Fraud Manager | PATH

Commencing in October 2025 

Long term role

Based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Reserved for Papua New Guinea Citizens Only

About The Program

Abt PNG Management Services supports five Abt programs based in PNG. This Shared Services Platform supports the following programs with service triaged and prioritised based on risk.

The Programs Include:

• Australia PNG Economic Partnership (APEP)
• Australia PNG Subnational Program (APSP)
• PNG-Australia Transition to Health (PATH)
• PNG Partnerships for Improving Education (PIE)
• PNG Women’s Lead (PNGWL)

About The Opportunity

The Fraud Manager will lead key stages of Abt PNG fraud compliance and investigations processes and prevention and mitigation strategies, including: 

• conducting fraud risk assessments and fraud post-compliance monitoring visits (spot-checks) for high-risk and medium-risk grantees and contractors;
• supporting fraud reporting and investigations into actual or suspected fraud incidents across Abt PNG programs; and 
• supporting the delivery of fraud prevention and mitigation strategies and training delivery across Abt PNG Programs 

This position sits in the Grants management team which leads Abt PNG fraud compliance and collaborates with the Legal and Contracts team which leads fraud investigations.

Key Responsibilities

The Fraud Manager will lead and support a “whole of Abt PNG” approach to fraud risk management, control, investigation, and training and is responsible for the following:

Coordination And Management

• Perform any fraud-related tasks as requested by Senior Grants and Procurement Manager.
• Coordinate closely with PNG Legal and Contracts team and Brisbane Ethics Compliance Risk and Assurance (ECRA) team regarding all fraud investigations. 
• Line-manage Grants team members as requested to assist delivering any fraud compliance tasks.
• Collaborate with Abt PNG Safeguarding colleagues in all programs to ensure alignment with partner risk management.
• Attend any regular grants, fraud and safeguarding meetings.

Fraud Risk Assessment

• Lead comprehensive fraud risk assessments for high-risk grantees and contractors through the Abt Australia Partner Portal in line with Abt fraud policy, procedure and standards to ensure partners comply with Abt standards within time.
• Coordinate with program managers and partners where appropriate to obtain necessary partner documents to complete fraud risk assessments
• As identified and endorsed by the Senior Grants and Procurement Manager, support partners with capacity building opportunities specifically related to fraud compliance 
• Continual [daily monitoring of the Partner Portal governance dashboard for timely compliance.

Fraud Post-Compliance Monitoring

• In collaboration with the Senior Grants and Procurement Manager, develop and implement a pipeline of fraud post-compliance monitoring (PCM) visits to grantees and contractors in line with Abt fraud policies, procedures, standards and templates.
• Coordinate with program managers, team leaders, safeguarding colleagues and partners to organise and conduct PCM meetings and/or visits. 
• Produce detailed PCM reports using PCM fraud templates to assess partner compliance with fraud standards, recommend and track improvement opportunities.

Fraud Investigations

• Report all suspected or detected cases of fraud and corruption to the FCO immediately and record them in the Global Incident Management System (GIMS) within 24 hours.
• Prepare investigations plans for fraud incidents determined to be low or medium risk by the FCO/Fraud Control Manager (FCM).
• Conduct investigations in accordance with investigation plans with guidance and supervision of the FCO and FCM in line with Abt’s Investigation Policy.
• Conduct interviews with witnesses and alleged perpetrators and document interview transcripts.
• Actively manage the investigation to include gathering and review of necessary evidence, monitor implementation of corrective actions, and return of misappropriated funds as required.
• Coordinate with the Legal and Contracting team at the completion of the investigation to ensure any recommendations made investigations for grantees, contractors and employees comply with Abt’s Investigation Policy. 
• Update, maintain and manage case records in GIMS.

      Training, advice and support 

• Lead on and coordinate closely with Legal and Contracting team to support fraud compliance training in staff induction. 
• Lead preparation and delivery of fraud compliance training for internal and external stakeholders as required.
• Provide high-level advice and direction on fraud risk assessment, PCMs and investigations to program teams, team leaders and other internal stakeholders.
• Review and advise Abt PNG programs on program-level risk assessments, strategies and registers relating to fraud.
• Regularly review and update Abt fraud policies, procedures, standards and templates as needed.
• Identify and deliver specific exercises or projects to strengthen Abt PNG fraud risk management, including internal fraud compliance audits.

Specific Deliverables

• Comprehensive partner fraud risk management requirements actioned in accordance with partner fraud control procedures and completed within deadlines.
• Fraud post-compliance monitoring meetings and/or visits scheduled and conducted regularly. 
• Fraud investigations managed in line with requirements.
• Internal and external fraud training run to strengthen fraud compliance culture. 
• Support maintaining program fraud risk assessment and fraud control strategy documents for all programs.
• Program risk management documents strengthened and aligned to program risks.

Key Working Relationships

• Grants Management team
• Legal and Contracting team
• Program teams at all levels
• Head Office ECRA team
• Grantees and contractors as required 
• Safeguarding team as required
• Other Abt Program and Head Office staff
• Clients as required

About You

We are seeking an individual who will bring: 

Qualifications

• Appropriate qualifications - Degree in law, internal audit, risk management, criminology, or a related discipline.

      Knowledge – Highly Desirable

• Strong expertise in risk management, internal audit and/or compliance, particularly regarding fraud, corruption and financial risk assessment, control, and monitoring.
• Detailed knowledge of incident reporting, investigating and handling, particularly for fraud.

Skills/Experience

• Minimum five years professional experience in risk management, internal audit or fraud management. 
• Demonstrated proficiency in assessing and analysing compliance documentation against standards and procedures. 
• Experience and/or exposure with conducting investigations. 
• Ability to conducted monitoring meetings and visits and produce high quality assessments and reports. 
• Strong presentation skills for training.
• Well-developed management and communication skills for liaising and coordinating in team/other working relationships.

Personal Attributes

• High integrity and personal commitment to preventing and controlling fraud and corruption.
• Conscientious employee with strong attention to detail and highly organised work practices. 
• Strategic thinker, open to exploring and solving problems from different perspectives.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team to achieve compliance.
• Tenacity, and the ability to deal with multiple types of projects for a range of stakeholders simultaneously.
• Tact and diplomacy when dealing with sensitive and confidential material, and liaising and cooperating with senior colleagues.
• Ability to work within ambiguous and changing circumstances.
• Ability to build quick rapport with various individuals and groups across a very broad range of organisations and communities.

How To Apply

• Please ensure to address the Key Selection Criteria (About You) in your cover letter, and submit your application online, along with your CV as a single document. 
• Applications must be submitted personally by individuals only. Applications submitted by a company or organisation will not be accepted. 
• The successful applicant will be engaged through an employment agreement determined by Abt.
• The successful candidate will be required to provide a police clearance.

We welcome and thank all applications; however, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Closing Date:  Monday, 6 October 2023, 12pm (Midday, local time) #LI-AUSBRIT