, and risk and governance. Our solutions address the unique needs, challenges, and opportunities our clients face as they strive to achieve their goals. We prioritise simplicity, providing data-driven insights, value-added assurance, and high-quality execution to empower our clients in building sustainable, future-fit businesses. We are embarking on growth plans that will create diverse career opportunities and we are committed to enhancing our six solutions and building strong client relationships.

Our established Fraud Risk Services team is looking for more fraud experts. The ideal candidate has a background and real interest in fraud prevention and can quickly start assisting our clients to identify gaps in their fraud controls and remedy these, or work with their teams to train staff to recognise and prevent fraud. We are looking for people who are already experienced in some of our work areas. Please read the details below and include your relevant prior academic or practical experience, or transferable skills, in your cover letter.

Our team provides a range of counter fraud services to public and private sector clients. Many recurring clients are NHS bodies, who are required by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) to report against CFA requirements. Our NHS clients contract us for 15 to 150 days per year to provide a full proactive service. In addition, staff are accredited to undertake criminal investigations where NHS clients are the victim of fraud.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking Fraud and Bribery Risk Assessments – working with senior managers to understand controls, test effectiveness, highlight missing/ineffective controls, and score residual risk.
• Policy reviews – reviewing client policies where fraud or bribery risks exist and ensuring suitable controls are listed to reduce offences and allow disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Liaison with senior staff – reporting to the Director of Finance or Chief Financial Officer, producing and presenting annual work plans and progress reports.
• Delivering training – preparing and presenting informative training sessions to clients\\\’ staff, from induction for new starters to in-depth sessions for finance, HR or procurement staff, or informing boards about legal requirements.
• Undertaking proactive exercises – deep-diving into areas of identified fraud risk to test controls and identify any fraud, strengthening procedures.
• Receipt of fraud referrals – handling complaints from staff, managers or HR, working with the organisation\\\’s Freedom to Speak up Guardian to ensure clear reporting lines.
• Receiving referrals of fraud, bribery or other offences, identifying estimated loss/gain, key lines of enquiry and proportionality to investigate.
• Submitting information requests under the Data Protection Act for evidence; liaising with witnesses, gathering evidence, taking witness statements.
• Undertaking interviews under caution; preparing case papers for the CPS; recognising when sanctions may not be proportionate and recommending internal or regulatory action.
• Making recommendations to prevent recurrence and working with NHSCFA Financial Investigators to obtain evidence.

What we are looking for

• Be able to pass enhanced security vetting (NPPV + SC – Non-Police Personnel Vetting and Security Clearance).
• Be able to pass DBS clearance.
• Excellent verbal communicator, able to articulate complex, sensitive and confidential information to staff, clients and other stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to construct high-quality reports for varying audiences.
• A strong ability to organise a varied workload, plan and manage own workload and calendar, ensuring high-quality client service.
• Ability to work unsupervised, use initiative and strive to exceed client expectations.

What we can offer

• Hybrid working
• 25 Days Holiday
• Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP
• Individual healthcare cover
• Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our in-house Talent Development team

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM: At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life and we aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our teams to genuinely understand our clients\\\’ needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work, and we are working to ensure our firm\\\’s principles and processes support a culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.

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