Senior Fraud Strategy Analyst

Vanguard

Senior Analyst in Fraud Strategy at Vanguard, defining fraud prevention strategies and managing decisioning platforms. Collaborating across teams to enhance fraud detection and maintain governance standards.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeMalvern • North Carolina, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define fraud prevention strategy across real-time payment channels
Design and manage fraud rules, decision logic, and detection strategies within real-time decisioning platforms
Drive enhancements and implementation of fraud rules engines and decisioning platforms in partnership with engineering
Monitor and improve fraud detection, false positives, and client friction through ongoing control tuning and performance management
Use analytics and model insights to identify trends, refine strategies, and improve detection effectiveness
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to embed fraud controls into customer journeys and new product launches
Maintain disciplined control testing, monitoring, and adherence to risk and regulatory standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years in fraud risk, payments risk, or financial crimes
Expertise in: Account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks within retirement and workplace channels
Proven experience managing real-time fraud decisioning environments and rules strategies
Strong experience partnering across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field. Graduate degree preferred.
Expertise in fraud rules engines / decisioning platforms
Strong analytical capabilities (data analysis, segmentation, performance optimization)
Working knowledge of fraud models / machine learning concepts and model governance
Ability to translate data into actionable fraud strategies and business decisions
Strong experience with analytical tools such as Python, R, SAS, SQL, and platforms such as Tableau or Power BI.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health and wellness care
Work-life balance
Investment in your future

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Hard Skills & Tools

fraud prevention strategyfraud rulesdecision logicdetection strategiesfraud rules enginesreal-time decisioningdata analysisperformance optimizationfraud modelsmachine learning

Soft Skills

collaborationanalytical capabilitiesability to translate dataperformance management