Fraud Analyst

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The Fraud Data Analytics team, part of the Chief Data and Analytics Office, is the backbone of fraud detection for the Group. We support the operations of Fraud and Scams Response Centre, dedicated to safeguarding the monetary assets of CBA and Bankwest customers from fraud and financial loss.

• Proactively Identifying Fraud Trends : Be at the forefront of detecting and combating emerging fraud patterns, ensuring our customers and assets are protected.
• Innovative Rule Development : Analyse customer-detected fraud and craft new rules to prevent similar incidents, staying one step ahead of fraudsters.
• Optimising Fraud Detection Systems : Maintain and enhance our fraud detection rule suite, supporting the Group Fraud Operations team with effective alert management and minimising false positives.
• Driving Continuous Improvement : Seek out and implement opportunities to enhance our processes, driving efficiency and excellence.
• Data-Driven Decision Making : Perform comprehensive data analysis to inform and support critical business decisions, ensuring we stay ahead in the fight against fraud.
• Continuously improve detection system rules to ensure maximum fraud detection while keeping false positives and detection points low.
• : Ensure detection system rules do not negatively impact customer experience.
• Provide valuable insights into trends and anomalies through root cause analysis.
• Foster effective working relationships with stakeholders to drive collaborative success.
• Handle potentially difficult interactions, ensuring appropriate priority and severity levels are assigned.
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, which sets the standards of behaviour, actions, and decisions we expect from our people.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and think analytically.
• Insight into fraudster psychology to improve detection rules.
• – Proficiency in SQL and SAS for data extraction and manipulation. Experience with Python and Tableau is a plus.
• – Knowledge of how ML can be applied to detect and prevent fraud.
• Ability to suggest and implement practical actions to address emerging fraud trends with tangible outcomes.
• : Ability to work effectively within the analytics community and with stakeholders.
• A degree in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, computing, science, engineering, or actuarial studies would be highly regarded.
• : 2+ years’ experience working in a risk environment within Financial Services is also beneficial

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