Fraud Risk & Compliance Consultant

The external fraud landscape is constantly shifting, with emerging AI-driven technologies introducing both new threats and promising opportunities. Fraudsters are becoming increasingly sophisticated, exploiting vulnerabilities across financial systems. To help our clients stay ahead of these evolving risks, we provide independent oversight and strategic advisory services that strengthen fraud risk management and compliance frameworks.

As a Fraud Risk & Compliance Consultant, you will act as a trusted second line of defence for leading financial institutions. Your role will focus on assessing and challenging fraud controls, advising on regulatory obligations, and guiding clients through complex compliance landscapes. By leveraging advanced data-driven techniques, regulatory knowledge, and close collaboration with stakeholders, you will help organizations enhance resilience and maintain integrity in a rapidly changing environment.

We are Projective Group, a leading financial services consulting firm where innovation and technology meet business. Our focus on the financial sector enables us to develop comprehensive solutions within the Risk & Compliance, Data, Payments, and Transformation practices.  Within our Risk & Compliance practice we help our clients understand how and where regulations have an impact within their organization and help with remediations of gaps within existing regulatory guidelines.

Have you already seen the first edition of the Journal of Financial Services (JoFS), published by the Projective Group Institute? You can easily download it for free here: institute.projectivegroup.com, to read more about :Digital and central bank digital currencies; AI in payments; Regulatory change and cross-border challenges.

What will you do?

As a Fraud Risk & Compliance Consultant, you will play a key role in helping our clients protect their customers and financial systems from external fraud by providing independent oversight, challenging fraud risk frameworks, and advising on regulatory compliance. You will assess the effectiveness of fraud controls, guide senior stakeholders on best practices, and support strategic initiatives that strengthen resilience against evolving fraud threats.

Your key responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyse fraud trends to provide insights and strategic recommendations that strengthen clients’ fraud risk management frameworks.

• Advise clients on enhancing fraud risk governance, including policies, processes, and control effectiveness across the financial services industry.

• Assess and challenge fraud detection strategies and technologies, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and risk appetite.

• Perform gap assessments and impact analyses to evaluate fraud risk exposure and recommend remediation actions.

• Review and validate fraud detection models and rules for effectiveness and compliance, providing independent assurance rather than operational development.

• Oversee fraud risk-related activities and promote strong governance, ensuring accountability and consistency across client processes and controls.

Your Skills & Qualifications

• A degree in law, criminology, business or a related field.

• Fluency in business English, with native fluency in Dutch (French is a plus).

• 5 years of experience in fraud risk management in the financial services or payments industries.

• Experience working in consulting or in a project-based role.

• Strong understanding of fraud typologies and financial crime frameworks (including KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, anomaly detection, regulatory requirements, and multi-jurisdictional compliance).

• Strong familiarity with data protection regulations.

• A plus if you have a professional certification in fraud examination (i.e., CFE) or financial crime (i.e., CAMS).

What can you expect from us?

At Projective Group, we believe in rewarding ambition and supporting growth, both professionally and personally. From a competitive benefits package to a vibrant company culture, we make sure you have everything you need to thrive.

• A competitive salary topped with a daily net allowance, meal - and eco vouchers.

• A flexible FIP budget for bike leasing, multimedia, or mobility expenses.

• A company car with charging setup. Prefer something else? Switch it up with a mobility budget, your call.

• €5.000 annual training budget to boost your growth. You choose how to invest it.

• A yearly company bonus, with additional referral and sales incentives.

• A hybrid work setup with flexible hours and part-time remote options.

• Regular fun events (from game nights to padel tournaments and everything in between) and a yearly group offsite abroad.

• An international setting with plenty of growth opportunities, serving top clients in the financial sector.

• An entrepreneurial scale up spirit with a pragmatic can-do mentality, all within a collaborative and solid corporate framework

For more information, visit projectivegroup.com.

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