Anti-Fraud Intelligence and Prevention Specialist

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Job Summary: Ensure the security and integrity of the fintech's operations through anti-fraud intelligence, identifying, anticipating, and neutralizing risks with a focus on credit granting. Key Highlights: 1. Sustainable reduction of fraud rate and minimization of financial losses. 2. Implementation and continuous improvement of anti-fraud rules and monitoring. 3. Business-oriented perspective and technical expertise in fraud prevention. Description: Mission: Ensure the security and integrity of the fintech's operations through the strategic application of anti-fraud intelligence, with a focus on our credit-granting model. This position is tasked with identifying, anticipating, and neutralizing fraud risks based on behavioral patterns, analytical data, and in-depth knowledge of our operational segment. Leveraging technical expertise and business acumen, this role is responsible for implementing and refining rules, mechanisms, and processes that ensure transaction reliability and customer experience without compromising operational efficiency. The role demands critical thinking, proactive engagement, and the ability to translate signals and data into practical preventive actions—bridging analytical intelligence with the company’s strategic objectives and contributing to the sustainable growth of operations. Responsibilities and Duties Outcomes and Deliverables: Anti-Fraud Intelligence and Prevention Specialist 1. Strategic (business contribution) * Sustainable reduction of fraud rate (e.g., chargebacks, self-fraud defaults, first- and third-party frauds). * Balance between security and conversion: increasing approval rate while maintaining or reducing fraud rate. * Strategic insights for product, credit, and compliance teams, based on behavioral and risk data. * Minimization of fraud-related financial losses, directly impacting operating margin. 2. Tactical (control and continuous evolution) * Implementation and continuous improvement of anti-fraud rules, including effectiveness evaluation. * Creation and maintenance of real-time monitoring dashboards with alerts for suspicious behavior. * Generation of periodic reports analyzing fraud incidents, trends, and actionable recommendations. * Ongoing review of risk profiles and customer segmentation, with structured feedback provided to product and credit teams. 3. Operational (execution and support) * Investigation of suspicious cases with structured documentation (timeline, evidence, root cause, actions taken). * Reduced and traceable average incident response time. * Updating of rule base and risk profiles based on learnings from real-world cases. * Effective collaboration with customer support, collections, product, and technology teams to rapidly mitigate vulnerabilities. Requirements and Qualifications Technical Competencies 1. Data Analysis and Risk Modeling * Ability to identify behavioral patterns and fraud indicators based on data. * Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or similar tools for robust analysis. 2. Anti-Fraud Rule Management and Parameterization * Experience in defining, testing, and optimizing anti-fraud rules within decision engines. * Monitoring of KPIs such as FPR (false positive rate), FNR (false negative rate), and approval rate. 3. Knowledge of Digital Fraud * Deep understanding of major digital fraud types in the context of digital credit. * Experience with anti-fraud tools (e.g., ClearSale, Konduto, Idwall). 4. Mastery of the Credit Lifecycle * End-to-end understanding of the credit journey (onboarding, assessment, granting, repayment). * Specific knowledge of risks associated with credit granting. 5. Visualization and Monitoring * Ability to build and maintain operational dashboards for real-time monitoring. * Proficiency in BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker). 2511010202241781585