Counter Fraud Consultant/Senior Consultant
Posted 6 hours 1 minute ago by RSM UK
Locations: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom; Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom; Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom; Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom; Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom; Eastleigh, Southampton, United Kingdom; Birmingham, United Kingdom.
We are searching for an experienced Counter Fraud Consultant/Senior Consultant. Make an Impact at RSM UK
About the roleAt 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 aspirations and organisational 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. Our established Fraud Risk Services team is looking for more fraud experts with a background and real interest in fraud prevention.
Responsibilities- Undertaking Fraud and Bribery Risk Assessments - working with senior managers to understand the controls in place to mitigate fraud and bribery, testing the effectiveness of these controls, highlighting any missing/ineffective controls, and scoring the residual risk.
- Policy reviews - reviewing clients policies where fraud or bribery risks exist, and ensuring that suitable controls are listed to reduce the possibility of offences being committed, and allow disciplinary action to be taken if it is.
- Liaison with senior staff - reporting directly to the Director of Finance or Chief Financial Officer to keep them apprised of all fraud prevention work, current risk levels, and progress against our agreed plan. Producing and presenting annual workplans, progress reports and annual reports to the Audit Committee.
- Delivering training - preparing and presenting informative, engaging training sessions to our clients' staff. This could be 100 new starters at induction, or smaller, more in-depth presentations to finance, HR or procurement staff, or informing the Board on their personal requirements under corporate criminal offences.
- Undertaking proactive exercises - deep-diving into areas of identified fraud risk to review and test the controls in place, identifying whether any fraud is present, and strengthening procedures.
- Receipt of fraud referrals - receiving complaints from general staff, managers or HR relating to fraud, bribery or corruption. Working closely with the organisation's Freedom to Speak up Guardian to ensure clear reporting lines for concerns.
- Receiving referrals of fraud, bribery or other offences, identifying an estimated loss/gain, key lines of enquiry and proportionality to investigate.
- Submitting requests for information under the Data Protection Act for evidence.
- Liaising with witnesses to gather evidence/exhibits, taking witness statements.
- Undertaking interviews under caution.
- Preparing case papers for the CPS.
- Recognising when criminal sanctions may not be proportionate/appropriate and recommending internal/regulatory action.
- Making recommendations to prevent recurrence. Working with NHSCFA Financial Investigators to make financial enquiries and gain evidence.
Are you someone who thrives on variety, loves learning new things, and enjoys connecting with people? Are you passionate about sustainability impact, business, delivering quality and team focussed? If so, this role is perfect for you.
- 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, with an ability to articulate complex, sensitive and confidential information to staff, clients and other stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication skills, with an ability to construct high quality reports which may be presented to varying audiences.
- A strong ability to organise a varied workload, plan and manage own workloads and calendar, ensuring high quality client service is at the forefront of priorities.
- An ability to work unsupervised, use initiative and strive to exceed client's expectations.
We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That's why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have a fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.
- 25 Days Holiday
- Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP
- Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team.
Experienced hire
Permanent
LONDON
Consulting
24/09/2025
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