Senior Specialist: Forensics at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

To provide specialist advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the provision of effective fraud risk management services.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Office Administration

Process

• Provide guidelines and oversight to ensure the identification and assessment of business risk in order to create awareness and manage risk accordingly.
• Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Keep abreast of regulation and industry developments to advise and guide on key compliance risk issues; enabling informed decision making.
• Ensure the effective comparison between application with system and client details in order to control and minimise potential fraud risk.
• Implement and effectively execute fraud related prevention; consisting of detection, investigation and reporting on forensic investigation findings.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Customer

• Provide sound consulting services and recommendations based on customer and client needs, current information and trends analyses.
• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Create awareness to ensure the effective implementation of changes in policy, laws, regulations and associated industry practices.
• Monitor and provide feedback on the effectiveness of compliance practices and procedures: preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct.
• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Technical Competencies

• Forensic Auditing (Proficient)
• Fraud Investigation (Proficient)
• LHL Governance and Regulatory Framework (Intermediate)
• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)
• Analytical Thinking (Proficient)
• Organisation and Attention to Detail (Intermediate)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Governance, Ethics and Values (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)

Liberty Group Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and the group's Transformation Strategy, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards the achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the organisation.