Data Analyst, Fraud Data & Analytics

Vanguard Group, Inc.

$90K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum of five years related work experience.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical initiatives and influencing business decisions.
  • Advanced SQL skills for analyzing large and complex datasets.
  • Proficiency in Python or similar programming language for data tasks.
  • Advanced experience in developing dashboards and reporting in Tableau or similar tools.
  • Experience in monitoring or optimizing fraud detections and analytical models.
  • Strong understanding of data quality controls and analytical validation methods.
  • Ability to convey technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience in reviewing peer work and mentoring junior analysts.
  • Knowledge of financial-services fraud typologies and investigations is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Leads complex fraud analytics initiatives from start to finish.
  • Designs and optimizes offline fraud detections for investigative teams.
  • Establishes performance measures for fraud detections and alerts.
  • Identifies emerging fraud trends and common attributes in data.
  • Conducts forensic analysis and provides analytical support for fraud incidents.
  • Develops executive reporting and fraud performance metrics.
  • Defines data quality controls for fraud data used in reporting and detection.
  • Documents analytical methodologies for governance and audit readiness.
  • Translates complex findings into concise recommendations for stakeholders.
  • Reviews peer analysts' work and provides coaching and quality assurance.
  • Partners with investigative teams to improve detection processes.
  • Serves as a subject-matter expert on fraud initiatives and tools.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options.
  • Retirement savings plans with company match.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Flexible work schedule options.
  • Work-life balance initiatives.
Full Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Leads complex fraud analytics initiatives from problem definition and data assessment through implementation, measurement, and ongoing monitoring.
  • Designs, develops, back-tests, and optimizes offline fraud detections that generate actionable leads for investigative teams.
  • Establishes performance measures for detections, including precision, recall, false-positive rates, alert volumes, loss exposure, and prevented or avoided impact.
  • Identifies emerging fraud trends, anomalous behavior, common attributes, and fraud signatures across account, client, transactional, and case data.
  • Leads forensic analysis and analytical support for significant fraud incidents, control gaps, and emerging typologies.
  • Develops and owns executive reporting, dashboards, benchmarking, loss reporting, and recurring fraud performance products.
  • Defines data quality controls and validates the completeness, accuracy, and reasonableness of fraud data used in reporting and detection.
  • Documents analytical methodologies, assumptions, data lineage, and control procedures to support governance and audit readiness.
  • Translates complex analytical findings into concise recommendations for fraud operations, risk partners, technology teams, and senior leadership.
  • Reviews analytical approaches and work products developed by other analysts and provides technical direction, coaching, and quality assurance.
  • Partners with investigative teams to establish feedback loops and disposition processes that improve detection effectiveness.
  • Serves as an analytical subject-matter expert on cross-functional fraud initiatives, data modernization efforts, and evaluation of fraud tools or capabilities.


Qualifications

  • Minimum of five years related work experience.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Demonstrated experience independently leading complex analytical initiatives and influencing business decisions.
  • Advanced SQL skills, including experience analyzing large and complex datasets.
  • Proficiency in Python or another analytical programming language used for data preparation, automation, statistical analysis, or detection development.
  • Advanced experience developing dashboards and executive reporting in Tableau or a comparable visualization platform.
  • Experience developing, testing, monitoring, or optimizing fraud detections, risk rules, anomaly-detection methods, or analytical models.
  • Strong understanding of analytical validation methods, data quality controls, and performance measurement.
  • Ability to translate technical findings into concise, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to review peer work, establish analytical standards, and coach less-experienced analysts.
  • Knowledge of financial-services fraud typologies, investigations, fraud operations, or fraud loss measurement strongly preferred.
  • Experience working in cloud-based data environments and with governed enterprise data assets preferred

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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