Quantitative Analytics Associate - Fraud Prevention Optimization Strategy

Next Frontier Capital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital is looking for a Quantitative Analytics Associate in Columbus, Ohio, to join their Consumer and Community Banking team. The role involves reducing cost of fraud by leveraging complex analytics and collaborating with various departments.

Ideal candidates will have a quantitative background, expertise in Python, SAS, SQL, and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers an opportunity to make significant contributions to fraud prevention and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or 3 years risk management experience.
• Strong understanding of Python, SAS, and SQL.
• Experience in delivering recommendations to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and analyze complex data to formulate problem statements.
• Use advanced analytical techniques to solve complex business challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to solve key business challenges.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Detail oriented

Communication

Python

SAS

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field

MS degree in a quantitative field

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

Are you interested in joining a dynamic team? Become a Quantitative Analytics Associate on our Consumer and Community Banking (CCB) Fraud Prevention Optimization Strategy team to reduce cost of fraud and improve customer experience. The breadth of experiences, learnings, and connections in this role will enable your growth and development. To excel, you'll be highly motivated, highly analytical, extremely detail oriented, and an exceptional problem solver who takes pride in being part of an organization that owns customer issues from beginning to end and delivers accurate, timely solutions.

As a Quant Analytics Associate in our Fraud Prevention Optimization team you will focus on reducing cost of fraud, through complex analyses combined with business insights and collaboration. Your objective is reducing losses and / or operating expenses while balancing customer impact by optimizing business processes and decisioning. You will frequently interact and communicate with cross‑functional partners and present complex analysis succinctly to managers and executives. You will be provided an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that is instrumental in protecting the bank by leveraging complex analytics and new tools like large language models to deliver sustainable, hard‑hitting business improvements.

Job Responsibilities

• Interpret and analyze complex data to formulate problem statement, provide concise conclusions regarding underlying risk dynamics, trends, and opportunities.
• Use advanced analytical & mathematical techniques to solve complex business problems.
• Manage, develop, communicate, and implement optimal fraud strategies to reduce fraud related losses and improve customer experience across credit card fraud lifecycle.
• Identify key risk indicators, develop key metrics, enhance reporting, and identify new areas of analytic focus to constantly challenge current business practices.
• Provide key data insights and performance to business partners.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to solve key business challenges.
• Assist team efforts in critical projects while providing clear and concise oral and written communication across various functions and levels.
• Champion the usage of latest technology and tools, such as large language models, to drive value at scale across business organizations.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or 3 years risk management or other quantitative experience.
• Background in Engineering, statistics, mathematics, or another quantitative field.
• Advanced understanding of Python, SAS, and SQL.
• Query large amounts of data and transform into actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem‐solving abilities.
• Experience delivering recommendations to leadership.
• Self‑starter with ability to execute quickly and effectively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals across departments/functions and with senior level executives.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• MS degree in a quantitative field or 4 or more years risk management or other quantitative experience.
• Hands on Knowledge of AWS and Snowflake.
• Advanced analytical techniques like Machine Learning, Large Language Model Prompting or Natural Language Processing will be an added advantage.

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