Credit Risk, Fraud Strategist

Stripe
South San Francisco, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Credit analysts with machine learning expertise and cross-functional collaboration experience will find this strategic role at Stripe engaging, particularly given the emphasis on global payments and telecommuting flexibility.

Best fit for

  • Individuals with a strong background in fraud prevention and predictive analytics are well-suited for this role.
    — “Analyze accounts and transactions to identify and predict risky behavior”
  • Candidates who have managed complex workflows using tools like Jira and Airflow will align well with the role's demands.
    — “Project Management analytical tools including Jira, Asana, and Gantt charts”

Things to consider

  • This role demands significant technical depth in multiple advanced tools and methodologies.
    — “Must have 3 years of experience in each of the following”
  • The position requires a candidate to be well-versed in a broad range of payment systems and geographies.
    — “mitigate fraud risk across different geographies, payment methods and products”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience designing fraud prevention strategies using ML and SQL in your resume.
    — “Scale risk processes to cover an increasingly large and complex landscape of payments risks”
  • Emphasize your ability to collaborate with engineering and product teams on risk mitigation solutions.
    — “Work with internal partners like Engineering, Product, Data Science and Operations”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Industry

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What success looks like

  • Scaling risk processes to cover an increasingly large and complex landscape of payments risks
  • Developing solutions to mitigate fraud risk
Typical background
4+ years of experience in risk management or fraud preventionExperience with quantitative tools and machine learning

Skills & requirements

Required

Credit Risk AnalysisFraud PreventionML Model DevelopmentSQLPredictive Analytics

Preferred

A/B TestingDatabricks And Airflow

Stack & domain

PythonRStataSQLJiraAsanaGantt ChartsPredictive AnalyticsMachine LearningA/B TestingDatabricksAirflowFinancePayments

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Who we are

About Stripe 

Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Analyze accounts and transactions to identify and predict risky behavior that could result in losses for Stripe or pose challenges to the broader payments ecosystem. 

Scale risk processes to cover an increasingly large and complex landscape of payments risks and effectively design strategies and solutions that might range from ML model features to manual review workflows. 

Work with internal partners like Engineering, Product, Data Science and Operations to develop solutions that would mitigate fraud risk across different geographies, payment methods and products. 

Work with Stripe users to educate them about and help prevent potential risks to their business. 

Challenge the payments industry status quo to help enable innovative businesses to flourish online.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Engineering, or a related quantitative field plus 4 years of experience as a Risk or Fraud Strategist or a related occupation.

Must also have 3 years of experience in each of the following:

Payments-related domains, including regional payment methods, risk management, fraud prevention, or trust and safety operations;

Working with quantitative tools including Python, R or Stata;

Using SQL;

Project Management analytical tools including Jira, Asana, and Gantt charts;

Predictive Analytics;

Machine Learning;

A/B Testing; and

Databricks and Airflow.

Salary: $121,600.00 - $182,400.00 /yr.  

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

100 % Telecommuting permitted

Multiple Positions Available. 

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.CA62

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Source: Stripe careers

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