About the Role
As a Senior Analyst, Fraud Strategy, you will be responsible for daily fraud prevention activities, ensuring fraud rules, processes, and reporting are in place to prevent fraudulent loans. This involves assessing fraud risks for consumer lending products across North America, implementing industry-leading solutions, developing fraud prevention strategies, and tracking performance for continuous improvement in loan and credit card origination fraud avoidance.
Responsibilities
- Develop and monitor fraud-related dashboards, detect risky signals, and conduct analysis to uncover underlying drivers.
- Develop and implement fraud strategies leveraging data, advanced analytics tools, and business acumen to mitigate fraud losses and maintain optimal customer experience.
- Optimize existing strategies to control fraud risks, including stolen/forged identity and first-party malicious intent.
- Design A/B tests and understand the risk and customer experience trade-offs.
- Identify and execute automation opportunities in day-to-day data extraction, performance tracking, and analysis to improve productivity.
- Innovate by testing new data, analytics approaches, and models.
- Communicate findings and recommendations effectively to all levels of management.
- Partner with Credit, Product, Ops, IT, and external vendors to implement solutions/strategies and monitor their performance.
- Assess and implement fraud mitigation strategies that effectively minimize losses.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in fraud risk management focusing on strategy, implementation, and launching fraud prevention and detection solutions for Fintech, Banking, or other e-commerce.
- Familiarity with 3rd-party Fraud prevention solutions, preferably within the financial services industry.
- Proven track record in acquisition/origination fraud and credit management space.
- Understand the organizational and financial impact of decisions, ensuring actions are aligned with business objectives.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to provide insights and recommendations to drive continuous improvements to strategies and mitigate risk.
- Ability to work independently, while seeking guidance when needed.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues, providing coaching and problem-solving support to enhance team performance.
- Shares information effectively with peers and stakeholders.
- Listens actively and resolves basic misunderstandings.
- Handles moderately complex problems by analyzing data and applying judgment within defined methods.
- Experience working at consumer lending companies in the U.S. is a plus.
Work Type
- Hybrid Work Environment
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field such as Decision Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or Economics.
Salary/Compensations
- C$ 95,000 - C$ 105,000
Benefits
- Discretionary Annual Bonus
- Comprehensive Benefits (health and dental plans with 100% of premiums covered)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement Plans
- Reimbursement for tuition assistance and professional development
- Discounts through Perkopolis
- Rewards and recognition programs
About the Company
- Momentum Financial Services Group helps people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most.
- With more than 40 years of experience, MFSG is the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities.
- MFSG powers products, technology, and operations for short-term loans, money transfers, and prepaid cards, connecting over a million customers a year to the money they need.
- MFSG fosters collaboration across teams to create solutions that remove barriers and provide access to money.
- MFSG is committed to building innovative solutions grounded in ethical, transparent, and responsible use of data and technology.
- MFSG takes a proactive approach to ensuring AI or data-driven systems are safe, fair, and accountable, aligned with Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA).
- MFSG prioritizes strong data governance, clear communication around how systems work, and safeguards that reduce risks and protect individuals.
- MFSG focuses on developing tools and processes that promote equity, reliability, and trust, supported by ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement.
- Joining MFSG means contributing to a future-focused organization that values innovation and integrity.
Equal Opportunity
- MFSG is committed to accommodating applicants up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process.
- If you are selected for an interview, please notify MFSG if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process.
- If you require accommodation, MFSG will work with you to determine how to meet your needs.
