Senior Global Fraud & Risk Investigator

Visa; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa’s Global Risk Investigations team seeks a Senior Risk Management Analyst to lead external compromise events, provide strategic guidance to marquee clients, and disrupt complex fraud schemes within the payments ecosystem. You will analyze forensic data, publish alerts, and drive remediation strategies across financial institutions and partners.

The role requires deep knowledge of payment systems, PCI DSS, EMV, and data analytics, with a focus on reducing payment system risk and enhancing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years with an Advanced degree or 0 years with a PhD.
• Experience in payments, risk or security in financial ecosystems preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead external compromise events by leveraging payment intelligence and fraud solutions.
• Provide strategic guidance to marquee clients to disrupt complex fraud schemes.
• Analyze network topologies and synthesize forensic insights for action plans.
• Conduct fraud analysis to support investigations and validate findings.
• Publish alerts and disseminate at-risk accounts to institutions via CAMS.
• Develop risk-based frameworks to help clients remediate security incidents.

Skills

Risk analysis

Fraud detection

Data analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

PhD

Tools

CAMS

PCI DSS

EMV

Tokenization

Encryption

Job description

Visa’s Global Risk Investigations team seeks a Senior Risk Management Analyst to lead external compromise events, provide strategic guidance to marquee clients, and disrupt complex fraud schemes within the payments ecosystem. You will analyze forensic data, publish alerts, and drive remediation strategies across financial institutions and partners.

The role requires deep knowledge of payment systems, PCI DSS, EMV, and data analytics, with a focus on reducing payment system risk and enhancing