Fraud Researcher (Financial & Payments)

Join a leading global organization at the forefront of digital innovation, where your expertise will directly contribute to fostering a secure and trustworthy online environment for millions of users. We are seeking a sharp, proactive individual to play a critical role in safeguarding financial integrity, ensuring seamless and secure digital transactions, and protecting our ecosystem from evolving threats.

As a key contributor to our financial security team, you will be instrumental in detecting and preventing fraudulent activities that threaten our digital payment systems. Your keen eye for detail and analytical prowess will directly impact the safety and reliability of our platform, protecting both our users and our business from financial abuse. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your investigative skills in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build robust defenses against sophisticated fraud patterns. You will have the opportunity to influence critical security measures and work alongside engineering and product teams to enhance our fraud detection capabilities.

**Responsibilities:**

* Proactively identify and analyze the use of stolen credit cards, stolen bank accounts, and other fraudulent payment instruments.

* Monitor for high-risk billing behaviors, including patterns of delinquency, elevated decline rates, and suspicious changes in payment methods.

* Manage and resolve urgent customer issues and effectively address spikes in financial abuse patterns.

* Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to refine and improve signals for financial risk detection.

**Qualifications:**

**Must-Have:**

* Approximately 4 years of experience in risk analysis or fraud detection.

* Demonstrated internet savviness with the ability to recognize fraudulent signals and "bad actor" behaviors within an online e-commerce environment.

* A high degree of proactivity and willingness to learn new systems and adapt to fast-changing fraud patterns.

**Nice-to-Have:**

* Strongly preferred background in payments, payments-risk, or the banking industry (e.g., Anti-Money Laundering (AML) or e-commerce risk).

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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