MAP Fraud Defense Analyst: Risk & Analytics

Member Access Processing; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Member Access Processing seeks a MAP Defense Analyst to safeguard clients’ financial transactions and protect sensitive data. The role involves building and deploying fraud rules, analyzing datasets for patterns, and collaborating with clients to mitigate risks in a highly matrixed environment.

The candidate will present findings to stakeholders, support risk-focused webinars, and assist with rule deployments across Visa DPS tools. Flexibility in hours may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, cybersecurity, or related discipline preferred.
• Expertise with Visa DPS products and applications.
• Advanced knowledge of payment card transaction fraud and risk in financial environments.
• Intermediate Excel skills: Pivot Tables, Slicers, VLOOKUP, etc.
• Experience in analytics programming: Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI.
• Minimum of five years in Fraud or Risk domains.

Responsibilities

• Utilize programming for fraud detection and intelligence across tools and data elements.
• Independently analyze datasets to identify trends and mitigate future fraud losses.
• Identify suspect activity through intelligence and reporting.
• Perform client-specific analysis on portfolio data and demographics.
• Support data standards and recommend analytics needs.
• Develop and implement fraud rules using Visa Data Manager for MAP clients.
• Participate in quarterly client risk webinars and on-call consultations.
• Troubleshoot problems and implement Flash Fraud/RSM rules for MAP clients.
• Generate risk scorecards in Visa Data Manager for monthly delivery.
• Conduct client onboarding meetings and pilot new fraud rules.

Skills

Fraud analytics

Risk assessment

Data interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/Cybersecurity

CFE certification (preferred)

Tools

Python

SQL

Tableau/Power BI

Visa DPS

Job description

Member Access Processing seeks a MAP Defense Analyst to safeguard clients’ financial transactions and protect sensitive data. The role involves building and deploying fraud rules, analyzing datasets for patterns, and collaborating with clients to mitigate risks in a highly matrixed environment.

The candidate will present findings to stakeholders, support risk-focused webinars, and assist with rule deployments across Visa DPS tools. Flexibility in hours may be required.