Analytics Manager, Full Stack (Fraud Analytics)

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Develop strategies for monitoring and preventing fraud across our network, advising on best practices and ensuring the strategies align with risk management goals.
• - Leverage advanced data analytics to identify loss drivers, derive insights and optimize fraud management strategies
• - Report on fraud trends and loss drivers to cross functional partners and senior management
• - Quickly respond to fraud rings and ensure issues raised by other teams are addressed in a timely manner
• - Work together with our operations team to help limit losses and ensure optimal review volumes
• - Assist with evaluation and development of new external or internal features/signals to improve our fraud detection capabilities
• - Assist with team planning and goal setting as well as coaching and mentorship of more junior team members

Required Skills

• - 7+ years of experience in Fraud Management or a related field preferred with a prior emphasis on analytics.
• - Product knowledge - Passion to understand how the product works and how to change it to make it more effective
• - Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and be responsive and available during times of peak fraud activity
• - Ability to work later starts several days a week so as to allow for increased overlap with US based colleagues.
• - Technical skills - Extensive experience writing and analyzing SQL queries; comfort using python or other scripting languages for data analysis
• - Communication - Ability to build strong cross functional partnerships and work with a diverse range of teams across the organization. Ability to communicate analyses and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• - Multi-tasking - Strong time management skills and the ability to shift focus on a moment's notice to respond to changes in fraud pressure and tactics
• - Industry knowledge - Working knowledge of the fundamentals of payment processing and an understanding of industry risk trends, including familiarity with risk strategy development.
• - Bachelor''s degree, or local equivalent, in a quantitatively rigorous field like engineering, statistics, math, finance, economics desired

Benefits

• - Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• - Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• - Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• - ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount