Fraud Analytics Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities

• Provide domain expertise in fraud detection, identity theft, and financial crime analytics.
• Guide analytical teams in identifying fraud schemes, patterns, and emerging threats.
• Validate analytical outputs through return-level or case-level analysis.
• Aid in interpreting model results and analytical findings.
• Support collaborative reviews, stakeholder briefings, and operational discussions.
• Help refine analytical approaches based on evolving fraud behaviors and operational insights.
• Contribute to documentation of fraud patterns, analytical logic, and investigative insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field such as statistics, computer science, economics, mathematics, analytics, data science, data engineering, business, or social sciences.
• 5+ years of experience in fraud analytics, identity theft analysis, financial crime analytics, or compliance program support.
• Deep understanding of fraud schemes, filing behaviors, and investigative treatment processes.
• Experience validating analytical outputs through case-level or transaction-level review.
• Demonstrated experience supporting fraud analytics within a federal agency, financial institution, or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of fraud detection, anomaly detection, risk scoring, and network analysis techniques.
• Experience working with large financial or tax datasets in enterprise analytical environments.
• Familiarity with analytical tools including SQL, Python, and enterprise analytics platforms.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS) in analytics, computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, management information systems, decision science, or related fields preferred.
• Working knowledge of federal tax forms, filing processes, information returns, refund issuance workflows, and identity theft treatments.
• Ability to translate analytical findings into insights useful for operational fraud programs.

About the Role

Elder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation, seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Fraud Analytics Subject Matter Expert to join our team in Arlington, VA. This is a hybrid position with several days onsite over the course of a month.

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.