Proactive or Reactive Fraud Risk Consultant

As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions - we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.
**Make an Impact at RSM UK**

At 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 are designed to address the unique needs, challenges, and opportunities our clients face as they strive to achieve their aspirations and organisational goals. Whether it’s supporting global expansion, developing acquisition strategies, facilitating private equity investments, or collaborating with boards to manage risk and governance, our consulting experts work as one cohesive team. We prioritise simplicity, providing data-driven insights, value-added assurance, and high-quality execution to empower our clients in building sustainable, future-fit businesses.

It’s an exciting time to join our consulting team, as we embark on ambitious growth plans that promise to create diverse career opportunities. We are committed to enhancing our six solutions, expanding and developing our team of expert consultants, embracing a digital-first approach, strengthening our global presence, and building strong client relationships.

RSM’s Forensic and Investigation Services team provides a range of counter fraud services to public and private sector clients. Many of our clients are NHS bodies, who are required by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (CFA) to report annually against CFA requirements. Our NHS clients contract us for anything from 15 to 150 days per year to provide a full proactive (preventative) service. In addition to this our staff are accredited to undertake criminal investigations where our NHS clients are the victim of fraud.

We are looking for staff in both proactive and reactive roles.

You will will support more experienced staff by completing the individual tasks. You will be liaising with our clients‘ staff, undertaking testing, devising training sessions and undertaking enquiries; pulling your findings into a detailed report. All of your work will be reviewed by more senior staff, before being issued.

You will make an impact by:

- 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, 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.
- 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.

**What we are looking for**:
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 a varying degree of 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.

**What we can offer you**:
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 fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.
- Hybrid workin