Fraud Analyst

The Company

We're working with a high-growth FinTech looking to strengthen its Fraud Decision Intelligence capability during a busy period whilst they build out the permanent team.

The Role

Joining the Decision Intelligence team, you'll use data to investigate fraud trends, analyse transaction behaviour and support the optimisation of fraud controls and decisioning strategies.

You'll be expected to work independently, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and helping shape how fraud is detected and prevented across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Analysing fraud and transaction data using SQL
• Identifying emerging fraud trends and risks
• Supporting fraud decisioning and rule optimisation activities
• Investigating control performance and recommending improvements
• Using BI tools to interrogate and visualise data
• Working with stakeholders to translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Supporting a more proactive fraud prevention strategy

Skills & Experience: We're looking for candidates with:

• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets
• Experience using BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI or similar
• Previous experience within fraud analytics, fraud strategy, fraud prevention or fraud risk
• Payments, cards or wider FinTech experience
• Experience identifying trends and producing actionable insights
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

• Experience with fraud decisioning platforms
• Exposure to fraud rule design, implementation or optimisation
• Python for automation and analysis
• Experience balancing fraud prevention against customer experience and approval rates