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Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing more complex analysis aimed at improving portfolio risk, profitability, performance forecasting, and operational performance for consumer products and related divisions, such as credit cards. Key responsibilities include applying knowledge of multiple business and technical-related topics and independently driving strategic improvements, large-scale projects, and initiatives. Job expectations include working with business counterparts within the Line of Business and partner organizations including Risk and Product teams.

Responsibilities:

• Performs complex analysis of financial models, market data, financial data, and portfolio trends to understand product performance and improve portfolio risk, profitability, performance forecasting, and operational performance
• Coaches and mentors peers to improve proficiency in a variety of systems and serves as a subject matter expert on multiple business and technical-related topics
• Identifies business trends based on economic and portfolio conditions and communicates findings to senior management
• Supports execution of large scale projects, such as platform conversions or new project integrations by conducting advanced reporting and drawing analytics based insights

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Analytics
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Fraud Management
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Innovative Thinking
• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
• Presentation Skills
• Risk Management
• Data Visualization
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Issue Management
• Oral Communications
• Written Communications

LOB Specific Information:

Responsible for performing more complex analysis and modeling for multiple products with the goal of maximizing profits and asset growth and minimizing risk and operating losses and/or other financial and marketing exposures. Develops complex program models to extract data and uses multiple databases to acquire statistical and financial data. Utilizes portfolio trends to propose policy/procedural changes within segmentation structure to produce optimal results. Excels at risk/reward trade off. Build relationships with external agencies. Participates in the rollout of company-wide pilot programs developed as a result of programmed models. Duties primarily include the regular use of discretion, independent judgment, the ability to communicate with multiple levels of management and the utilization of core leadership behaviors. SAS and/or MicroStrategy experience preferred; 2-5 years' experience preferred

The Client Protection organization is hiring an analyst for our Fraud Prevention team. This analyst will be responsible for the following:

• Drive analytics to develop fraud mitigation rules, carefully striking the balance across fraud risk, client impact, operational costs and revenue implications

• Proactively managing fraud risk by urgently responding to immediate threats while keeping an eye toward future risks, vulnerabilities, and changes to the fraud landscape

• Consistently challenge the status quo to find opportunities to develop and refine our fraud policies and procedures, working closely with the business, operations, and policy partners

LOB Required Qualifications:

• Previous risk analysis, strategy development, or related experience.

• Basic understanding of 1st and 3rd party fraud, scams and/or mules

• Must be proficient with SAS/SQL

• Ability to build and maintain relationships with line of business leaders and multiple stakeholders throughout the organization.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects in a complex and rapidly-changing environment.

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Excellent time management skills.

• Intellectually curious and willing to dive into complete issues\problems and solve.

LOB Desired Qualifications:

• 4+ years of risk analysis, strategy development, or related experience.

• 4+ years of SQL/SAS Coding experience.

• 3+ years of fraud/fraud detection experience and/or 2+ years of analytical /financial experience (Payment card /Retail Bank Finance background preferred)

• Proven track record of building and deploying Fraud process and control changes

• Advanced Excel capability

• Bachelor/Master's degree, ideally in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, economics, business, engineering, finance or operations research

• Experience with Python and usage of more advanced analytical, visualization and data extraction tools (H2O, HUE, Pig, Spark, Hive, Tableau) is strongly preferred.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - 1114 Avenue Of The Americas - Grace (NY1544)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$99,700.00 - $157,800.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.