Jobsinghana.com Recruits Forensic Manager

Job Description

Job Role

• Develop and implement Fraud Prevention Strategy in company in line with Group FRM framework.
• Undertake forensic audits in compliance with national and international standards
• Provide feedback on the forensic audits performed
• Prepare and monitor the budget of forensic auditing
• Maintenance of the whistleblower initiative.
• Assess the fraud risk status that is assigned to specific business unit objectives;
• Adjust the Fraud Prevention Strategy in order to meet the requirements of the audit committee
• Prioritize pro-active and re-active forensic auditing assignments to ensure that resources are used efficiently
• Perform ad hoc special assignments
• Where necessary, assist in the design of specific controls to improve fraud detection and prevention
• Provide consultation to management with regard to fraud risk management and control portfolios
• Provide expertise concerning the risks and controls of company with specific reference to economic crime
• Seek ways in which to add value and prevent losses to the client’s business and bring these to the client’s attention
• Provide regular feedback to line management on progress of work performed at their request
• Reduce the expectation gap between Forensic Auditing and operations.
• Manage external resources to perform forensic and other special audits
• Liaise with and assist the external auditors in a professional manner with regard to fraud and fraud prevention
• Report on a regular basis on the fraud and other economic crime risk and control environment and the progress with regard to fraud prevention, detection and investigation to GM BRM
• Prepare the audit committee report with regard to economic crime issues
• Confer regularly with GM BRM on the quality and timing of forensic auditing work that has to be performed
   

Required Skills or Experience

Educational Requirements:

• Degree in Criminal Justice and Forensic Auditing with Interviewing and statement taking skills with four years of investigation and forensic experience in a telecommunication industry as well as Proven record of conducting high profile investigations for corporate clients
• 2 years in a management position.
• Preferred additional qualification:
• CA /ACCA or LLB
• Postgraduate qualifications in Forensic Accounting

Cognitive skills

• Technical skills
• Written and verbal communication
• Good practical knowledge of MS office suite
• Knowledge and understanding of the Ghanaian and other international Legal System
• Knowledge and understanding of concepts and practices of criminology
• Knowledge and understanding of Fraud Prevention strategies and the implementation thereof
• Knowledge and understanding of key fraud risks and controls in company

Analytic/Design skills

• Ability to find, access and assess data
• Logical reasoning
• Ability to identify, document and analyze problem in logical manner
• Analyze commercial and financial data for fraud detection or prevention purposes
• Develop practical solutions for problems encountered
• Analyze fraud risks and controls using relevant methodologies and models and design fraud prevention and control systems
• Evaluate new technologies and methodologies that impact on fraud prevention, detection and investigation

Appreciative skills

• Ability to observe, recognize importance of data or information, identify anomalies
• Fraud and other risk awareness
• Ability to think laterally
• Comprehend fraud risk management in the context of the business
• Apply understanding of the forensic auditing and legal discipline to the assignments
• Make sense of complex situations and manage the complexity
• Make complex multi-valued judgments in the absence of data and with probabilistic inferences only

Behavioural skills

Personal skills

• Professional demeanor
• Inquisitive and questioning
• Patience
• Embrace change
• Assertive
• Persistent
• Dedicated
• Decisive
• Handle pressure
• Good time and stress management
• Anticipate possible problems or obstacles
• Intuitive and incisive

Interpersonal skills

• Persuasion
• Conduct meetings
• Conduct interviews and interrogations

People skills

• Conflict handling
• Cultural sensitivity
• Discretion, tact and diplomacy

Team management

• Define requirements
• Conflict resolution
• Secure control
• Delegate within the team
• Motivation of team members to perform in a difficult environment

Organizational skills

• Organizational awareness ( find way around company, attain knowledge of business, networking, etc)
• Task management (adapt forensic auditing work when necessary, handle multi-tasking, scheduling, using sophisticated forensic auditing approaches
• Manage the Forensic Auditing function
• Available Human resource management
• Liaison with other functions within BRM
• Liaison with external parties and clients
• Market the Special Audit Services and fraud prevention functions
• Expand Forensic Auditing Services work into new areas 

How To Apply

Qualified candidates should send their resumes to [email protected]