Description
Analyze transactional and behavioral data to detect, investigate, and document suspected fraud. Compile evidence and reports, recommend actions, and partner with legal, compliance, and investigative teams to prevent losses and strengthen fraud controls.
- • Conduct in-depth analyses of suspicious financial activity, including potential money laundering.
- • Analyze financial and behavioral data to detect anomalies in billing, relationships, or compliance.
- • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fraud trends, money-laundering typologies, and criminal techniques.
- • Train colleagues on fraud detection workflows, red flags, and prevention controls.
- • Research and evaluate new analytics tools, models, and technologies for fraud detection.
- • Prepare case files, evidentiary summaries, and visualizations for legal or regulatory use.
- • Coordinate data retrieval and records production for subpoenas and regulatory requests.
- • Support loss recovery by quantifying exposure and identifying responsible parties.
- • Conduct open-source intelligence and internal research to gather case information.
- • Escalate confirmed or high-risk cases to investigators, compliance, or law enforcement.
- • Provide expert analysis and, when required, testimony on investigation findings.
- • Advise business units on fraud risks and control improvements.
- • Review alerts and referrals of suspected fraud to prioritize and scope investigations.
- • Draft clear, concise reports documenting investigative findings and rationale.
- • Recommend case actions such as account holds, refunds, chargebacks, or filings.
- • Participate in cross-functional fraud investigation teams and analytical workstreams.
- • Interview customers, employees, or stakeholders to clarify activity and obtain statements.
- • Design, implement, or maintain fraud detection rules, models, and procedures.
- • Collect and validate financial records and documents relevant to investigations.
- • Assess operations and processes to identify fraud risk areas and control gaps.
- • Document all investigative steps, analyses, and decisions in case management systems.
- • Create and maintain databases, dashboards, and logs of fraudulent activity and trends.
- • Coordinate with legal, compliance, risk, and external agencies during investigations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
