Fraud Risk and Forensics Specialist

Description The Fraud Risks & Forensics Specialist is responsible for leading forensic analysis, fraud risk assessment, and technology‑enabled intelligence in support of Purolator’s fraud prevention and investigative programs. This role plays a critical function in identifying complex fraud schemes, validating investigative findings, quantifying impact, and translating forensic insights into actionable risk mitigation, control enhancements, and analytics improvements.

The Specialist serves as a subject matter expert in forensic analysis, fraud typologies, and fraud technology outputs, partnering closely with Fraud Investigations, Fraud Analytics, Asset Protection, Claims, IT Security, Legal, and external stakeholders to ensure fraud risks are proactively identified, investigations are well‑supported, and conclusions are evidence‑based, defensible, and aligned with governance standards.

Responsibilities Fraud Risk & Forensic Analysis

Conduct forensic reviews of financial transactions, customer activity, claims, shipment data, and digital evidence to identify fraud schemes, manipulation, or misrepresentation.

Analyze fraud patterns, anomalies, and emerging typologies across customer onboarding, account takeover, payment fraud, claims abuse, employee fraud, and shipment‑related fraud.

Apply forensic accounting and analytical techniques to support fraud attribution, loss quantification, impact assessment, and evidentiary analysis.

Develop clear, structured forensic analyses that distinguish confirmed findings from indicators requiring further validation.

Investigation Support & Evidence Development

Support complex internal and external fraud investigations through analytical validation, evidence review, and timeline reconstruction.

Prepare clear, defensible investigative summaries and forensic documentation suitable for executive review, audit, legal proceedings, or law‑enforcement referral.

Serve as the primary owner of investigation‑related analytical and forensic reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and audit readiness.

Maintain complete and defensible records within approved case management and forensic documentation systems.

Fraud Technology & Intelligence Enablement

Act as the business and analytical owner of enterprise fraud tools and forensic platforms, including use‑case definition, configuration oversight, output validation, and data quality assurance.

Leverage fraud tools, internal systems, and intelligence sources to enable proactive fraud detection, investigative efficiency, and risk monitoring.

Ensure fraud tools and analytical outputs produce reliable, auditable data aligned with fraud risk objectives and governance expectations.

Translate forensic and investigative insights into standardized fraud metrics, risk indicators, dashboards, and recurring analytical reports.

Risk Mitigation & Control Enhancement

Identify control weaknesses, systemic vulnerabilities, and process gaps revealed through forensic reviews and investigative support.

Partner with Fraud Analytics, IT, Operations, and Business stakeholders to recommend enhancements to preventative controls, detection rules, monitoring strategies, and data quality controls.

Support post‑incident reviews and root‑cause analysis to reduce recurrence risk and strengthen control maturity.

Stakeholder Advisory & Reporting

Serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders on fraud risk, forensic findings, and emerging threats.

Support executive‑level reporting, audit inquiries, and risk governance discussions with fact‑based, defensible forensic analysis.

Engage with external partners, including law enforcement, financial institutions, and vendors, as required to support investigative, forensic, or recovery objectives.

Qualifications

Post secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Criminology, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field. Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience considered.

5+ years of experience in fraud risk management, forensic analysis, financial crime, or related functions within a complex enterprise environment.

Proven experience conducting forensic reviews across financial, transactional, customer, claims, digital, or operational data sources.

Experience supporting complex fraud investigations through evidence analysis, loss quantification, documentation, and validation.

Hands‑on experience with enterprise fraud tools, monitoring platforms, or forensic technologies.

Demonstrated ability to support audit, legal, and executive‑level reporting with defensible analysis.

Preferred Qualifications (Assets)

Professional certifications or progress toward certification:

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

Specialized training in forensic accounting, fraud analytics, or digital forensics.

Language Requirement Proficiency in English is required for this position due to the frequent communications that must be conducted in English with various stakeholders. This requirement is justified by the nature of the responsibilities and operational needs.

Posting Details Location: 530 – Corporate

Working Conditions: Office Environment

Reports to: Manager Fraud Analytics

Purolator is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome all qualified applicants and provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request.

Purolator complies with Canadian law in all recruitment practices.

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