Fraud Analyst

Location: Hybrid working available

Our client is looking for an Analyst to join their experienced Fraud Analytics team within Finance. As a team they are responsible for analysing fraudulent activity and developing and maintaining fraud prevention strategies across both the payment and creditplatforms.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who has great analytical skills within a similar role, has experience of using Excel and potentially some SQL too and is looking to develop their career within a growing business and with a well-known brand

**Responsibilities**:

- Producing accurate and relevant fraud MI for management and the wider business
- Detecting and understanding emerging fraudulent activity
- Configuring the internal fraud engine to manage fraud risk within the risk appetite parameters
- Providing analysis to support development and maintenance of fraud tools and defences
- Devising and maintaining fraud decision scorecards to allow accurate and efficient upfront decisioning
- Drive forward the fraud and risk strategies for new services to enhance fraud prevention with mínimal customer friction
- Develop and maintain analytical models across payment vendors to understand the chargeback environment

**Key Skills & Responsibilities**:

- You will have experience of working in an analyst position
- Experience of working with Excel
- Excellent problem-solving skills with evidence of demonstrating tenacity and a methodical approach
- A commercial thinker who looks for internal or external solutions to problems
- Self-motivated with the ability to adapt to changing fraud threats in a fast paced environment
- Commitment and flexibility
- Experience with SQL for querying and analytics (desirable)
- Previous exposure to SAS or the willingness to learn SAS (desirable)
- Experience of Secure Customer Authentication and Chargebacks is advantageous
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