Head Of Fraud Investigations

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

Company Description

Join the UAE\'s largest bank and one of the world\'s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting and dynamic industry.



JOB PURPOSE:

This role is responsible for conducting fraud investigations, including special fraud investigations, which includes complex cases related to WB Alerts and sensitive internal fraud cases and initiating recoveries for fraud loss incidents. Job holder should work closely with Fraud Prevention & detection team to ensure learnings from investigations are converted in the practical controls to prevent reoccurrence of incidents.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Core Responsibilities
  • To conduct large scale investigations, lead a team of fraud investigators to ensure fair and impartial investigations which identify root cause as well as identify the perpetrators
  • Ensure that investigation outcome is documented in the form of investigation and management action report in concise manner
  • Interact with law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, regulator etc. to discuss/brief about the incidents
  • To ensure best practices are implemented in the fraud investigations area to support appropriate legal/disciplinary action
  • To lead the automation of investigation process for reducing manual effort and improve efficiency and effectiveness of the investigation unit
  • Oversight of investigations conducted by First Line of Defence in the bank
  • Oversight of the investigations conducted by international branches and where required lead such investigations
  • Ensure regulatory reportings for fraud incidents are done in line with requirements
  • Present investigation findings and trends to stakeholders on periodic basis in the form of investigation newsletter
Qualifications

Threshold Qualifications
  • Post graduate
  • Certified Fraud Examiner, Information security, AML related certification
Years & Nature of Experience
  • Minimum of 12 years of experience in fraud risk investigations
  • Experience of using technology to prevent/detect frauds
  • Must have lead a team and should have been directly involved in conducting investigations including conducting investigation interviews, collecting evidence, report writing, issuing reports and presenting the findings to internal/external entities
  • Should have conducted investigations related to bribery and corruptions, trade finance frauds, digital channels, procurement fraud schemes and treasury products
Value-based Behaviours
  • Trusted, Knowledgeable, Collaborative, Enterprising
  • Should be able to handle complex investigations without supervision, should not get intimidated, able to perform under pressure and with tight timelines, should be self-motivated and having high emotional intelligence so that external factors do not affect the work ethics.
Technical Competencies
  • Knowledge of banking products, channels and fraud schemes including those related to Corporate Banking, Treasury, IT and Operations and Personal banking group as well as fraud schemes on digital channels
  • Knowledge of investigation processes, evidence handling etc
  • IT knowledge to ensure technology is used to aid the investigations, improve the effectiveness and efficiency
  • Investigation, interviewing and report writing skills
  • Excellent Oral and written Communication skills

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1586084
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
    Not mentioned