AI-Driven Payments & Fraud Analyst

Work180; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking a Payments, Fraud, and Risk Analyst to monitor payment performance, detect fraud, and manage risk across our iLottery and iGaming businesses. You will analyze metrics across clients, markets, and methods, and apply AI tools to improve detection and analysis.

Ideal candidates have a degree in Finance/Analytics and 3+ years in payments or fraud analytics, with strong Excel and BI skills, and excellent communication to share clear findings with leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Analytics, Economics, or related field, or equivalent.
• 3+ years in payments, financial services, fintech, gaming, e-commerce, or fraud/risk analytics.
• Excel proficiency with pivot tables, lookups, and data validation.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Interest in AI methods for data analysis and fraud detection.
• Experience with payment processors, acquiring banks, gateways, or ACH providers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor payment and risk metrics such as approvals, volumes, and fraud alerts.
• Analyze performance across clients, markets, payment methods, and risk indicators.
• Investigate unusual trends, processing anomalies, and threats.
• Use AI tools and ML techniques to improve fraud detection and risk analysis.
• Provide findings and recommendations to Payments leadership.
• Generate payment and fraud performance reports for iLottery and iGaming.
• Ensure data accuracy across internal systems and BI tools.
• Develop and maintain reporting standards, controls, and validation.
• Identify opportunities for payment and fraud optimization and cost savings.
• Investigate incidents and partner with internal teams and providers.
• Document root causes and corrective actions.
• Support preparedness for new clients, markets, providers.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Investigative skills

Communication

Data quality

Prioritization

AI interest

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Analytics, Economics, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Aristocrat is seeking a Payments, Fraud, and Risk Analyst to monitor payment performance, detect fraud, and manage risk across our iLottery and iGaming businesses. You will analyze metrics across clients, markets, and methods, and apply AI tools to improve detection and analysis.

Ideal candidates have a degree in Finance/Analytics and 3+ years in payments or fraud analytics, with strong Excel and BI skills, and excellent communication to share clear findings with leadership.