Fraud Analytics Advisor - Remote

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward is a hybrid, remote-office company focused on financial inclusion, with onsite locations nationwide. This role analyzes fraud-related data across alerts, cases, losses, and activity to identify trends and improve controls.

You will design fraud KPI/KRI reporting and support detection models, escalation, and program performance. We seek a seasoned professional with 8+ years in data analysis within financial services or fraud risk, strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s or equivalent.
• Experience in data analysis within financial services, fraud risk management, payments, or related domains preferred.
• Ability to handle large volume of data and derive actionable insights.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, combined with solid business acumen.
• Strong written and communication skills with ability to explain complex insights to a range of audiences.
• Experience in the consumer credit industry is a plus.
• Experience with fraud analytics, fraud reporting, payments data, or financial crime data strongly preferred.
• Foundational understanding of fraud typologies (e.g., account takeover, first‑party fraud) and how they manifest in data.
• Experience working with fraud KPIs/KRIs, operational metrics, and regulatory reporting environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with fraud detection systems, alert/case management tools, or transaction monitoring platforms is a plus.
• The ability to thrive in a fast‑paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex datasets to generate insights across credit performance, fraud trends, and portfolio risk.
• Support development and monitoring of fraud detection models, rules, thresholds, and segmentation strategies.
• Design and deliver fraud and risk reporting aligned to BSA/AML and enterprise risk standards.
• Translate complex data into actionable, executive-ready insights and partner with teams to implement improvements.
• Partner with Fraud and BSA/AML Operations, Compliance, Risk, Product, and Technology teams to ensure regulatory-aligned reporting.
• Analyze fraud alert and case lifecycle data to identify process inefficiencies and opportunities for automation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Fraud analytics

Finance data analysis

Large data handling

Regulatory reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Pathward is a hybrid, remote-office company focused on financial inclusion, with onsite locations nationwide. This role analyzes fraud-related data across alerts, cases, losses, and activity to identify trends and improve controls.

You will design fraud KPI/KRI reporting and support detection models, escalation, and program performance. We seek a seasoned professional with 8+ years in data analysis within financial services or fraud risk, strong communication skills, and the ability to thrive in