Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30 to £35 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Greenwich, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | SOHL ASSOCIATES LIMITED |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SOHLREC704 |
Summary
Ensuring effective audit coverage of the Council (Section 151): To manage the
continuous internal audit of Council operations, including corporate financial systems,
council wide contracts, computer audits, schools, housing benefits and autonomous
bodies and also ensuring probity, compliance and value for money in the operation
and delivery of Council services and Council funded services.
Ensuring work undertaken in accordance with laid down procedures and
statutory requirements: To ensure audits and investigations are undertaken to
properly discharge the Director of Finance’s statutory Section 151 responsibility and
are in compliance with corporate policy, established procedures, professional
guidelines, Accounts and Audit regulations and other legislative requirements placed
upon the Council.
Manage and review investigations: To manage and critically review investigations
undertaken primarily into Housing Benefit fraud but also into all other irregularities
perpetrated against the Council corporately and to carry out more complex,
contentious and sensitive investigations.
Main duties
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Managing the Audit and Anti Fraud Team: To organise, control and review
the efficient and effective operation of the Audit and Anti Fraud team and to
maximise opportunities to co-ordinate and integrate the activities of the team.
Deputising for the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud as and when required.
Training staff: To manage the daily operation of a team(s) of up to twenty
members of staff as allocated either on site or at remote locations, training and
directing staff in the use of techniques to detect and investigate all forms of
fraud and corruption, including staff from other organisations during joint pro
active counter fraud operations, audit reviews and staff employed under
collaborative working partnerships.
Planning and monitoring Audit and Anti-Fraud work: To contribute to the
planning and monitoring of the Audit and Anti Fraud Service and assist
production of an annual risk based Audit and Anti Fraud Plan which provides
assurances for the Director of Finance & Customer Services to enable proper
discharge of the Section 151 function ensuring that the areas of the plan under
the post holder’s responsibility are delivered within budget managing supporting
consultancy work as necessary.
4.
Monitoring achievement of Audit / Fraud plan: To assist the Head of Audit
and Anti Fraud with preparing operational and strategic service plans and the
effective monitoring and performance of those plans to ensure achievement of
stated aims and objectives within budget allocation. To provide the Head of
Audit and Anti Fraud with regular performance reports on all team members. To
prepare the annual statement of Internal Audit which will inform the Council’s
Annual Governance Statement.
continuous internal audit of Council operations, including corporate financial systems,
council wide contracts, computer audits, schools, housing benefits and autonomous
bodies and also ensuring probity, compliance and value for money in the operation
and delivery of Council services and Council funded services.
Ensuring work undertaken in accordance with laid down procedures and
statutory requirements: To ensure audits and investigations are undertaken to
properly discharge the Director of Finance’s statutory Section 151 responsibility and
are in compliance with corporate policy, established procedures, professional
guidelines, Accounts and Audit regulations and other legislative requirements placed
upon the Council.
Manage and review investigations: To manage and critically review investigations
undertaken primarily into Housing Benefit fraud but also into all other irregularities
perpetrated against the Council corporately and to carry out more complex,
contentious and sensitive investigations.
Main duties
1.
2.
3.
Managing the Audit and Anti Fraud Team: To organise, control and review
the efficient and effective operation of the Audit and Anti Fraud team and to
maximise opportunities to co-ordinate and integrate the activities of the team.
Deputising for the Head of Audit and Anti Fraud as and when required.
Training staff: To manage the daily operation of a team(s) of up to twenty
members of staff as allocated either on site or at remote locations, training and
directing staff in the use of techniques to detect and investigate all forms of
fraud and corruption, including staff from other organisations during joint pro
active counter fraud operations, audit reviews and staff employed under
collaborative working partnerships.
Planning and monitoring Audit and Anti-Fraud work: To contribute to the
planning and monitoring of the Audit and Anti Fraud Service and assist
production of an annual risk based Audit and Anti Fraud Plan which provides
assurances for the Director of Finance & Customer Services to enable proper
discharge of the Section 151 function ensuring that the areas of the plan under
the post holder’s responsibility are delivered within budget managing supporting
consultancy work as necessary.
4.
Monitoring achievement of Audit / Fraud plan: To assist the Head of Audit
and Anti Fraud with preparing operational and strategic service plans and the
effective monitoring and performance of those plans to ensure achievement of
stated aims and objectives within budget allocation. To provide the Head of
Audit and Anti Fraud with regular performance reports on all team members. To
prepare the annual statement of Internal Audit which will inform the Council’s
Annual Governance Statement.