AI-Driven Payments & Fraud Risk Analyst

Socket.dev; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking a Payments, Fraud, and Risk Analyst to safeguard payment performance, detect fraud, and manage risk across iLottery and iGaming businesses. You'll collaborate with analytics and operations to strengthen controls and optimize processes.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in payments or risk analytics, strong Excel and BI skills (Power BI/Tableau/Looker), and a passion for AI-enabled analysis. This role offers growth within a global gaming leader.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in payments, financial services, fintech, gaming, e-commerce, transaction processing, or fraud/risk analytics.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and data validation.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.

Responsibilities

• Monitor key payment and risk metrics, including approval rates, transaction volumes, and fraud alerts.
• Analyze performance across clients, markets, payment methods, and risk indicators.
• Identify and investigate unusual trends, processing anomalies, and emerging threats.
• Use AI tools and machine learning techniques to improve fraud detection and risk analysis.
• Provide clear findings and recommendations to Payments leadership and collaborators.
• Generate consistent payment and fraud performance reports for iLottery and iGaming.
• Ensure data accuracy across internal systems and business intelligence tools.
• Develop and maintain reporting standards, controls, and validation procedures.
• Find opportunities for payment and fraud optimization and cost savings.
• Investigate payment incidents and fraud events, partnering with internal teams and service providers.
• Document root causes, corrective actions, and ongoing monitoring requirements.
• Support payment and fraud preparedness for new clients, markets, and providers.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Data quality reconciliation

Education

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

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Aristocrat is seeking a Payments, Fraud, and Risk Analyst to safeguard payment performance, detect fraud, and manage risk across iLottery and iGaming businesses. You'll collaborate with analytics and operations to strengthen controls and optimize processes.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in payments or risk analytics, strong Excel and BI skills (Power BI/Tableau/Looker), and a passion for AI-enabled analysis. This role offers growth within a global gaming leader.