Job Overview
Lead Fraud Analytics & Financial Crime Specialist
Location: Doha, Qatar
Industry: Fintech | Banking Analytics | Financial Crime Intelligence | Digital Payments
Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
About the Role
A rapidly growing fintech banking institution is seeking an innovative Lead Fraud Analytics & Financial Crime Specialist to strengthen its enterprise fraud intelligence capabilities through advanced analytics, predictive modeling, transaction monitoring, and digital risk intelligence.
This strategic position combines fraud analytics, business intelligence, operational risk management, and financial crime prevention to proactively identify suspicious behaviors across digital banking platforms, payment infrastructures, merchant services, lending applications, virtual accounts, and customer onboarding systems.
The successful candidate will collaborate with fraud investigators, cybersecurity engineers, software developers, compliance professionals, risk analysts, AI specialists, and executive leadership to build data-driven fraud prevention strategies that support secure financial innovation and sustainable organizational growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze large-scale financial transaction datasets to detect fraudulent patterns and emerging threats.
- Develop fraud detection rules, scoring methodologies, and predictive risk models.
- Monitor payment activities, customer behavior, account activity, and transaction anomalies.
- Produce fraud intelligence reports, executive dashboards, and trend analyses.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate fraud detection capabilities into banking platforms.
- Evaluate fraud prevention effectiveness using advanced analytical methodologies.
- Conduct root cause analysis following confirmed fraud incidents.
- Support enterprise risk assessments for new fintech products.
- Maintain fraud intelligence databases and reporting frameworks.
- Recommend operational improvements that strengthen fraud controls while minimizing customer friction.
- Participate in regulatory examinations and internal audits.
- Mentor fraud analysts and promote analytical excellence across the fraud intelligence function.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Finance, Banking, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree in Data Science, Analytics, Finance, or Business Administration is highly desirable.
- Minimum 7–10 years of experience in fraud analytics, financial crime intelligence, risk analytics, or banking data analysis.
- Strong knowledge of fintech payment ecosystems and fraud risk methodologies.
- Exceptional quantitative, analytical, and communication skills.
Technical Competencies
- SQL
- Python
- R
- Power BI
- Tableau
- SAS
- Excel (Advanced)
- Machine Learning
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Visualization
- Transaction Monitoring Platforms
- Fraud Analytics Solutions
- Data Warehousing
- ETL Processes
- API Data Integration
- Cloud Analytics Platforms
- Banking Intelligence Dashboards
- Statistical Modeling
Professional Attributes
- Strategic Analytical Thinking
- Financial Crime Intelligence
- Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Business Acumen
- Technical Leadership
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Continuous Learning
- Innovation Mindset
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Effective Communication
- Results-Driven Leadership
What the Organization Offers
- Attractive tax-free compensation package
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive international healthcare coverage
- Housing allowance
- Annual airfare for self and eligible dependents
- Retirement savings programme
- Sponsored postgraduate education and globally recognized professional certifications
- Leadership development and technical excellence programmes
- Exposure to enterprise-scale digital banking transformation and financial crime innovation initiatives
- Collaborative, technology-driven workplace with access to advanced fraud detection platforms and AI-powered analytics
- Clearly defined career progression pathways into senior fraud strategy, financial crime governance, enterprise risk leadership, and executive management roles within a world-class fintech banking organization
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