Rakuten

Rakuten

Fraud Lead (12-month contract)

Toronto, Canada

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago
PythonSQLSparkData AnalysisCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Reporting to the Senior Manager Service Management & Security, this role will play a vital part in protecting Rakuten Kobo Inc's e-commerce platform from fraudulent activities.
  • This person will need a keen sense of attention to detail, have great interpersonal skills, adapt, learn quickly, and be able to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily monitoring of payment gateway fraud detection engines
  • Optimization of core fraud detection rulesets: Create custom rules based on new trends and attack vectors, reduce false positives and feedback into Customer Care retention initiatives, establish best practice KPI's to measure and report on activity
  • Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders

Requirements

  • 5+ years of Fraud Analyst experience in e-commerce or similar fields
  • Proficiency in creating and managing fraud engine rules
  • Proven experience in fraud detection and prevention
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify fraud trends and patterns
  • Familiarity with common fraud schemes
  • Experience with Python, SQL, or other languages used for automation or data extraction
  • Strong background in payment gateways and transactional data flows
  • Familiarity with common fraud schemes; friendly fraud, account takeovers, chargebacks, etc.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Benefits

  • Flexible hours and hybrid remote working environment

Company info

  • Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals.
  • Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance.
  • We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported.
  • If you're looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth - join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
  • Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.

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