Senior Forensic Investigator

SUMMARY:
Senior Forensic Investigator - AA

POSITION INFO:

Job Purpose
• The role of the Senior Forensic Investigator is to perform a management role in minimizing 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 within the business
• Consequence management of person(s) who have committed acts of financial crime or dishonesty against the company (Internal and External)
• Travel might be required to conduct investigations outside Johannesburg from time to time

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
• 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 information and admission seeking interviews of company personnel and other parties (where required).
• 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 company 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,
• Responsible for effective internal and external stakeholder management.
• Build and maintain credible relationships with internal and external stakeholders ensuring their issues, objectives and priorities are reflected in the agreed solution. Stakeholders include various business units within the business, Law Enforcement, Justice department as well as other external parties who can provide support during investigations.
• Embrace the vision and values of the company and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders, to achieve goals and objectives.
• Identify training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from management, to improve personal capability and to stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
• 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.

Preferred Qualification 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

Salary: R600 - R750 kpa

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