Fraud Analytics and Innovation Senior Analyst - Digital Fraud Strategies
Bank of America · Plano, TX · 5 days ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Utilizing a variety of systems such as Excel, SAS, SQL, Tableau, and other relational databases to provide analytical support on strategies.
- Ensure goals are met and propose policy/procedural changes within segmentation structures to produce optimal results.
- Evaluate data to assess potential fraud risk and create mitigation strategies.
- Support Emerging Risk Fraud Strategies primarily in Digital products; Zelle/Wires/BillPay.
- Create fraud strategies and ensure proper risk controls are deployed adhering to best practices.
- Provide recommendations on mitigation efforts, ensuring monitors are in place, and self-create initiatives as needed.
- Conduct defect reviews of third-party fraud loss cases to identify any gaps in Fraud strategy or procedural adjustments.
- Track and optimize strategy performance on a recurring basis.
- Develop and validate fraud variables utilized in strategies.
- Participate in project management where candidate would be responsible for providing fraud requirements, testing, and developing strategies.
- Includes network mandates, Product team support, and internal projects.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of fraud experience and/or 2+ years of analytical experience (Payment card / Retail Bank background preferred)
- Proficient in SAS/SQL and Excel
- Strong quantitative, critical thinking, and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate and interact with a high degree of professionalism with executive level personnel across the business
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a virtual team
- Innovative mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo
- Ability to proactively identify, analyze, and improve upon existing processes for optimization and to meet deadlines
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, operations research, finance, or business
- Advanced analytical and quantitative skills with demonstrated ability in using data and metrics to identify root causes
- Basic understanding of 1st and 3rd party fraud (claims to charge-off timing, chargeback recovery rights, etc.)
- Proven strong analytical and communication skills