Acquiring Risk Fraud Analyst
Core
Protect Wise merchants and the platform from fraud chargebacks and first-party merchant fraud by analyzing trends, optimizing rulesets, and implementing machine learning scores.
Role type
Acquiring Risk Fraud Analyst (IC)
Builds
Fraud prevention rulesets, detection strategies, and rule engine improvements for the Acquiring product.
Domain
Fintech / Cross-border payments / Fraud Prevention
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Fraud rule creation and optimization, SQL, Machine learning score implementation, Post-incident analysis, Data analysis, Risk engine troubleshooting
Preferred skills
Python, Multi-currency banking knowledge
Technologies
SQL, Python, Risk engines
Responsibilities
Analyze merchant dispute trends to identify gaps in fraud prevention rulesets; Create and optimize acquiring fraud rules to mitigate chargeback losses and dispute rates; Implement machine learning scores within static fraud rules to improve precision and recall; Collaborate with Product and Engineering on rule engine improvements; Serve as escalation point for acquiring fraud prevention issues.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC