Remote Fraud Detection Expert – ML/AML (Contract)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Fraud Detection Expert for a remote contract role. You will craft enterprise fraud scenarios, manage multiple investigation workflows, and support regulatory reporting cycles for large institutions.

The role requires deep experience with F500-scale fraud programs and proficiency in leading tools like SAS Fraud Management, Actimize, and Feedzai. Responsibilities include applying ML-driven detection, KYC/AML frameworks, and robust case escalation processes to prevent fraud

Qualifications

• 5+ years in fraud detection, financial crimes investigation, or AML compliance at a Fortune 500 bank, payments company, or financial institution.
• Direct ownership of Fortune 500-scale fraud detection programs, investigation caseloads, or transaction monitoring systems.
• Fluency in enterprise fraud detection tooling and methodologies, with an understanding of Fortune 500 regulatory reporting, law enforcement coordination, and case escalation.

Responsibilities

• Construct enterprise fraud scenarios for large-scale transaction monitoring, multi-stakeholder investigation workflows, and complex regulatory reporting cycles at Fortune 500 institutions.
• Build tasks across F500 payment fraud, account takeover, identity theft, AML, synthetic identity fraud, and merchant/card network fraud.
• Develop fraud operations scenarios using tools like SAS Fraud Management, Actimize, Feedzai, and enterprise case management/transaction monitoring platforms.
• Apply enterprise fraud detection methodologies, including rules-based and ML-driven detection models, network/link analysis, KYC/AML frameworks, and BSA compliance.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic enterprise fraud investigation judgment from generic textbook or certification-exam-level recall.

Skills

Fraud detection

AML compliance

Financial crimes investigation

Regulatory reporting

Case escalation

Tools

SAS Fraud Management

Actimize

Feedzai

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Fraud Detection Expert for a remote contract role. You will craft enterprise fraud scenarios, manage multiple investigation workflows, and support regulatory reporting cycles for large institutions.

The role requires deep experience with F500-scale fraud programs and proficiency in leading tools like SAS Fraud Management, Actimize, and Feedzai. Responsibilities include applying ML-driven detection, KYC/AML frameworks, and robust case escalation processes to prevent fraud