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Principal Fraud Data Analyst

LexisNexis Risk Solutions
London
1 year ago
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About the Business : LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com About our Team : You will be part of a team that use global data from the largest real-time fraud detection platform to deliver valuable solutions for our enterprise customers. About the Role : You will apply your deep expertise in fraud and large-scale data analysis to investigate suspicious behaviour and provide insights that lead to immediate real-world impact. You will underline the value of your recommendations by leveraging your experience with operational measures within industry and your ability to quickly translate customers’ fraud KPIs into opportunities. You’ll leverage a real-time platform analysing billions of transactions per month for some of the largest companies operating in Financial Services, Insurance, e-Commerce and On-Demand Services. These tools will allow you to attain a unique perspective of the Internet and every persona connected to it. You’ll be continually collaborating with customer-facing account teams, external business leaders and risk managers to shape world-class fraud solutions. The comprehensive solutions that you build will go head-to-head against some of the most motivated attackers in the world to protect billions in revenue. Responsibilities Conducting in-depth reviews of complex fraud cases to identify trends and actionable insights. Making clear recommendations on how our customers can use your findings to build trust and mitigate risks. Acting as a go-to source of knowledge and inspiration for how to outsmart fraudsters in a range of settings now and in the future. Acting as a role model on how to develop and maintain a deep knowledge of fraud. Applying effective questioning skills to quickly understand the business and fraud requirements of our customers, no matter their industry. Share best practices with fraud managers, risk analysts and project managers for combating consistent and emerging security threats. Demonstrate a professional and customer-centric persona when interacting directly with customers via phone, e-mail, and chat. Using your attention to detail and ability to craft a story through data, delivering industry-leading presentations. Presenting to external and executive audiences with non-technical backgrounds Collaborating with ThreatMetrix teams including Products, Engineering, Sales and Marketing to support our common goals. Also work with other Professional Services colleagues around the world to continually redefine best practices Requirements Experience in the fraud, financial crime, security and/or payments industry, especially with very large organizations. Banking would be ideal Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills (SQL, Python, etc.) Show ability to work independently and proactively generate value-add opportunities Experience of working on and communicating fraud strategies in large organizations. Consulting experience ideally. Experience of working with fraud system management, such as ThreatMetrix, Featurespace, Hunter, Iovation, BioCatch, Actimize Falcon, etc Experience working with large and small datasets intuitively exposing meaningful correlations. Experience building external and executive report Demonstrate A keen eye for detail, accuracy and critical thinking skills with advanced judgment capability. Extensive multi-tasking and prioritization skills. Needs to excel in fast paced environment with frequently changing priorities Have fluency in more than one language spoken across EMEA is a bonus, but not essential. Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here

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