Fraud Data Analyst

Allied Irish Banks; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Family leave options

Job summary

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) seeks a Fraud Data Analyst to support and enhance payment fraud decisioning. You will focus on prevention, detection and control optimisation across payment fraud use cases, including transaction monitoring and model/rule enhancements.

Bring strong data analysis with SQL and Python and collaborate across fraud operations, compliance, risk, technology and data teams to implement robust detection solutions and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years’ experience in fraud or risk analytics in financial services.
• Strong SQL and Python experience.
• Experience with fraud detection platforms such as Featurespace.
• Ability to work in fast-paced delivery environments with multiple dependencies.
• Excellent stakeholder management across fraud, operations and related functions.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document fraud-related requirements for detection initiatives.
• Review and enhance payment anomaly detection and rules.
• Analyse trends and root causes in payment fraud use cases.
• Design KPIs and reporting for fraud operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement detection solutions.
• Contribute to threshold optimisation and control improvements.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Fraud domain knowledge

Fraud detection platforms

Tools

Featurespace

Job description

At AIB, our values guide how we work and how we support each other. We’re looking for someone who puts Customer First, takes initiative and Owns the Outcome, and is always looking for ways to Eliminate Complexity. You’ll treat colleagues and customers with fairness and Show Respect, and you’ll thrive in a culture built on collaboration where we Be One Team to deliver meaningful impact.

Location/Office Policy: Central Park, Dublin 18 - 3 days per week in office

• Would you like to play a leading role in a team whose ambition is to become a world class fraud function, exceptional at developing talent and turning information into insights?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with cross functional teams and influencing business direction with data-backed evidence?
• Do you actively seek opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement?

What is the Role:

We are looking for a highly analytical and technically capable Fraud Data Analyst to support and enhance payment fraud decisioning within AIB. This role will focus on fraud prevention, detection, and control optimisation across payment fraud use cases, including transaction monitoring, analytics-driven interventions, and model/rule enhancement.

Key accountabilities:

• Gather, analyse, and document business, fraud-risk, regulatory, and operational requirements for payment fraud detection and prevention initiatives.
• Apply fraud domain knowledge to review and enhance existing payment anomaly detection, fraud rules, and machine learning models.
• Work on payment fraud use cases such as transaction monitoring, fraud prevention strategies, and investigation workflows to analyse trends and root causes using data insights.
• Support the design of controls, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms for payment fraud operations and decisioning.
• Collaborate with fraud operations, compliance, risk, technology, engineering, product, and data teams to implement and improve fraud detection solutions.
• Contribute to threshold optimisation, intervention design, and continuous improvement of payment fraud controls.

What you Will Bring:

• Strong data analysis capability with hands-on experience using SQL and python
• Experience analysing large datasets, including querying, manipulating, and analysing complex data to identify fraud patterns, trends, and root causes
• 5–8 years’ experience in fraud, financial crime, risk analytics, decisioning, or business analysis within banking or financial services would be advantageous
• Strong understanding of payment fraud typologies, transaction monitoring, account takeover, mule activity, and fraud decisioning initiatives.
• Experience working with fraud detection, analytics, or decisioning platforms such as Featurespace or similar systems, including rule development, scenario implementation, tuning, or optimisation.
• Ability to define structured, data-driven solutions and to work effectively in fast-paced delivery environments with multiple dependencies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across fraud, operations, and related functions.

Why Work for AIB:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options

Key Capabilities

• Drives Progress
• Develops & Empowers
• Customer First
• Data Analysis

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]