About the Role
As a Fraud Analyst on the Revenue Protection Operations team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing Spotify's fraud prevention strategy. You will focus on tackling payment fraud, chargebacks/disputes, creator onboarding, and platform misuse that risks revenue leakage and partner trust. This 12-month cover role involves working with a global team to build robust operational defenses and maintain a safe, scalable platform.
Responsibilities
- Review suspicious activity flagged by fraud systems and take swift mitigating and preventative action.
- Utilize, test, and adopt emerging AI technologies and automated tooling to enhance fraud detection and improve operational productivity.
- Contribute to the design, requirement gathering, and testing of tooling and system changes in partnership with internal teams and external vendors.
- Proactively identify new fraud and misuse trends, presenting data-informed findings to suggest performance guardrails.
- Handle daily fraud and misuse escalations, collaborating with Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams.
- Support leadership in maintaining and improving internal policies, process automation, evidence handling, and operational playbooks.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in a fraud analyst or revenue protection role, preferably within e-commerce, merchant fraud, or creator & marketplace platforms.
- Ability to rapidly adapt and hit the ground running.
- Familiarity with common fraud prevention techniques, dispute/chargeback management, financial crime risks, and emerging industry trends.
- Direct experience working with machine learning and rule-based fraud prevention tooling (e.g., Ravelin, Sift, Signifyd, Accertify).
- Confidence and curiosity to leverage AI technologies to test, scale, and optimize internal fraud detection tools.
- Strong data analysis skills using SQL (Google BigQuery is a plus).
- Experience with dashboard visualization tools like Looker, Tableau, or similar.
- An ambitious and creative problem solver who works well independently and thrives when handling ambiguity.
- Ability to break down complex technical risks into practical applications.
- Highly communicative with a collaborative mindset.
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, operations, and global partners.
Skills
- Fraud Analysis
- Revenue Protection
- Payment Fraud
- Chargeback Management
- Dispute Management
- AI Technologies
- Automated Tooling
- Machine Learning
- Rule-based Fraud Prevention Tooling
- Data Analysis
- SQL
- Google BigQuery
- Looker
- Tableau
- Trend Analysis
- Risk Mitigation
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Mid-level
About the Company
- Spotify is a global company passionate about combating fraud, safeguarding revenue, and protecting users from sophisticated threats.
- Spotify is committed to inclusivity and ensuring the recruitment process is accessible to everyone.
- Spotify's platform and workplace are for everyone, regardless of background.
Equal Opportunity
- Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
- You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones.
- Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace.
- The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking!
- We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need.
