Fraud Risk Support Analyst

Rain
New York, NY

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for mid-level analysts who investigate fraud patterns and collaborate cross-functionally, with technical skills in SQL and a background in payments risk or compliance analytics.

Best fit for

  • Mid-level analysts with experience in fraud prevention and payments risk who thrive in cross-functional collaboration
    — “Partner with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to escalate findings and inform rule changes.”
  • Candidates who can analyze complex transaction data and identify risk patterns with SQL and Excel
    — “Create ad hoc data pulls with SQL for anomaly investigation and analyze the results for fraudulent activity.”
  • Individuals with a background in identity risk, AML, or compliance analytics and a keen interest in fintech
    — “Background in identity risk, AML, payments fraud, or compliance analytics.”

Things to consider

  • Minimum 10 days of vacation required annually, even though unlimited time off is offered
    — “Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.”
  • Hybrid work arrangement expected, with flexibility between home and office
    — “We support a flexible workplace, if you feel comfortable at home please work from home.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Visa tools and your ability to recommend actionable risk mitigation strategies
    — “Work with Visa tools to investigate transactions and report fraud to Visa (via their tools) and our partners as needed.”
  • Emphasize your ability to document investigation findings clearly and concisely
    — “Document investigation findings, actions taken, and outcomes in accordance with internal processes.”
  • Showcase your proactive approach to staying current with fraud trends and technologies
    — “Stay current with the latest industry fraud trends, emerging fraud techniques, and new technologies.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • Fraud Detection
  • Rule Changes
Typical background
2+ Jahre Erfahrung in der Fraud Prevention

Skills & requirements

Required

SQLFraud PreventionKommunikation

Preferred

PythonVisa Tools

Stack & domain

SQLExcelData VisualizationPythonCommunicationInvestigationCFEFraud PreventionPayments RiskAML

About the role

Original posting from Rain via Ashby

About the Company

Rain is the global stablecoin payments platform for enterprises, neobanks, platforms, developers, and AI agents. Our technology allows partners to move, store, and use stablecoins instantly and compliantly through global payment cards, rewards, on/offramps, wallets, and cross-border rails. As both a Visa and Mastercard Principal Member, Rain issues cards that work at more than 175 million merchant locations in over 220 countries and territories. Built natively for stablecoins and trusted by more than 100 organizations worldwide, Rain delivers secure, scalable infrastructure that makes money move freely and instantly around the world.

You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company backed by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS. In January 2026, we closed a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ, valuing Rain at $1.95B, with Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst also participating. If you're curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we'd love to talk.

Our Ethos

We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.

About the Team

The fraud risk management team at Rain creates sophisticated, scalable risk mitigation solutions to protect our customers and provide them a low-friction experience. We achieve this by maintaining transaction and lifecycle event monitoring, building alerts to speed up fraud detection and response, and creating risk rules and strategies empowered with ML models. We are a pillar of the business supporting new products and ensuring their success. Rain’s next generation payment technology brings unique and new fraud vectors requiring holistic, end-to-end thinking, strong data fundamentals and fraud management savvy to combat.

What you’ll do

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for fraud-related escalations from partners and customers.
  • Create ad hoc data pulls with SQL for anomaly investigation and analyze the results for fraudulent activity.
  • Document investigation findings, actions taken, and outcomes in accordance with internal processes.
  • Work with Visa tools to investigate transactions and report fraud to Visa (via their tools) and our partners as needed.
  • Recommend actions on cards, accounts and rule sets based upon deep dives of fraudulent traffic.
  • Stay current with the latest industry fraud trends, emerging fraud techniques, and new technologies to remain effective at identifying and preventing evolving schemes.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Compliance teams to escalate findings and inform rule changes.

You are likely to succeed if you have:

  • Proficiency in SQL, Excel and data visualization tools.
  • 2+ years of experience in fraud prevention, payments risk, or financial crime investigation.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Background in identity risk, AML, payments fraud, or compliance analytics.
  • The ability to investigate transactions and other user events and be able to determine risk level of anomalous behavior.

Bonus attributes:

  • Experience at a high-growth fintech company or financial services company.
  • Experience working with disputes and disputes processing.
  • Deep experience working with Visa tool suite.
  • CFE certification.
  • Proficiency and experience with Python.
  • Experience using AI-assisted tools for fraud analysis, document creation and optimizing workflows.

Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy and happy experience at Rain:

Unlimited time off 🌴 Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take 10 days minimum for themselves.

Flexible working ☕ We support a flexible workplace – work from home, come into an office, or both. We want everyone to work in an environment where they're their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers receive a stipend to set up a comfortable home workspace.

Easy to access benefits 🧠 For US Rainmakers, we cover 95% of your health, dental, and vision plan costs and 90% for your dependents, plus a 100% company-subsidized life insurance plan.

Retirement goals💡 Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.

Equity plan 📦 Every Rainmaker gets an equity option plan so we all benefit from our success.

Health and Wellness 📚 High performance begins from within. Rainmakers receive a monthly stipend to be used for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!

In-office meals 🍜 Rainmakers working from the office enjoy lunch and dinner on us, covered with a DoorDash credit.

Team summits ✨ Summits play an important role at Rain. Time together helps us build relationships and a common destiny. Expect team and company offsites, both domestic and international.

Source: Rain careers (Ashby)

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