Senior Analyst - Enterprise Fraud Cyber Risk

Ally Financial; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Analyst to join their Fusion Center team. This pivotal role involves investigating emerging threats and financial crimes using data analysis and intelligence gathering. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in cybersecurity and financial crime to develop countermeasures and collaborate with various teams to enhance security measures. This dynamic position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a company that values growth, diversity, and employee well-being. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to innovation and excellence in financial services.

Benefits

11 paid holidays

20 paid time off days

401K retirement plan with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible health insurance options

Adoption and fertility assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Childcare discounts

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Financial Crimes or Cyber Security required.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate and synthesize data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex financial crime investigations and analyze transaction data.
• Develop countermeasures to detect and prevent financial crimes.

Skills

Investigative Skills

Data Analysis

Cybersecurity Knowledge

Critical Thinking

Research Skills

Leadership Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Cybersecurity, or IT

Tools

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

Data Analytic Tools

Job description

General information Career area Compliance Work Location(s) 1100 Virginia Drive, PA, 12808 Gran Bay Parkway West, FL, 2911 Lake Vista Drive, TX, 500 Woodward Avenue, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, NC City Charlotte, NC Remote? No Ref # 19616 Posted Date 04-14-25 Working time Full time Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule:Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

The Sr Analyst position is a key role within the Fusion Center and is responsible for detecting, linking, and responding to emerging threats impacting Ally and our customers. This position will use internal and external intelligence to perform investigations against this data to identify fraud and financial crime exposure across the enterprise. This position requires the ability to analyze large amounts of data and extract relevant information to be used for control gap analysis, countermeasure development, and tactical intelligence reporting.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

• Conduct complex financial crime investigations, including researching and analyzing transaction information, customer data, public records, open-source information, and other external research tools to determine financial crime risk across the enterprise.
• Use research from business line (BL) fraud partners, external intelligence and data, reports from law enforcement, peer financial institutions, and industry consortium groups, to identify emerging threats impacting the sector.
• Correlate data points (e.g. authentication logs, transactions, account opening indicators) to develop countermeasures that detect and prevent malicious account activity and other financial crimes.
• Leverage a variety of technical and fraud monitoring detection tools to detect and link organized crime rings, assess intelligence gaps, and proactively characterize cyber and financial crime threats.
• Correlate malicious traffic and login activity across customer environments to identify attacks and unauthorized account access.
• Classify threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on indicators and attack vectors exploited and use this information to identify additional risk across the bank.
• Document analytical findings in comprehensive investigative reports that summarize the emerging threat, customer risk, control gaps, and recommended action for remediation.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to use Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) tools to correlate fraud events and identify indicators of threat activity.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate the Cyber Fraud Fusion Center’s threat response and investigative analysis through automation and cross-functional workflows.
• Liaise with peer financial institutions and law enforcement to stay ahead of emerging cyber and financial crime threats, assist in joint investigation efforts, and represent the Cyber Fraud Fusion Center in industry consortium groups.
• Uses data analytic tools to develop dashboards that assist in tracking the Cyber Fraud Fusion Center’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and financial crime trends.

The Skills You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience Financial Crimes, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or related fields.
• Strong investigative skills required.
• Ability to understand and engage in technical discussions on threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Experience with complex methodologies, model development, and link analysis.
• Possess strong leadership and organizational skills, leading a team of talented analysts to uncover, investigate and report on financial crime activity within Ally.
• Strong research, writing, and presentation skills; ability to convey complex concepts and communicate findings of emerging threats through written and oral investigative briefings.
• Strong critical thinking skills; ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize large quantities of data for trend development, threat modeling, and countermeasure development.
• Ability to function in a collaborative environment and partner with analysts/investigators and subject matter experts (SMEs) both internal and external to the organization.

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away:11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
• Planning for the Future:plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being:flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family:adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration:other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations:depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: Total Rewards Snapshot

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [e-mail]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range : $ - $ USD An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer. Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.