Capital Markets Placement

Senior Manager, Fraud Analytics & Operations

Capital Markets Placement$120K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in fraud risk, payments risk, or financial crimes
  • Expertise in account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks
  • 6+ years leading high-performing teams
  • Experience in managing real-time fraud decisioning environments
  • Strong collaboration skills across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations
  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Finance, or Computer Science; graduate degree preferred
  • Proficiency with fraud rules engines and analytical tools.

Responsibilities

  • Define fraud prevention strategy for real-time payment channels
  • Design and manage fraud rules within decisioning platforms
  • Drive enhancements of fraud rules engines with engineering teams
  • Monitor and improve fraud detection and performance
  • Use analytics to refine fraud strategies and detection effectiveness
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for embedding fraud controls
  • Communicate fraud risk and performance to senior stakeholders
  • Build and manage a high-performing fraud strategy team

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship offered
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Access to innovative fraud technology and decisioning platforms
  • Opportunity to influence fraud strategy at a senior level
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.
  • Influence Senior Stakeholders: Communicate fraud risk, performance, and trade-offs clearly through strong executive storytelling.
  • Lead & Develop Team: Build and manage a high-performing team of fraud strategy and analytics professionals.
  • Ensure Strong Governance: Maintain disciplined control testing, monitoring, and adherence to risk and regulatory standards.


Qualifications

Required Experience

  • 10+ years in fraud risk, payments risk, or financial crimes
  • Deep expertise in: Account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks within retirement and workplace channels
  • 6+ years of people management experience leading high-performing teams
  • 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

  • Strong stakeholder management with ability to influence senior leaders
  • 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.

About Capital Markets Placement

Capital Markets Placement is a financial services company that provides debt and equity financing solutions to businesses. The company specializes in providing funding to small and medium-sized businesses that are looking to grow or expand their operations. Capital Markets Placement offers a range of financing options, including asset-based lending, bridge loans, mezzanine financing, and equity financing. The company has a team of experienced professionals who work closely with clients to understand their needs and provide customized financing solutions. Capital Markets Placement is committed to helping businesses achieve their goals and grow their operations.
Learn more about Capital Markets Placement
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
1997

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