Senior Fraud Analytics Consultant

Guidehouse; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid holidays

401(k)

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Staff II Fraud Analytics Consultant to join a multidisciplinary team delivering advanced analytics for fraud detection, cybersecurity monitoring, and investigative activities. The role involves analyzing large datasets, developing analytical products, and presenting findings to diverse stakeholders while working onsite at client locations in Lanham, MD.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of relevant experience, a STEM degree, and strong SQL, Python, and data visualization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Operations Research, Information Science, or a STEM related field.
• Six (6) or more years of professional experience supporting data analytics, fraud analytics, cybersecurity analytics, data science, business intelligence, investigations, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and identifying trends, anomalies, patterns, or correlations using analytical and statistical techniques.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, visualizations, or analytical products that support operational or business decision-making.
• Experience working with SQL and data analysis tools to query, manipulate, and analyze data.
• Experience supporting data integration, data preparation, ETL activities, or data quality initiatives.
• Experience effectively communicating technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working independently while contributing to cross-functional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze structured and unstructured datasets to identify anomalous, malicious, or fraudulent patterns and activities.
• Perform complex analysis and support development, refinement, testing, and documentation of predictive analytics models, fraud indicators, detection logic, and analytical methodologies.
• Provide analytical guidance to project teams and collaborate directly with stakeholders to evaluate findings and support decision-making.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Conduct data mining, link analysis, behavioral analysis, and pattern recognition to support decisions.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc analytical products, dashboards, briefings, and executive summaries.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to gather requirements and support recommended actions.
• Participate in incident response, threat analysis, and investigative activities related to cyber and fraud events.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Public Trust clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/CS/Cybersecurity/IS/Statistics/Math/Engineering/OR Information Science

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Spark

Splunk

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Staff II Fraud Analytics Consultant to join a multidisciplinary team delivering advanced analytics for fraud detection, cybersecurity monitoring, and investigative activities. The role involves analyzing large datasets, developing analytical products, and presenting findings to diverse stakeholders while working onsite at client locations in Lanham, MD.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of relevant experience, a STEM degree, and strong SQL, Python, and data visualization