Counter Fraud Lead (Analysis)

Job summary

This is a great opportunity to join a team leading proactive prevention, detection and investigation of fraud, bribery, and corruption in the newly formed Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST). You will support the provision of expert advice and analysis on fraud risks and investigations to senior leaders targeting high risk areas of fraud and error such as grants, procurement, and internal fraud, to help identify weaknesses and working with process owners to strengthen controls. You will support in creating a culture of fraud awareness work alongside key stakeholders in the Department, Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) and Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA).

The Counter Fraud team set the counter fraud, bribery, and corruption strategy, leading on fraud risk assessment and investigation activity, setting and implementing departmental policy and ensuring compliance with the Government Counter Fraud Functional Standards. Reporting to the Performance and Risk Committee, and Audit Risk & Assurance Committee, the team leads on management assurance activity on counter-fraud, ensuring appropriate controls and response plans are in place for the Department and its various Partner Organisations.

The role sits in the Counter Fraud team, which is part of the Counter Fraud and Recoveries Division reporting to the Director of Grant Delivery.

Job description

• Responsible for the processes and approach for collating and maintaining the core counter fraud data within the team.

• Provide support to the lead investigator on cases including initial information gathering, liaison with stakeholders and managing and triaging cases.

• Producing robust analysis and reporting to provide insight into the DBT fraud landscape, inform team prioritisation and to fulfil both internal and external reporting requirements.

• Provide support and analysis on internal investigations and develop analytical approaches to support future investigations.

• Working with business areas and analysts support the team in the development of fraud prevention methodologies.

• Support the work to within the team and collaborate with analysts for the identification and design of fraud loss measurement, detection and control testing pilots.

Person specification

Essential criteria

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage.

• Proven ability to design and deliver high-quality analysis and reporting for diverse audiences, including senior leaders, governance boards, and operational teams, translating complex fraud related data into clear, actionable insights that directly inform decision-making and prioritisation.

• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, enabling the efficient manipulation and interpretation of large datasets to support robust fraud analytics and reporting.

• Confident communicator able to effectively collaborate with teams across DBT and with partner organisations able to reinforce a counter-fraud culture.

• Demonstrate a flexible approach to dealing with a challenging and varied workload with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and deliver quality outputs at pace utilising organisation and project management skills.

Desirable criteria

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates

• Awareness of fraud risks, fraud indicators, and basic fraud risk management concepts.

• Previous experience and knowledge of fraud analytics

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,391, Department for Business and Trade contributes £12,280 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.

Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
• A Personal Statement of up to750 words,explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.

Your application will be sifted against the Experience criteria of the Civil Service Success Profiles.

We aim to sift both the CV and the Personal Statement but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the CV only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the CV will either progressed to a full sift where the Personal Statement is then assessed, or progressed straight to further assessment/interview

Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to interview, where we will assess you on the Success Profiles elements of Behaviours.

As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a short oral presentation, details will be provided prior to your interview.

It is likely that the sift will take pla