Vice President - Fraud Prevention

SBI Card

Gurugram District

On-site

INR 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

SBI Card is seeking a senior fraud prevention leader to fortify application screening, risk controls, and enterprise-wide governance. You will lead a national team, collaborate with sales, policy, IT, and vendors to reduce fraud loss while preserving customer experience.

This role requires deep knowledge of card fraud detection, analytics, and regulatory compliance, and offers an opportunity to shape fraud strategy across SBI Card's National footprint.

Qualifications

Strong quantitative degree and knowledge of fraud risk controls.
Experience in card payments fraud prevention preferred.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

Analyze fraud loss trends and evolve mitigation strategies.
Lead national fraud screening, VKYC checks and vendor coordination.
Drive process excellence, audits, and data analytics for fraud prevention.
Collaborate with sales, policy and operations to reduce fraud declines.

Skills

Fraud Management

Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Process Improvement

Education

Post-Graduate / Graduate degree with quantitative emphasis

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

SBI Card is a leading pure-play credit card issuer in India, offering a wide range of credit cards to cater to diverse customer needs. We are constantly innovating to meet the evolving financial needs of our customers, empowering them with digital currency for seamless payment experience and indulge in rewarding benefits. At SBI Card, the motto 'Make Life Simple' inspires every initiative, ensuring that customer convenience is at the forefront of all that we do. We are committed to building an environment where people can thrive and create a better future for everyone.

About Us

JOB DESCRIPTION

SBI Card is proud to be an equal opportunity & inclusive employer and welcome employees without any discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, gender, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, caste etc. SBI Card is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees are treated equally with dignity and respect which makes it a promising place to work.

Join us to shape the future of digital payment in India and unlock your full potential.

What’s In It For YOU

SBI Card truly lives by the work-life balance philosophy. We offer a robust wellness and wellbeing program to support mental and physical health of our employees
Admirable work deserves to be rewarded. We have a well-curated bouquet of rewards and recognition program for the employees
Dynamic, Inclusive and Diverse team culture
Gender Neutral Policy
Inclusive Health Benefits for all - Medical Insurance, Personal Accidental, Group Term Life Insurance and Annual Health Checkup, Dental and OPD benefits
Commitment to the overall development of an employee through a comprehensive learning & development framework

Role Purpose

To lead SBI Card Fraud Prevention team to minimize Application frauds with optimum customer experience, optimal Vendor Cost & best resource utilization.

Role Accountability

Application/Transaction Fraud Management For SBI Card

Analyze fraud loss trends, evolve fraud mitigation strategy, implement the revised changes through well defined processes, people and system Infrastructure
Manage Pan-India Application Fraud Screening/Sampling, Hunter, VKYC Checker due-diligence and with team of National Screening / EDD Leads, Zonal Fraud Managers, Process Leads, Team Leads, Fraud SME analysts and vendors to ensure timely and accurate Fraud Screening, Sampling, Hunter & VKYC Checker Decisioning for prospective & existing customers.
Provide thought leadership, identify, evaluate and implement best practices across SBI Cards for Fraud Detection & Mitigation and leverage industry connect for competition benchmarking
Ensure adequate System, People and Vendor Network Infrastructure in place for Fraud Prevention.
Connect closely with the Retail & BANCA Sales Heads, Regional directors and Credit Policy Head to share fraud trends and sourcing defects, suggest process and policy changes for fraud mitigation and declines reduction for enhanced accounts throughout.

Process Excellence & Regulatory Compliance

Ensure regulatory compliance on KYC Due-diligence.
Ensure continuous process enhancement and automation to improve productivity, reduce Fraud Loss & Vendor Cost.
Carry out fraud risk assessments to identify areas vulnerable to fraud, and actively engage with stakeholders to fine-tune fraud monitoring and preventive controls.
Conduct BPMS Process Mapping, Risk Control Self Assessment(RCSA), Ensure Adherence to Fraud Policy, Process SOP, conduct declines & other process reviews.

Projects, Robotics & Automation And Data Analytics

Drive critical projects through cross functional synergy and liaison with IT & relevant stakeholders for driving the improvement of processes & automation for increasing productivity, delivering customer experience, fraud mitigation, reducing TAT etc.
Utilize robust analytics and data driven strategies to build and optimize fraud rules, with best Fraud Catch rate & Lower False positives delivering optimum customer experience
Lead and drive standardization, automation and consolidation through re-engineering and process improvement initiatives for Fraud Risk Management
Monitor fraud trends and alert decisioning and feed back the learnings/observations into the system and train people for optimal decisioning
Lead and manage UAT Testing, PVT Validation in IT Projects - related to Fraud Pre-acquisition.

Cost, Vendor & Stakeholder Management

Plan, track & maintain cost budget & spends for vendors, perform periodic review of cost drivers and suggest corrective actions to optimize cost and ensure optimum cost utilization.
Devise and implement alternate data validation strategies and conduct price and vendor discovery for reduced cost, enhanced validation and process compliance.
Ensure timely vendor onboarding, risk assessment and cost provisioning and billing of Pre Acq Vendors and ensure Cost Save Vs MOU.
Connect with internal stakeholders of Sales, Workforce Effectiveness, Operations, Customer Service & Credit Policy team to share Fraud trends / learnings & seek support to mitigate fraud risk through people & process improvement.
Continuously engage with Industry peers from networks (VISA, Mastercard, Amex, NPCI), Fraud Monitoring Solution Providers & vendors, Banks, NBFCs, Fintech's, Merchants, Payment Gateways to get updates & understand the latest technologies & fraud trends and evaluate for implementation in SBI Cards

Customer Experience & Fraud Prevention Awareness

Design and implement in-house fraud awareness campaigns across SBI Cards for customer facing teams to ensure safe and reliable application and transaction ecosystem.
Ensure exchange of learnings with sales, operations, marketing and customer service teams on fraud loss incident and process Improvement opportunities to deliver enhanced customer experience and fraud mitigation
Analyze vulnerabilities in sales, operations and customer service processes and propose enhancements/modifications to plug the gaps and have a robust fraud prevention infrastructure and controls in place

Manage Internal & Process Audits

Manage Internal Audits and Ensure Satisfactory ratings through Process & Policy Compliance.
Ensure data completeness and accuracy for Internal & External Audits. Drive Timely closures of Audit Observations through system/process enhancements.

Measures of Success

Ensure application fraud loss within MOU. Strive to be best in the industry on Fraud Loss to Sourcing ratio.
Productivity, fraud loss & cost target achievement as per agreed MOU
Completion of Critical Projects on Digitization & Automation as per agreed objectives
Alternate Data Validation Penetration %
Fraud Catch Rate & False Positive improvements
100% coverage on process training and certification for the team
Process Adherence as per MOU
Satisfactory Audit Ratings for Internal & External Audits.

Technical Skills / Experience / Certifications

Sound understanding of the cards business & its drivers
Wing to wing knowledge of Fraud Management processes, systems and KPIs
Knowledge of FRM detection, monitoring, investigation & reporting processes
Domain expertise and industry knowhow on fraud prevention and detection tools, trends and best practices
Understanding of emerging digital trends in Credit Card / Fintech and payments domain

Competencies critical to the role