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Forensic Specialist

Forensic Specialist

MultiChoiceZA
12 days ago
Job description

Job title : Forensic Specialist

Job Location : Gauteng,

Deadline : October 14, 2025

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Key Performance Areas

Conducting investigations

Conduct investigations

  • Undertakes investigations into irregularities as directed by the Senior Manager : Forensic Services, under the oversight of the Senior Forensic Specialist, in line with best practices, internal protocols, and based on factual evidence.

    • Case logging and record keeping

  • Promptly and comprehensively logs and initiates investigations into all allegations or suspicions received, relating to potential violations within the Group.
  • Maintains accurate and timely records of investigations in the case management system, ensuring key information and issues are properly documented and reported.

    • Evidence collection, evaluation and analysis

  • Collects, verifies and analyses electronic data / transactions from multiple systems and other sources and interprets documents to identify potential fraudulent trends and activities.
  • Evaluates information by assessing the reliability of the source, and the validity and quality of information, to gain informed insights.

    • Suspect / witness / relevant individual identification and interviews

  • Identifies suspects / witnesses / other relevant individuals and conducts interviews to gather information and substantiate findings
  • Analyses the activities of individuals, groups, and organisations using appropriate techniques.

    • Evidence Compilation

  • Collates and presents compelling, comprehensive evidence to support internal disciplinary processes and external proceedings (criminal and civil), with the aim of minimising financial loss, reputational damage, and other irregular behaviour.

    • Reporting / deliverables

  • Drafts clear and comprehensive investigation reports and communicates findings to relevant internal stakeholders.

    • Corrective action

  • Ensures relevant corrective / disciplinary action is taken in line with relevant policies and supports Human Capital and management where necessary

    • Control weakness identification

  • Highlights potential system or process deficiencies based on investigation outcomes and recommends preventative measures, process improvements, and training initiatives to stakeholders.

    • Recovery procedures

  • Supports the institution of recovery procedures in collaboration with Legal and other relevant stakeholders.

    • Law enforcement liaison

  • Engages with law enforcement to support the prosecution of cases, ensuring compliance with applicable policies and legislation.

    • Cross-functional collaboration

  • Works closely with internal departments including Legal, Human Capital, and Risk & Compliance to support investigations and ensure alignment.

    • Confidentiality management

  • Handles highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

    • Stakeholder Engagement

  • Builds and maintains effective working relationships with business and functional stakeholders, ensuring management is kept informed of investigative developments.

    • Preventing and detection

  • Control enhancement
  • Supports the identification and implementation of long-term controls and solutions that strengthen the organisation’s resilience to fraud.

    • Insights and continuous Improvement

  • Contributes to the identification of themes, trends, and lessons learned from investigations to support continuous improvement of business processes and the control environment.

    • Reporting

  • Provides input into reporting on fraud risk trends, control effectiveness, and mitigation actions to relevant stakeholders.

    • Awareness campaigns and planning

  • Assists in initiating and planning fraud awareness campaigns and training sessions, both general and tailored to specific business areas.
  • Identifies specific learning gaps and contribute to the development or refresh of fraud awareness training materials and courses to address those gaps.
  • Supports the design and implementation of an annual fraud awareness training plan aligned with business needs and risk priorities.
  • Ensures the smooth execution of fraud awareness training initiatives, including accurate recordkeeping and monitoring of participation and completion.

    • Qualification

  • A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting and Finance, Internal Audit, Business or Law
  • Professional qualification : CFE

    • Experience & Skills

    3-5 years of the following forensics experience :

  • Conducting forensic investigations within corporate environments, relating to white collar crime and, amongst others, conflicts of interest
  • Preparing evidence files and interviewing witnesses and suspects
  • Advanced technical report writing
  • Leading evidence in internal disciplinary proceedings and criminal / civil prosecutions
  • SAPS experience (including knowledge of prosecution procedures) is beneficial
  • Understanding key features of laws relevant to the forensic investigations
  • Good knowledge of information sources and evidence handling, specifically with reference to electronic evidence
  • Demonstrate ability to analyse, evaluate and interpret data sets with a strong understanding and application of analytical techniques
  • Experience with forensic data analytics
  • Remedial action development
  • Fraud awareness training experience
  • Ability to coordinate, work with and gain the trust of business stakeholders, technical resources, and third-party vendors
  • Established reputation for integrity, good judgment, fairness and discretion when dealing with staff and external parties
  • Experience in business areas such as marketing, procurement, inventory management, human resources, finance, sales etc.
  • Ability to effectively communicate complex technical findings, recommendations and trends into clear and concise written and verbal communication.
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