Senior Fraud Analyst
Straive
Job Description
Key Responsibilities β Domain Expertise: Proven experience in the Payments Industry, specifically dealing with Transactional Fraud, Digital Wallets, Payment Gateways, and E-commerce fraud β Fraud Strategy & Mitigation: Design, implement, and manage robust fraud prevention strategies for C2C (peer-to-peer) and C2B (merchant checkout) payment products, as well as Debit Card portfolios (covering both Card Present and Card Not Present transactions). β Authorization Optimization: Analyze transaction data to improve payment authorization rates across various checkout flows (both branded and unbranded/guest checkouts) while keeping fraud losses within risk appetite. β Customer Experience (CX): Balance aggressive fraud mitigation with user experience by minimizing false positives (false declines) and reducing unnecessary friction for legitimate customers. β Data-Driven Investigation: Investigate suspicious transaction patterns, account takeovers (ATO), and payment anomalies to determine root causes and develop proactive statistical models/rules. β System & Rule Development: Design and deploy fraud rules within decision engines and workflow systems. Build comprehensive monitoring reports to track the performance of fraud strategies. Required Qualifications β Bachelorβs or Masterβs degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field. β 3 to 7 years of hands-on experience in fraud strategy, specifically within Fintech, Digital Payments, E-commerce, or Payment Gateways. β Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing fraud rules using transactional, behavioral, and third-party data. β Strong proficiency in: SQL: Advanced querying, joins, aggregations, and performance tuning for massive transactional datasets.
Python: Data manipulation (Pandas, NumPy), exploratory data analysis, and basic modeling; ability to productionize or hand over code to engineering teams. β Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data insights into actionable strategies that directly impact the bottom line