Senior Manager, Fraud Analytics

Company: Upgrade, Inc.
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

About the Role:
Upgrade's Fraud Analytics team is looking for a Fraud Analytics Senior Manager who is passionate in fighting against fraud and has extensive experience in building teams and being a people manager. This leader should specialize in analyzing fraud patterns while creating and adapting advanced fraud prevention mechanisms to not only solve emerging fraud trends, but also to provide a great experience to our customers.
What You'll Do:

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• Work with a wide variety of partners in the company, such as product experts, platform engineers and back-end operation to mitigate and manage Upgrade financial loss caused by fraud risk such as third party identity fraud, first party fraud, ACH returns, unauthorized card chargeback and account take-over.
  
• Apply advanced statistical techniques, algorithms, and industry tools to develop solutions that predict and prevent fraud risk associated with Upgrade products.
  
• Build fraud risk related variables based on fraudulent trends and insights.
  
• Create robust and customer-friendly policies to reduce dispute abuse in identity fraud claims, ACH, and card transactions.
  
  What We Look For:
  
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  • Bachelor's Degree or above in one of the following: economics, finance, engineering, statistics or a related field.
    
  • 6+ years experience in performing data management and analytics.
    
  • Prior leadership experience building and leading a small team
    
  • Prior experience in Transactional Fraud Risk Management
    
  • Working knowledge of ACH return and card transaction dispute processes a plus
    
  • Must be an intuitive, organized analytical thinker, with proven ability to perform detailed analysis in real world problems
    
  • Strong written, oral, and interpersonal skills a must, including the ability to explain and/or present analyses and convey complex ideas to all audiences
    
  • Must have good business judgment with demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically
    
  • Proficiency using SQL and querying relational databases
    
  • Excellent spoken and written English
    
    Nice to Have:
    
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    • Working knowledge of Python and Tableau a plus
      
      What We Offer You:
      
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      • Competitive salary and stock option plan
        
      • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
        
      • Flexible PTO
        
      • Opportunities for professional growth and development
        
      • Paid parental leave
        
      • Health & wellness initiatives
        
        The compensation range of this position in San Francisco, CA is USD $125,000 - $140,000 annually plus equity and benefits. Within this range, an individual's base pay will be dependent on a variety of factors, including without limitation, job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
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