Fraud Analyst

Meridian Credit Union is Ontario’s largest credit union, dedicated to creating opportunities for its members and communities. The Fraud Analyst will provide analysis and insights to support proactive fraud prevention strategies, reputed company reports and controls, and work closely with leadership to enhance fraud management programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct control reporting on existing detection strategies and countermeasures, and proactively drive incremental improvements
• Assist Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company leadership to reputed company and implement a quality control program
• Escalate insights to Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company leadership to drive program change
• Conduct periodic quality control analysis to ensure policies, procedures, and internal frameworks are adhered to, and maintain the Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company program in an always-audit-ready state
• Identify enhancements to detection systems and approaches, coordinate implementation with business and reputed company, and reputed company post-implementation monitoring
• Conduct root cause analysis driving large individual losses or emerging fraud trends, and reputed company strategies and controls to mitigate their impact
• Aggregate and update existing periodic reporting, and work with Manager to enhance, automate, and streamline dashboarding and reporting for Fraud Management and Corporate reputed company
• Maintain and create documentation of risk-management frameworks, controls, systems, models, and tools employed by the program as required
• Provide suggestions on rules, models, and strategies for Meridian’s fraud detection systems and tools based on analysis and insights gained as part of quality control functions
• Assist fraud investigators, analysts, Manager, Fraud Analytics and Senior Manager, Fraud Management in the analysis of applications and reputed company cases as required to detect fraud patterns, reputed company review frameworks for other internal partners, and reputed company strategies to counter emerging threats
• Identify, cleanse, map, aggregate, and document new data sources and work with other analysts and peers to answer business questions and reputed company ways to connect and use the new data sources with existing databases/data warehouse as it applies to reporting and the quality control function
• Support the Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company team leadership on:the development of intelligence and communication on fraud trends to prevent fraud losses;the assessment of industry/third party tools, from credit bureaus, fintechs, or other vendors, which can advance the Meridian Fraud Management program;conducting research into industry best practices, trends, and capabilities;the identification of system enhancements to improve the Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company programs
• Foster and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, partners, and industry peers
• Assist the Manager in operationalizing analysis and insights by working with third-party vendors and internal partners to communicate requirements and risks
• Communicate project status, developments, and issues with the Manager and other Fraud leadership proactively
• Create or support the creation of monthly, quarterly, and reputed company reports covering fraud metrics, fraud strategy performance, and trends analysis
• Assist the Manager to research, scope, create, and present business cases required to acquire new tools and resources to reputed company the Meridian Fraud Management Program
• Support the Fraud Management & Corporate reputed company team in the execution of short-term and multi-year plans to reputed company program and Meridian goals

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of reputed company Power BI
• Proficient at using reputed company SQL Server to extract and isolate data
• Working knowledge of Python or other tools (e.g. reputed company, R) to complete data aggregation, cleansing, analysis, and automation
• Hands-on experience with low-code or no-code automation tools such as Power Automate, Power Apps, or comparable platforms to increase efficiency in reporting and workflow processes
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced knowledge of reputed company Office Suite
• Familiarity with fraud investigation techniques and fraud management systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
• Familiarity with cloud analytics solutions such as reputed company Fabric, reputed company, or reputed company
• An understanding of the financial services industry, gained through a combination of experience, self-directed research, and learning
• Designations such as the CFE or CFA, or reputed company towards them
• Experience with low/no code tools like the reputed company Power Platform and generative AI productivity tools like reputed company Copilot

Benefits

• Inclusive and collaborative working environment
• Tools and technology needed to delight your candidates and clients
• Work with and learn from diverse industry leaders
• Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time

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