Fraud Strategy Senior Analyst

Vanguard Group, Inc.

$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in fraud risk, payments risk, or financial crimes
  • Expertise in account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks
  • Proven experience managing real-time fraud decisioning environments
  • Strong experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field; graduate degree preferred

Responsibilities

  • Define fraud prevention strategy for real-time payment channels
  • Design and manage fraud rules and decision logic
  • Drive enhancements of fraud rules engines with engineering
  • Monitor and improve fraud detection and client experience
  • Use analytics to identify trends and improve detection
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on fraud controls
  • Maintain control testing and adherence to regulatory standards

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Focus on advanced fraud technology and real-time decisioning
  • Opportunities to enhance analytical and strategic skills
  • Engagement in a high-impact role within financial services
Full Job Description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Set Fraud Strategy & Coverage: Define fraud prevention strategy across real-time payment channels, including risk appetite and control coverage.

  • Own Real-Time Decisioning: Design and manage fraud rules, decision logic, and detection strategies within real-time decisioning platforms.

  • Lead Platform & Capability Build: Drive enhancements and implementation of fraud rules engines and decisioning platforms in partnership with engineering.

  • Optimize Performance Outcomes: Monitor and improve fraud detection, false positives, and client friction through ongoing control tuning and performance management.

  • Leverage Data & Models: Use analytics and model insights to identify trends, refine strategies, and improve detection effectiveness.

  • Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to embed fraud controls into customer journeys and new product launches.

  • Ensure Strong Governance: Maintain disciplined control testing, monitoring, and adherence to risk and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

Required Experience

  • 4+ years in fraud risk, payments risk, or financial crimes

  • Expertise in: Account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks within retirement and workplace channels

  • Proven experience managing real-time fraud decisioning environments and rules strategies

  • Strong experience partnering across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations

  • Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field. Graduate degree preferred.

Technical & Analytical Skills

  • Expertise in fraud rules engines / decisioning platforms

  • Strong analytical capabilities (data analysis, segmentation, performance optimization)

  • Working knowledge of fraud models / machine learning concepts and model governance

  • Ability to translate data into actionable fraud strategies and business decisions

  • Strong experience with analytical tools such as Python, R, SAS, SQL, and platforms such as Tableau or Power BI.

Leadership & Communication

  • Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills.

  • Highly collaborative with a track record of driving alignment across teams.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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