Lead Fraud Analyst

FRAUD ANALYST

UP TO £52,000

REMOTE

This role does not offer sponsorship.

This is an exciting opportunity to join this company’s growing Economic Crime team, where you will sit in the first line of defence function and be responsible for day-to-day fraud and financial crime identification, and control. You will own the Bank’s strategy in informing rule changes and development in primary payment decision systems.

THE COMPANY

This is an exciting new opportunity to work for a UK top 10 bank offering products across private, retail and business banking. The company are moving to becoming one of the UK’s best digital banks, making it an exciting and innovative business to work for. This company also offer one of the industries most competitive benefits package.

THE ROLE

You will be doing the following daily:

• Establish and refine rules within the in-house systems for plastic, digital payment, and acquisition fraud detection to counter mule fraud, utilising methods such as historical pattern and behaviour analysis, link analysis, and anomaly detection.
• Enhance and oversee the performance of money mule detection and prevention systems and related models, coordinating efforts between operational teams and the Fraud Strategy department.
• Provide relevant data for Management Information (MI) reports required by governance committees and stakeholders concerned with Money Mule activities.
• Contribute to network analytics and link analysis to pre-emptively identify potential money mule activities before transactions occur in accounts.
• Work in partnership with key stakeholders to prevent the bank from being used for mule accounts, thereby blocking funds from reaching fraudsters and money launderers.
• Ensure that fraud risk and losses are mitigated while minimising impact on operational processes and genuine customers.
• Assist in the development of the First Party Credit Abuse strategy.
• Continuously enhance analytical skills and knowledge of money mule activities to effectively fulfil key role responsibilities.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong previous experience in a Fraud Strategy or Fraud Analytics function in UK Retail Banking.
• Proficiency in either SAS or SQL.
• Previous experience working on fraud system strategy optimisation.
• Experience developing and implementing fraud prevention strategies.
• Knowledge and understanding of Money Mule risk and industry trends.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

THE BENEFITS

• Up to £52,000.
• 38.5 days annual leave.
• Up to 5 extra paid well-being days.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave for maternity/paternity cover.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover.