Manager: Forensic Investigator

SUMMARY:
Seeking an outstanding Forensic Auditor ready to take on a new challenging Management role within a well-known firm embedded in the digital sphere.

POSITION INFO:
The role of the Manager, Forensic Investigations is to minimize the impact of financial crime and misconduct through timeous high quality investigative interventions. This would include protecting Company assets and interests from acts of financial crime and misconduct including mitigating present exposures. Providing a first-class forensic investigatory service to stakeholders. Consequence management of person(s) who have committed acts of financial crime or dishonesty against the Company (Internal and External)
Travel might be required from time to time to conduct investigations outside Johannesburg.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performing Financial Crime Investigations both internal and external.
• Appropriately plan and scope the abovementioned investigations to ensure adequate investigatory focus.
• Appropriately control, secure and reference evidence acquired during forensic investigations.
• Perform and manage lifestyle audits across Group.
• Draft for review and present Executive Summary and Factual Finding report feedback to senior internal stakeholders.
• Present, where required, evidence in disciplinary enquiry, civil court and/or criminal court based on factual findings reports from investigations.
• Adopt, where appropriate, a litigation support role in respect of investigations in which the wishes to adopt legal proceedings.
• Implement and maintain Forensic Investigation standards in accordance with best practice.
• Engage with stakeholders and manage stakeholder expectations in terms of investigatory processes.
• Providing oversight of investigations and expenditure relating to external forensic consultancy service providers.
• Perform fraud awareness and fraud prevention/ detection presentations to key stakeholders as and when required.
• Identify control weaknesses during investigations and make recommendations to mitigate.
• Perform post fraud control reviews to identify the weaknesses in the control environment which led to/ facilitated the financial crime or misconduct to ensure timeous implementation of control recommendations,
• Share knowledge of trends and identified fraud risks with team and stakeholders so that relevant up – skilling takes place.
• Provide input, support, and recommend development of new and/or enhanced processes that will improve our forensic service offerings.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor''s degree, preferably criminal justice focused or equivalent forensic investigative bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 10 years relevant forensic investigative experience in the execution of complex, detailed, and confidential investigations, including forensic investigations criminal and/ or civil investigations.
• Membership to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) or similar preferred. 

 

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