About the Team
At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive. Today, over 4 million businesses in 36 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships.
If you are interested in a career in Fraud Prevention in the ever-changing world of payments this might be the role for you! Become part of a team utilizing a number of tools and methods to identify fraud patterns, reduce the risk and protect SumUp & our clients - small & medium merchants from criminal activity!
About the Role
As a Fraud Data Analyst in the Risk and Anti-Fraud team, you will play a key role in safeguarding our platform against fraudulent activities. You will be responsible for collecting and analyzing transactional and user behavior data, identifying potential fraud risks, and supporting real-time fraud monitoring efforts. Your work will involve uncovering fraud patterns, assessing risk factors, and generating actionable insights through reports and dashboards. You will craft insightful reports and maintain existing ones, ensuring the continued alignment with key performance indicators (KPIs) and accurate tracking of fraud trends. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will help enhance fraud prevention strategies and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Additionally, you will contribute to investigating fraud incidents, refining detection processes, and staying ahead of emerging fraud trends.
What you will do:
Data Collection & Preparation:
Gather and preprocess transactional and user behavior data from various sources.
Ensure data accuracy and completeness for fraud analysis.
Fraud Detection Analysis:
Identify patterns and trends related to fraudulent activities using statistical methods
Develop rules for real-time fraud detection systems.
Reporting & Visualization:
Create detailed reports and dashboards to monitor fraud trends and the effectiveness of prevention measures.
Communicate insights to stakeholders, including management and fraud prevention teams.
Maintain and support existing reports, ensuring they remain accurate and relevant to evolving fraud detection needs.
Collaborating with Cross-Functional Teams:
Work closely with engineering, product, and risk management teams to improve fraud detection and prevention mechanisms.
Provide data-driven recommendations for improving security protocols.
Monitoring & Alerts:
Set up real-time monitoring and alerts for suspicious transactions or activities.
Conduct post-event analysis on identified fraud cases to refine detection methods.
Ad-hoc Investigations:
Conduct deep dives and investigative analysis into specific fraud cases when needed.
Help uncover new fraud techniques and suggest preventive measures
You will be great for this role, if:
You have strong knowledge of SQL
You have experience with Tableau (or equivalent to Tableau)
You know how to work with git
You have strong analytical skills
You are able to communicate insights in an actionable manner
Why you should join SumUp:
🌍 You’ll play a key role in a scale-up that in turn is part of a truly global team of 3000+ people from 80+ countries, spread across 4 continents.
🚀 You'll have the space to drive your career here and take ownership of projects
📚 You’ll be able to expand your skillset with an individual learning budget & 10 days of educational vacation
🌴 We offer paid Sabbatical leave and 25 days of paid vacation + 1 accumulative day for each year of employment at SumUp
❤️🩹 Additional health and life insurance
🏋 You'd enjoy other great benefits such as subsidized Multisport card, Babbel language platform subscription, free shuttle buses from Joliot-Curie metro station, a long list of discounts and more.
👥 Attractive referral program
🧘♀️ Office relaxation activities such as yoga and massages
This job is on-site.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.
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