Motion Recruitment is hiring: Fraud Data Analyst in Mountain View

Overview

Location: Hybrid (Client located in Mountain View, CA). This position requires working onsite Monday-Friday.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST).

Contract: 12+ months

Role: Fraud Data Analyst within the Trust & Safety team of a global financial technology company.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to uncover patterns of fraud and gain a comprehensive understanding of how bad actors operate.
• Transform data into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Create intuitive dashboards to monitor and mitigate fraudulent patterns.
• Formulate requirements for data engineering teams to ensure access to lucid, accurate, and consistent datasets.
• Build and maintain dashboards to assess the efficacy of controls in mitigating fraud while minimizing impact on customers.
• Equip policy teams with a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Perform in-depth exploration and analysis of internal and external data sources.
• Identify developing patterns of fraudulent activities across the company’s product range.
• Communicate regularly with leadership, peers, and stakeholders about goals and measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with local and global teams in policy, product, data engineering, data science, and R&D.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• +4 years of experience analyzing complex datasets and providing business recommendations.
• +4 years of experience in an e-commerce, payments, or financial services company.
• +4 years of experience building dashboards and data visualization.
• Extensive SQL experience, specifically in your current role.
• Proven ability to work independently and make decisions with minimal direction within assigned timelines.
• Able to express thoughts and ideas in fluent and concise manner.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in fraud prevention, with emphasis on tax fraud.
• Experience building ETL pipelines.
• Experience with Tableau/QlikView or other data visualization software.
• Experience with Github / Splunk / Python.

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in computer science, information systems management, engineering (any field), or closely related quantitative discipline.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis now and in the future.