Senior Forensic Specialist

at  MultiChoice Group

Designation:
Senior Forensic Specialist
Category:
Group Finance
Level:
Senior
Closing date:
09 Aug 2024
Position Type:
Permanent
Location:
MultiChoice City

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. We’re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across 52 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment. Key areas of operations are:

• Storytelling ranging from content creation, production and aggregation including the best global general entertainment, sport and eminent African content library, delivered to customers
• Pay Television: direct-to-home satellite and digital terrestrial television services;
• SVOD: subscription video on demand services across multiple online platforms with a focus on library and local content in developing markets, and
• Advertising: providing dynamic media solutions; handling commercial airtime, on-air sponsorships, content integration, and online sales across a variety of 130+ channel brands on linear TV, VOD, social media, and digital platforms.

The group’s strength lies in its focus on local language and culture, its entrepreneurial spirit and the quality of its workforce. Multichoice Group has a successful history of identifying trends early, adapting them for the markets in which it operates and leveraging them to maximum advantage. The group generates revenues primarily through subscription model, with a growing contribution from advertising revenue. Its key objectives are to:

• Expand Pay TV, SVOD subscriber base and Advertising sales
• Focus on investment and technology
• Maintain a local approach
• Provide quality service
• Attract innovative and motivated employees

Join Africa’s most loved storyteller!

QUALIFICATIONS

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

EXPERIENCE

• 9+ years of the following forensics/ fraud 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
• Leading evidence in internal disciplinary proceedings and criminal/ civil prosecutions
• SAPS experience (including knowledge of prosecution procedures)
• Understanding key features of laws relevant to the forensic investigations
• Good knowledge of information sources and evidence handling, specifically with reference to electronic evidence
• Demonstrated ability to analyse, evaluate and interpret data sets with a strong understanding and application of analytical techniques
• Experience with forensic data analytics
• Use of technology e.g. data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning in developing monitoring and detection techniques
• Understand the line-of-sight between strategy and organisational implementation
• Performing predictive analysis, as well as effective prevention, detection and response to fraud risks and engaging stakeholders on these insights
• Remedial action development
• Experience in risk practices, laws and regulations (including relevant regulatory or legislative frameworks)
• Knowledge in the white-collar corporate environment in relation to forensic investigations and fraud awareness strategies
• Fraud awareness training/ learning and development experience
• Specialist knowledge of forensics and fraud awareness strategy in a corporate environment that spans the forensics value chain (predict, prevent, detect, recover, respond & remediate)
• Managing diverse stakeholder groups and ability to navigate across regions
• Interaction with senior and executive management
• 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 & accounting etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical findings, recommendations and trends into clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Support the achievement of strategic, business and proactive objectives through a focused approach to the monitoring and detection of fraudulent incidents and red flags for potential incidents that may impact the business to deliver on its strategy
• Monitor identified fraud risks, potential instances and known system weaknesses that may lead to fraud and/ or other misconduct
• Support the preparation of business-friendly strategies and solutions to address current fraud trends and mitigate against and prevent the future occurrence of fraud and/ or other misconduct in different contexts and circumstances
• Finding long term solutions/ controls to support the business’ resilience to fraud and unethical behaviour
• Oversee, initiate and plan fraud awareness campaigns and training in general and in specific areas of the business
• Lead investigations supported by junior resources
• Project management (including. tracking and guidance) in respect of all 3 Forensic pillars (response, prevention, detection)
• Coach/ upskill/ manage junior resources, contractors and secondees
• Support delivery of key operational processes, methodology/ policy updates
• Quality assurance/ first line review of investigation associated deliverables
• First round preparation of relevant Forum/ Committee submissions
• Stakeholder management
• Assist with third party budgeting/ finances
• Conduct investigations as directed by the Manager: Forensic Services in line with best practice, internal processes and based on factual evidence