Fraud Analytics & Strategy Lead — Card Portfolio

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 91,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Fraud Data Scientist (Credit/Debit Card) to advance analytics and strategy across fraud prevention initiatives.

You will lead complex analyses of card fraud patterns, develop data-driven countermeasures, and partner with cross-functional teams to balance risk and customer experience. The role emphasizes senior technical mentorship, data visualization, and communication of findings to executives in a fast-paced, in-office environment across multiple

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Data Science, Analytics, Fraud Analytics, Risk Analytics, or related field.
• 1+ year fraud analytics, fraud strategy, or fraud risk management experience.
• Strong Python experience for analytics; R is a plus.
• Advanced proficiency with SQL for querying large datasets.
• Experience with large-scale datasets and analytical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical initiatives focused on Credit Card and Debit Card fraud prevention.
• Analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data to identify patterns and trends.
• Develop data-driven recommendations balancing fraud loss, customer experience, and growth.
• Design, evaluate, and optimize fraud rules, detection strategies, and monitoring frameworks.
• Apply statistical modeling, predictive analytics, data mining, and quantitative analysis to fraud risk management.
• Perform graph/ linkage analysis to uncover fraud networks.
• Collaborate across Fraud, Operations, Technology, Product, Modeling, Legal, and other teams.
• Present findings and strategy recommendations to management and senior leaders.
• Translate analytics into actionable business insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to analytic framework development.
• Support development of fraud monitoring capabilities and reporting methodologies.

Skills

Data Science

Fraud Analytics

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Graph analysis

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache Spark

Power BI

SQL

Job description

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Fraud Data Scientist (Credit/Debit Card) to advance analytics and strategy across fraud prevention initiatives.

You will lead complex analyses of card fraud patterns, develop data-driven countermeasures, and partner with cross-functional teams to balance risk and customer experience. The role emphasizes senior technical mentorship, data visualization, and communication of findings to executives in a fast-paced, in-office environment across multiple