Senior Staff Fraud and Risk Analyst

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit seeks a Senior Staff Fraud and Risk Analyst to strengthen the first line of defense in Risk Governance, partnering with Product, Policy, Data Science, Operations, and Compliance. You will lead AI risk governance initiatives, document controls, and build dashboards to monitor daily risk.

This role emphasizes data-driven decision-making and scalable risk analytics. You will guide testing, remediation, and communication with executive stakeholders, driving operational excellence and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in risk, finance, compliance, or audit roles in fintech or payments.
• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s preferred in STEM, business, finance, economics, or related field.
• Advanced skills in R, Python, SQL and data visualization tools (Quicksight, Tableau).
• Experience with AI risk governance and oversight of AI-focused initiatives.
• Strong understanding of risk and controls management, monitoring, testing, and validation.
• Proven project management, multi-tasking, and prioritization abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence across leadership levels.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and practical applications.
• Ability to drive execution and operational excellence with minimal supervision.
• Leadership and strategic development experience; fintech risk focus preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understand business processes, risks, and controls with stakeholders across Product, Policy, Data Science, Operations, Accounting, and Compliance.
• Develop AI risk governance frameworks with expansion-ready controls and oversight guidelines.
• Drive risk and control assessments and document processes, flows, and control definitions in a GRC tool.
• Lead walkthroughs and testing with cross-functional teams to identify gaps and propose recommendations.
• Document testing and validation results for models and controls.
• Create dashboards and visualizations for daily control monitoring.
• Analyze data from multiple sources to inform conclusions and recommendations.
• Lead remediation, action plans, and timely issue resolution with stakeholders.
• Communicate concisely to non-technical audiences in presentations.
• Develop automation using AI to improve risk governance processes.
• Proactively shape functional strategy and drive system migrations.
• Operate in ambiguous environments and build scalable analytics frameworks.
• Mentor team members and share knowledge.
• Track industry trends to develop best-in-class risk governance solutions.

Skills

AI risk governance

Risk governance

Data analysis

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Finance/Economics background

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Tableau

Quicksight

Job description

Overview Intuit is a global platform company that is on a mission to power prosperity worldwide for consumers, small and mid-market businesses and the self-employed. To achieve this, the Fintech Risk organization is looking for a strong Senior Staff Fraud and Risk Analyst to strengthen our first line of defense risk and controls program within Risk Governance.

Overview Intuit is a global platform company that is on a mission to power prosperity worldwide for consumers, small and mid-market businesses and the self-employed. To achieve this, the Fintech Risk organization is looking for a strong Senior Staff Fraud and Risk Analyst to strengthen our first line of defense risk and controls program within Risk Governance. As a Senior Staff Fraud and Risk Analyst, you will partner with a wide range of cross-functional teams to understand and document our risks and controls, monitor and test the effectiveness of risk controls, and/or validate models to ensure a strong first line of defense control environment. You will deep dive into data and business processes and interact with leaders to showcase end-to-end controls at various stages of the customer lifecycle, control effectiveness, and/or model performance. More importantly, you will drive the transformation of governance work to unlock the power of data and technologies to better serve our business and customers.

Responsibilities

• Understand business processes, risks, and controls quickly and in-depth with a focus on assessing and documenting risks and controls for new offerings and AI-focused initiatives while building strong relationships with stakeholders in Product, Policy, Data Science, Operations, Accounting, and Compliance
• Develop strong AI risk governance frameworks with expansion-ready controls and oversight guidelines to enable successful AI-focused policy and operational Fintech Risk initiatives
• Drive risk and control assessments, including documentation of process narratives, flows, and control definitions that mitigate risk to be maintained within a GRC tool
• Conduct and/or participate in detailed walkthroughs and inspection testing with cross-functional teams to establish controls and determine effectiveness, identify gaps, and propose recommendations
• Identify, evaluate, and document testing of controls and/or independent validation of models, systematically retaining documents that substantiate testing and validation results according to plans
• Develop polished dashboards and visualization for daily control monitoring capabilities to ensure business processes are working in compliance with risk policies
• Retrieve, analyze, and interpret data from various sources to determine conclusions and/or recommendations
• Deep-dive into problems and resolve issues to drive conversations forward across teams independently with meaningful business outcomes
• Drive remediation efforts, create and track action plans, and support the timely resolution of issues to mitigate control findings or deficiencies with stakeholder groups
• Document and communicate concisely and regularly to non-technical audiences, both in verbal and written presentations
• Create procedures, dashboards, alerts, scripts, AI skills, and other automations leveraging AI and other techniques to increase efficiency and productivity in risk governance processes
• Perform insightful analyses of complex processes or requirements highlighting key trends and areas of focus and demonstrate a strong understanding of their association to risk and controls, policies, and/or models
• Lead and shape functional strategy with proactive strategic initiative development leveraging AI at the business unit level and drive system migrations for the broader program
• Operate independently in ambiguous environments and develop scalable frameworks and analytics capabilities that move the needle at the business unit level
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members across the team to grow their skills and capabilities
• Follow industry trends to develop strategic solutions that are best-in-class and meet industry standards from a risk governance perspective

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant business experience including Risk, Finance, Compliance, Audit, or other related subject areas within a fintech, payment processing, lending, or online banking operations organization
• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in STEM, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field
• Advanced experience with R, Python, and advanced SQL skills and visualization tools such as Quicksight, Tableau, or others
• Advanced experience with both AI skill development and oversight of AI-focused initiatives from a risk governance perspective
• Clear understanding of risk and controls management, monitoring, testing, and/or model validation methodologies
• Strong project and time management skills with ability to lead, multi-task, and prioritize multiple workstreams independently while delivering effective results
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence decision makers and build consensus with teams
• Team player with proven relationship-building skills and comfortable interacting with different levels of leadership throughout the organization independently, including executive leadership
• Knowledge of statistical methods, techniques, and formulas to test and determine the reliability and soundness of results
• Experience and passion with automating manual process and streamlining work systematically
• Advanced analytical mindset, business acumen, and a drive/curiosity for continuous learning
• Familiarity with machine learning and artificial intelligence models; knowledge of both theory and application to different use cases is a plus
• Ability to independently demonstrate strong execution and operational excellence, customer-centric outcomes, and acceleration of teams
• Prior leadership and strategy development experience
• Experience in Fintech with a focus on risk and controls from a money movement perspective is preferred

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The Expected Base Pay Range For This Position Is Mountain View $199,500 - $270,000