Senior Fraud Analytics Consultant - Data-Driven Detection

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Fraud Data Analytics Consultant to lead cross-channel analytics in a banking/fintech context. You will query, correlate, and derive insights from telemetry and transaction data to reduce fraud losses and false positives.

You will build dashboards with Power BI/Tableau, mentor analysts, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders. Willingness to be onsite in Kuwait City for months 3–6 is required.

Qualifications

• Consultant-level experience in fraud or financial crime data analytics, typically 5+ years, within banking, payments or fintech
• Senior to own analytics agenda and advise, not just execute
• Strong Python and strong SQL; both essential and tested at screening
• Quantified track record of losses reduced, false positives cut, or detection improved
• Experience building operational dashboards and management reporting using Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent
• Experience with fraud platform data structures is advantageous but not required
• Ability to interrogate unfamiliar systems' output
• Behavioural biometrics or card fraud platform exposure is a plus
• AML-blended analytics backgrounds welcome where data depth is genuine and fraud typology knowledge is sound
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure, Fabric, Databricks, or similar is a strong plus
• Clear English and credibility to present analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Confirmed availability for immediate start
• Genuine willingness and ability to be onsite in Kuwait City from Month 3 to Month 6
• Passport with 12+ months' validity required

Responsibilities

• Query, extract, and correlate data across digital channel telemetry, card fraud alerts, case management records, core banking data, and online banking data
• Identify fraud patterns, emerging typologies, and detection gaps
• Build the evidence base for new and tuned detection rules
• Deliver rule recommendations with measured impact on false positives and detection rates
• Design and build dashboards, views, and management reporting on rule performance, alert outcomes, and fraud losses
• Take a central role in the Microsoft Fabric data lake programme
• Design and build the fraud analytics layer on Microsoft Fabric
• Mentor and upskill the bank's analyst team through knowledge transfer and pairing arrangements
• Support post-incident and thematic reviews with data deep-dives
• Work alongside L1/L2 analysts and the senior fraud investigator

Skills

Python Programming

SQL Proficiency

Power BI

Tableau

Cloud Data Platforms

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Data Interrogation

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Tableau

Azure

Databricks

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Fraud Data Analytics Consultant to lead cross-channel analytics in a banking/fintech context. You will query, correlate, and derive insights from telemetry and transaction data to reduce fraud losses and false positives.

You will build dashboards with Power BI/Tableau, mentor analysts, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders. Willingness to be onsite in Kuwait City for months 3–6 is required.