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Paul Guile FCIPS,MA CIPS Global Procurement Fraud Advisor “Is procurement fraud a risk within the Health Sector?”. Introduction. Procurement is one of the highest risk activities. No one company can operate without some form of procurement
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Paul Guile FCIPS,MA CIPS Global Procurement Fraud Advisor “Is procurement fraud a risk within the Health Sector?”
Introduction • Procurement is one of the highest risk activities. No one company can operate without some form of procurement • Procurement fraud usually requires some form of inside collaboration, therefore the fraudsters will know and understand how your business works • This exposes your company to other types of fraud • Procurement fraud can have a long term loss
CIPS Global Procurement Fraud initiatives • Initiated British Standard BS10501 • Delivered an e learning procurement fraud course to the Government Procurement Service, UK Cabinet Office • Just launched the first global on line procurement fraud training course • NHS UK and Scotland are currently reviewing this for national roll out • Working with NHS Protect to have joint badged NHS/CIPS national procurement fraud guidance • Global SLA with top tier global oil and gas organisation • Nov 2013 Procurement fraud tour of Australia • 2014 Global masterclass tour covering Saud Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Hong Kong, Uganda, Kenya, Brazil and Dubai • Working with Teesside University's Centre for Fraud and Financial Crime to develop the first PGC in procurement fraud
Why does Procurement Fraud occur • Systems override or a controls failure • Procurement fraud is often not recognized as a board risk • No Procurement fraud strategy is in place • No training regime. What do staff watch out for? • Traditional fraud controls do not cover procurement fraud • Segregation of duties: Procure to pay controls, 3 way match. What about the contract? • Delegated Procurement Authority overridden • Procurement process bypassed • Orders sole sourced • Orders split to avoid tender process • Lack of Unauthorised master data file access