Fraud Analyst

Job Description
Practice: Financial Crimes Investigation. Now, Managed Services in Risk & Reg.
Skill: Fraud Detection & Investigations
Job Overview
Experience Range: 1 – 5 years (Associate / Sr. Associate)
Positional Requirement/Responsibilities
Fraud Investigator responsible for Detecting and investigating financial fraud on behalf of PwC’s clients
Position– Fraud Detection Analyst
Shift: Night shift is mandatory and subject to change a per client’s requirements.
Job Summary:
Analyze financial transactions and account activity to identify unusual activity to identify unusual or suspicious patterns.
Conducting in-depth investigations into potential fraud cases, which may involve gathering evidence.
Performing 360 Reviews on the Alert which has been triggered due to violation of threshold set for the systems for Fraud types (i.e.- ATO, PTO, TOA, ID Theft, ATO Scam, First Party Frauds etc.)
Conduct 360 fraud reviews for the customer’s profiles and responsible for detecting and mitigating core banking, payments, fraud, and account opening red flags. Implemented solutions to fraud problems across ATO’s, P2P Payments, ACH kiting, check kiting, and wire fraud
Multiple investigations into whistle blower complaints concerning account hijacking, transactional frauds, funds transfer return, checks (RDC, Thea) or ACH transactions that provided real time decisions on credit cards, loans, and Zelle fraud red flags
Combined retroactive analysis with current state fraud control assessments to implement technology and process framework that provided real time decisions on fraud strategy and overall fraud assessment
Liaison with internal and external counterparts to perform end-to-end alert reviews (360 review) from fraud alert generation through to SAR filing.
Analyze data trends and out of pattern activities to assimilate the next course of action (Case closure, Reimbursements, or escalation)
Adjudicate the fraud type and apply relevant mitigation steps basis policies and procedures
Qualifications:
Prior experience in Fraud detection and investigations
Transaction Monitoring experience is preferred
Familiarity with the firm's internal systems and processes or similar processes at other institutions
Exceptional research and analytical skills with the ability to analyze large amounts of data, decipher higher risk attributes (transactional, geographical, product, customer type, etc.) and develop well-reasoned recommendations
Proficient in MS Office (Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
Maintaining detailed records of fraud cases and investigation outcomes.
Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations related to fraud detection and prevention
Desired Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Educational Qualification
Master’s degree
Added Advantage:
CFE
CAMS
CRP

Work arrangement
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