Head of Counter Fraud Risk Management

The core objective for this role is to lead our counter fraud risk assessments, shape our strategy, ensure mitigating action plans are in place and to collate reporting across all areas.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive counter-fraud strategy that is organisation-wide in its scope and aligns with Government Counter Fraud Professional Standards, Government Functional Standard 013 and the wider Companies House objectives. This should cover internal and external fraud, bribery and corruption.Risk Management: Lead the fraud risk assessments and development of action plans across the organisation. Ensure the development and ownership of effective fraud risk controls and mitigation strategies.Collaboration: Work within the backdrop of wider security and fraud context, collaborating closely with Operational and Security colleagues as well as People, Finance and the Intelligence and Enforcement teams.Investigation Oversight: Monitor the resolution of any investigations done through Department for Business & Trade (DBT), Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) or law enforcement, ensuring that all investigations are conducted in a thorough, professional, and ethical manner (in line with legal and regulatory requirements).Policy Development: Develop and implement policies and procedures that support a zero-tolerance approach to fraud, bribery and corruption. Regularly review and update policies to reflect changes in legislation, best practices and organisational needs.Training and Awareness: Develop and deliver targeted training programs to raise awareness of fraud and error risks and ensure that staff at all levels understand their role in preventing and detecting it.Reporting: Establish effective reporting mechanisms for fraud and error incidents for internal and external stakeholders. Also work with Data, Digital, Finance, Operations and HR colleagues to put in place appropriate monitoring of trends, specific risks, and the effectiveness of counter-fraud measures.Compliance and Governance: Ensure that our counter-fraud function operates within the framework of relevant legislation, regulatory standards, and internal governance structures. Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and enhance the counter-fraud strategy, policies, and procedures to reflect emerging risks, trends, and innovations in fraud prevention.The postholder will play an active role as a member of the Security Leadership Team reporting directly to the Chief Security Officer ensuring that we have the capability we need to meet the challenges of the coming years.About the TeamThe Security team works as specialist function for the whole of Companies House. Currently we are undergoing a step change in our role from being a passive register to one we proudly maintain and scrutinise. Therefore our risk and threat levels are changing too. This means raising the bar from a security and internal threats point of view.The team is involved a variety of critical activities such as Cyber Security as well as Physical and Personnel Security.This role would be working closely within this team as well as the wider stakeholders including Finance, HR, Intelligence and Operations to mature our counter fraud, corruption and bribery standards.To be eligible for this role you also need to meet our Nationality requirements which are outlined below and also successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Clearance (SC) before they can be appointed. To gain (SC) you will need to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 3 years out of the last 5 years. Further information can be found below. Companies House also cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.