Fraud Strategy & Tools Architect

First Merchants Bank; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k

Health Savings

Flexible Spending Accounts

Vacation/Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

First Merchants Bank seeks a Fraud Strategy & Tools Specialist in Fort Wayne, IN to centralize, optimize, and align fraud prevention tools with business goals. You will analyze trends, coordinate with business lines, and collaborate with external vendors to enhance detection capabilities.

Responsibilities include overseeing tool configurations, documenting decisions, and recommending proven practices in fraud prevention and technology utilization.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Tool Optimization & Oversight: Attend vendor and user group meetings, monitor system changes and assess impact, understand tool capabilities and opportunities for enhancement.
• Strategic Coordination & Documentation: Understand fraud practices, coordinate with LOBs, document current state and key decisions, maintain tool configurations and usage, research leading practices.
• Fraud Intelligence & Triage: Identify and analyze fraud trends, participate in triage for rapid response, provide recommendations for tuning and configuration of detection systems.
• Proactive Engagement & Business Alignment: Propose improvements to fraud prevention strategies, align tool usage with business goals and risk appetite, partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Fraud analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, information systems

Tools

NICE/Actimize

Q2 Sentinel

FICO

Abrigo BAM+

Vertifi

TrueChecks

Alloy

Job description

First Merchants Bank seeks a Fraud Strategy & Tools Specialist in Fort Wayne, IN to centralize, optimize, and align fraud prevention tools with business goals. You will analyze trends, coordinate with business lines, and collaborate with external vendors to enhance detection capabilities.

Responsibilities include overseeing tool configurations, documenting decisions, and recommending proven practices in fraud prevention and technology utilization.