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Staff Risk Analyst
Location
United States
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$170K - $210K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Risk Analyst
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• Own the full fraud policy lifecycle — spanning identity verification, account opening, deposits, card transactions, and key monetary actions — from signal analysis and risk design through rule implementation, monitoring, iteration, and ongoing optimization • Proactively identify emerging fraud vectors and redesign controls before losses materialize • Support AML rule design, simulation, and governance in partnership with Financial Crimes Compliance • Define the long-term fraud strategy that anchors roadmap priorities across Product and Engineering • Lead fraud initiatives spanning Engineering, Product, Compliance, Fraud Ops, and external partners including Visa and banking partners • Serve as the primary escalation point during fraud incidents and ATO attacks — leading real-time response across teams • Drive alignment on risk decisions that balance fraud exposure, customer experience, and regulatory requirements simultaneously • Build and maintain fraud dashboards enabling real-time monitoring and self-serve analytics • Mentor junior analysts and build knowledge transfer programs to scale fraud capability across the organization
Job Requirements
- 7+ years in analytics within fintech or consumer products
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD, or equivalent industry experience
- Demonstrated experience with SQL and have experience with Python or R
- Experience with external fraud platforms such as Visa Risk Manager, Socure or equivalent
- Experience with Periscope, Tableau, Databricks, Amplitude, and/or Optimizely is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programs without formal authority
- Proven track record of driving structural improvements in fraud outcomes across multiple domains simultaneously
- Skilled at using data to identify emerging fraud trends, quantify exposure, and translate analytical findings into actionable policy and control changes
- Strong understanding of how a credit card program works end-to-end — including transaction lifecycle, authorization and decline flows, dispute and chargeback processes, credit reporting obligations, and the relationship between card networks, issuing banks, and program managers
- Strong communicator who can translate fraud concepts for non-technical audiences and business requirements into system design decisions
- Comfortable operating under ambiguity and driving from incident to structured action quickly.
Benefits
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