Counter Fraud – Hm Treasury Jobs Norwich

Overview

Position Title: Counter Fraud

Company: HM Treasury

Location: Norwich, UK

Job Description:

HM Treasury’s Group Finance team, within the Corporate Centre Group provides sound financial management advice and information for internal use, and accurate information for Parliamentary control and public accountability purposes. We also lead on the department’s response to counter fraud, risk and assurance.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the operational risk management cycle, encouraging the team to deliver high-quality risk reporting on a quarterly basis to drive strategic discussions and decisions.
• Proactively engage with local risk owners in developing and maintaining risk registers, ensuring that key risks are escalated in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with our (part-time) Range E who leads on risk and assurance for Arms’ Length Bodies so that we maintain a joined-up approach and have strategic oversight of operational risks.
• Identify best practice and use that knowledge to support continuous improvement and further develop organisational counter fraud and risk maturity. Ensure this is embedded in our governance mechanisms, and that our frameworks and guidance are fit for purpose.

Requirements:

• Provide oversight of our counter fraud function, engaging with policy and corporate colleagues and the Public Sector Fraud Authority to ensure that fraud risks are assessed and mitigated appropriately.
• Drive improvements to assurance, ensuring that an effective control framework is in place and audit actions and recommendations are implemented. Liaise with key partners such as the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) and National Audit Office.
• Build good relationships with the government’s Risk Centre of Excellence and represent HM Treasury at relevant cross-government networks and initiatives, including working groups.
• Effectively line manage 1-2 staff, role-modelling HMT values and supporting the team in building professional knowledge. You may be required to matrix-manage depending on current team workstreams and priorities.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)