Our client is a premier Middle East banking group with strong lines of business in retail, commercial, private, Islamic and investment banking as well as a strong asset management arm. As an award winning organisation they are ambitious and are continuing to grow their presence in not just the Middle East but also Europe and the Far East.

They are currently looking to recruit an experience Fraud Investigator to assist the Fraud Prevention & Investigations Unit in the area of fraud prevention and detection. The successful candidate will conduct investigations of known or suspected criminal acts, which have been perpetrated against the Group and will assist in the development and implementation of fraud prevention programmes.

Daily responsibilities will include:

• Implement and maintenance of the Bank’s policy on fraud.

• Maintenance of fraud prevention processes and programmes across the group, including employee screening and transactional monitoring.

• Conduct independent investigations of all suspected, and actual acts of fraud, which have been perpetrated against group companies.

• Maintain processes for investigating, documenting and reporting on incidents of fraud.

• Maintain processes for the tracing and recovery of assets lost through fraud.

• Manage a programme to accommodate the reporting of events on a confidential basis.

• Conduct fraud awareness and prevention training and educational programmes.

• Manage relationships with regulators, judicial and law enforcement authorities on matters of fraud and fraud prevention.

• Research, analyze and recommend measure to reduce fraud related risks to which business activities are exposed.

Applicants will need to have good experience in either financial services, forensic accounting, financial audits or a similar environment performing financial / corporate fraud investigations. As an individual the successful candidate will be able to work independently and have strong interpersonal skills.

If this position sounds of initial interest, please contact Matt Crocombe of Barclay Simpson Middle East on + 971 (0) 4 401 9809 or mc@barclaysimpson.com