Description:
Fraud Analyst - 44417
- Full time | Permanent
- Sydney Location
- Hybrid working arrangement
How will I help?
As a Fraud Analyst, you will join the Intel Analytics team working on a range of strategic pieces of work where you will experience a constant stream of interesting data problems that have tangible impacts on the group and it's customers.
You will be responsible for designing, testing, and deploying rules and machine learning models to identify and mitigate fraudulent activity occurring using Westpac Group products.
The role will require you to analyse past data as well as new trends in suspicious customer activity to mitigate such risks using the power of code and critical thinking.
Key Accountabilities
- Analyse and interrogate data to support and create fraud detection of money muling and crime syndicates.
- Identify emerging fraud trends.
- Make continual improvements to detection system rules.
- Maintain and create internal automated reporting through dashboard and website creation.
- Become an expert in payment systems and processes.
What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What do I need?
- Recent or soon to complete Tertiary Qualification in relevant disciplines such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Econometrics etc.
- Have some technical knowledge in SQL/Python/R or other programming languages used to interrogate and manipulate large data sets and fit statistical models.
- Stakeholder management skills with ability to engage with and influence non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience or keen interest in playing games such as strategy board games or chess is advantageous as these display similar thought processes to fraud detection.
What is it like to work there?
We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people working to achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As an equal opportunity employer, we're proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.
How do I Apply?
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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.
Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?
We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.