Collectors

Fraud Detection and Prevention Lead

Collectors

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $196,482 - $332,363 per year

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About the role

  • Analyze transaction and behavioral data to identify risk behavior patterns and develop new fraud-detection methods to proactively prevent them.
  • Scale risk processes to cover an increasingly large and complex landscape of risks and effectively design strategies and solutions that might range from ML model features to manual review workflows
  • Collaborate with internal partners across Engineering, Product, Data Science and Operations to design and deploy detection rules and features
  • Optimize fraud rules and thresholds to reduce false positives while balancing customer experience and fraud loss
  • Develop monitoring dashboards and alerting systems to track the performance of fraud prevention measures
  • Partner with external payment networks and third-party fraud vendors to strengthen detection capabilities
  • Deliver clear and actionable insights on fraud trends and financial impact to cross-functional stakeholders

Requirements

  • Background in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • 7+ years of experience in risk or fraud detection, including developing rules, models and analytics
  • 5+ years of hands-on SQL experience and are proficient in Python or similar scripting languages
  • Strong analytical and statistical skills with experience in techniques like pattern recognition and unsupervised learning, and can frame business decisions and tradeoffs effectively through quantitative analysis and visualization
  • Effective communicator and collaborator, with experience working across operations, data science, and engineering
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks. The ability to drive clear next steps when encountering ambiguous spaces without clear lines of ownership.
Benefits
  • Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits.
  • 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals
  • Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off.
  • Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays
  • Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions
  • Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs
  • Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythonfraud detectionrisk analysispattern recognitionunsupervised learningdata analyticsmodel developmentdashboard developmentalerting systems
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingindependencemultitaskingquantitative analysisvisualizationstakeholder engagementdecision-making