Real-Time Fraud Risk Analyst — SQL & AI-Driven Payments

Plusgrade; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Matching

Comprehensive Health Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off

Travel Experience Perk

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade Travel is seeking a Contract Consultant for its Risk team to detect fraud in real time across our loyalty platforms. You will query large datasets, hunt for emerging patterns, and balance fraud prevention with user friction for global travellers.

You will tune rules in Cybersource, Adyen, or Kount, validate AI outputs, and lead root-cause investigations under pressure, delivering actionable insights to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proficient in writing complex SQL queries and joining datasets.
• Ability to spot behavioral anomalies in transaction data.
• Experience tuning fraud rules in Cybersource, Adyen or Kount.
• Experience validating AI outputs before sharing insights with stakeholders.
• Ability to make rapid, accurate decisions under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Query large datasets to detect real-time fraud patterns.
• Hunt for emerging fraud schemes and reduce false positives.
• Perform root-cause investigations and make judgment calls on transactions.
• Tune and optimize fraud rules and workflows in Cybersource, Adyen, or Kount.
• Validate AI-generated analyses and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Fraud detection

Data analysis

AI workflow creation/validation

Rule tuning

Tools

Cybersource

Adyen

Kount

Job description

Plusgrade Travel is seeking a Contract Consultant for its Risk team to detect fraud in real time across our loyalty platforms. You will query large datasets, hunt for emerging patterns, and balance fraud prevention with user friction for global travellers.

You will tune rules in Cybersource, Adyen, or Kount, validate AI outputs, and lead root-cause investigations under pressure, delivering actionable insights to stakeholders.