Assistant Manager Fraud Analytics - London or Leeds

Assistant Manager Fraud Analytics - London or Leeds

IQ Executive - London or Leeds (London, United Kingdom)

Job Description

Role title: Assistant Fraud Analytics Manager
Salary: £Negotiable + Benefits
Location: Leeds / London
Contact: Nicola Williams – 0161 237 0006 / nicola.williams@itqexecutive.com

Role Summary

As the Assistant Fraud Analytics Manager you will help shape both the day to day and longer term transactional fraud prevention strategies for the Digital, Telephony and Commercial Fraud Performance team within Group Security and Fraud. Your main responsibilities will be the analysis, development and implementation of rules based strategies in decision engines. Supporting this practical loss prevention role is the wider development of analysis and finance / forecasting activities that shape the performance and expectations for these functions. You will also be responsible for support of Group projects, Risk and Governance and external data relationships. You will also mentor and develop senior investigators within the team, with practical support; advice and guidance that helps them develop towards their own career aspirations a key accountability of the role.

Key Responsibilities

As the Assistant Manager Fraud Analytics you will be responsible for:

• Analysis of key loss drivers, MOs, trends and control weaknesses for Digital, Telephony and Commercial Fraud performance
• Support the wider fraud decision making process and recommend solutions to enable detection rules/strategies to be implemented that help ensure we minimise loss
• Document, analyse and deliver robust rules performance analysis
• Ensure the collection of appropriate data in support of business initiatives
• Maintain and improve information models so that effective analysis takes place
• Contribute to the preparation and analysis of information for the planning, budgeting and forecasting process, compiling reports and other information to ensure business areas are aware of their performance and any variance from agreed targets.
• Liaise with internal and external service providers regarding enhancements to computer systems and assist with any user testing and implementation.
• Manage multiple stakeholder relationships representing the Digital, Telephony and Commercial Fraud performance team and provide supporting analysis / commentary on loss behaviour
• Identify, recommend and implement agreed changes to support processes within GS&F and the wider channel
• Mentor 1 – 2 senior investigators and ensure that individual development in consistent with business and personal goals
• Contribute to project initiatives, taking responsibility for the development and implementation of specific deliverables and ensuring these are achieved within the required time, cost and quality parameters.
• Be or become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Digital, Telephony and Commercial Fraud procedures, SAS, SQL, GRID/Data Warehouse, Access, VBA and Excel, and advanced programming skills
• Ensure quality control procedures are in place for all MI and Data extraction.

Knowledge and Skills

To be a success as the Assistant Manager Fraud Analytics, ideally you will:

• Have a minimum of 1 - 2 years in a Fraud Analytical role with experience of various analytical / finance / rule development techniques
• Have strong numerical and analytical skills with a proven ability to work quickly and accurately
• Have a sound knowledge of Financial Services with experience of working within a Fraud Environment.
• Show good communication skills and the confidence to represent senior management and ensure committed deadlines are met
• Have experience in the use of appropriate software to extract and manipulate data (e.g. SQL, SAS, Business Objects and MS Access, Excel and VBA)
• Be a motivated and strong team player
• Have the ability to work within a small team unsupervised
• Have the ability to demonstrate improvements within current procedures and systems
• Have excellent planning and organisational skills to provide accurate, clear and concise delivery of Fraud MI
• Have experience of or the aptitude to build, develop & maintain rules within a decision engine / End User Computing systems
• Be able to interpret business requirements and deliver a technical solution to a problem

Company Description

IQ Executive are a specialist Executive Search business who focus their recruitment efforts on attracting specific exceptional talent in Banking, Finance, for many clients covering UK, Europe and International Corporations. Our core assignments range from senior management appointments, specialist skilled individuals to board level appointments.

Our expert knowledge of our niche markets, precision search techniques coupled with our rigorous project management process enables us to quickly identify and adapt to the fast, ever changing and complex needs of our clients to achieve unparalleled accuracy and satisfactory solutions.

Our specialist areas include:

Banking, Finance & Insurance (Fraud Prevention, Risk Management, AML, Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Audit)

Our reputation is based upon our ability to deliver outstanding results and exceptional levels of service.
Key services we provide are: Executive Search, Advertised Selection, Exclusive Contingency Search, Market Mapping, Interim Management, Executive Recruitment Outsourcing.

Our approach is open and collaborative and recommendations are made only after very careful consideration and in depth analysis of our clients’ specific needs. We operate through a matrix structure organised by geography, function and specialist industry sectors. Our team of trained and experienced consultants offer expert knowledge of each specialist market.