Risk Analyst - Fixed Term Contract

Risk Analyst - Fixed Term Contract

*** 1 year Fixed-Term Contract ***

As a Risk Analyst, you will join a team of talented and dedicated fraud experts who play a pivotal role in fighting fraud and helping our customers succeed. Your work will make a big impact in advancing payment risk decisioning to the next level. The right candidate is an experienced fraud fighter with a love for learning, problem solving, and not afraid of a challenge. They enjoy being part of a close knit team and working on multiple projects simultaneously without compromising quality.

Here’s more of what you will get to do: 

  • Perform proactive risk analysis to identify risk factors and trends of potentially fraudulent activity on large datasets
  • Identify fraud trends, document and communicate findings, and lead in the development and implementation of new fraud prevention strategies
  • Support Risk Operations with process and tool improvements
  • Assist our internal teams by leading fraud and tool insights conversations with potential and existing merchants    
  • Turn analysis into actionable insights for fraud mitigation initiatives, ad-hoc reports and presentations
  • Assist in special projects and ad-hoc assignments, upon request
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external business partners

Required skills that will allow you to thrive in this role:

  • 5+ years experience in e-commerce, payments or risk-related industry with either traditional and non-traditional payment methods.
  • Strong understanding of ecommerce payments landscape
  • Strong analytical skills and an understanding of how to utilize data to target improvements and solve problems
  • Experience with database language (e.g., SQL) as well as BI and reporting tools (Looker, Tableau, Splunk, etc.)
  • Strong critical thinking skills with advanced judgment capability 
  • Ability to manage multiple assignments while working independently 
  • Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
  • Flexibility to work weekends and holidays


Desirable Skills: 

  • Experience in large scale data analysis, tools, and processes. (e.g. Python, R)
  • Experience with translating fraud trends into rule logic and/or feature suggestions

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Our UK benefits:

  • ‘Day one’ access to great health, dental and optical insurance scheme 
  • Generous annual leave plus public holidays
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Regular paid social events organized by our social committee 
  • Mental wellbeing resources

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We also want to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

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