Lead Lawyer - Linked & Organised Fraud

Job description

This role provides an opportunity to develop a technical leadership role, leading an Organised Fraud -focused virtual team of counter-fraud lawyers. You will be acting as the lead handler for specific Linked and Organised Operations; your responsibilities will involve coordinating robust and technical strategies across each Operation whilst working with our Clients and handling team to ensure your strategies are delivered. Working closely with the Head of Linked and Organised, the Counter-Fraud Strategy Director & Technical Manager, you will handle a caseload of Operations and complex counter-fraud cases. You will have direct technical responsibility for a team of counter-fraud handlers and assistants. You will be responsible for the technical quality of the work produced by your team, providing mentoring and training and undertaking any supervision and peer reviews required. Aside from technical excellence and attracting work, a key part of the role is the leadership, motivation, engagement and technical development of those team members. The role also includes the need to interface with sophisticated senior claims handlers at long-standing insurance clients and responsibility for enhancing and developing Keoghs profile as well as your own as you work towards attracting more work in your own right. Having established strong relationships with existing counter-fraud clients, you will continue to attract work in order to grow and develop your team. You will also need to work with key industry stakeholders such as regulators, fraud prevention groups and Counsel to coordinate fraud detection, prevention and disruption on your operations.