Manager, Forensic at BPR Bank Rwanda PLC

Manager, Forensic

The forensic manager will be responsible for investigating and detecting illegal, fraudulent, or improper activities by monitoring accounts for fraud, analyzing trends, reporting on security threats, and resolving fraud cases to mitigate the risk of financial loss and strategically keep the business informed of emerging fraud threats to manage lending risk for BPR Bank Rwanda Plc, through credit analysis. In accordance with the Bank’s lending policies, BNR Prudential Guidelines and best practice to achieve quality growth in the asset book in line with the strategic plans.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement fraud prevention, detection, and response strategies.

• Conduct forensic, and fraud risk assessments, produce a report, and update the fraud database from time to time.

• Manages the workload of forensics by prioritizing investigations and resource balancing in order to timeously execute and to contribute mitigating the potential risks to BPR Bank

• Launches Anti-Fraud Training and Awareness Campaigns and Implements a Fraud Rewards Program.

• Provide, where appropriate, a litigation support role in respect of investigations in which the Bank wishes to adopt legal proceedings.

• Engage with the appropriate internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timeous implementation of control recommendations, thereby mitigating future incidents.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships both internally and externally (e.g., law enforcement, industry peers) to remain current with advances in internal controls and fraud detection systems.

• Maintain absolute privacy and confidentiality over investigatory information.

• Evaluate and disseminate cases referred for investigation by departmental heads, audit, or whistleblower and advise the head of department from time to time.

• Through Fraud Management System, monitor card fraud alerts daily and take necessary action to protect customers and the bank.

Educational qualifications and work experience

• Bachelor's Degree in BA/BACOM/BSC-Criminology or its equivalent.

• Master's degree BA, MSC- Criminology is an added advantage.

• Professional qualifications. i.e. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

• 6 years of experience. i.e. 3 years' experience in tackling investigations, 3 years in conducting risk assessments and building strong internal controls.

• Leadership experience.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.