Audit and Anti-Fraud Manager

Location: Plumstead

Purpose of job
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