Fraud Strategy & Analytics Lead (Hybrid)

First Merchants Corporation; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base Pay plus bonuses

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k

Health Savings Account and Flexible SP

Vacation/Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Benefits

Job summary

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Fraud Strategy & Analytics Specialist to centralize and enhance the bank's use of fraud prevention tools. The role sits within the External Fraud Working Group and acts as a liaison between fraud operations, LOBs, and external vendors, with a hybrid work schedule.

You will optimize tools, monitor updates, coordinate with business units, analyze fraud trends, and contribute to proactive fraud prevention aligned with risk appetite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, information systems, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in fraud prevention, risk management, or financial technology.
• Fraud analytics experience with tools/platforms such as NICE/Actimize, Q2 Sentinel, FICO, Abrigo BAM+, Vertifi, TrueChecks, Alloy, etc.

Responsibilities

• Tool Optimization & Oversight: attend vendor/user group meetings and monitor tool updates.
• Strategic Coordination: support decision-making and document configurations and usage.
• Fraud Intelligence & Triage: identify trends and support rapid response to incidents.
• Proactive Engagement & Alignment: align tool usage with business goals and risk appetite.

Skills

Fraud prevention

Risk management

Fraud analytics

Vendor liaison

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, information systems, or related field

Tools

NICE/Actimize

Q2 Sentinel

FICO

Abrigo BAM+

Vertifi

TrueChecks

Alloy

Job description

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Fraud Strategy & Analytics Specialist to centralize and enhance the bank's use of fraud prevention tools. The role sits within the External Fraud Working Group and acts as a liaison between fraud operations, LOBs, and external vendors, with a hybrid work schedule.

You will optimize tools, monitor updates, coordinate with business units, analyze fraud trends, and contribute to proactive fraud prevention aligned with risk appetite.