Associate, Fraud - Chicago, United States - Avant, LLC

Avant, LLC

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

3 days ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Avant is looking for knowledgeable fraud professionals to join our Fraud Operations team in Chicago.

This position is critical in supporting real-time escalations of accounts within Avant's alerting, offline analysis of emerging threat vectors, and communication of investigation details, including opportunities to improve our current customer authentication and escalation policy to key business leaders' key stakeholders.

What you'll do at Avant:

Develop and implement fraud rules using analytical methods like segmentation, predictive models, hypothesis testing, etc.
Use visualization tools like looker to build dashboards and monitor key performance indicators
Use data to understand new ways of finding impactful insights from limited data sets and develop recommendations
Own and run key processes to reduce fraud losses.
Analyze data, create models/strategies, and recommend solutions for the latest fraud trends.
Work with stakeholders throughout the company to identify opportunities for leveraging company data and thirdparty vendor data to drive business solutions
Work with the team to measure impact and make updates to the model/strategies and services as needed.
Communicate results, explain behavior of models/strategies, and set appropriate expectations with stakeholders.
Strategize on building models and assist with deployments into production.
Doing adhoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner to Sr. Management

Why you are a fit for Avant:

Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Statistics, Business Analytics, related field, or its equivalent (Master's preferred)
3+ years of analytical experience in the consumer finance industry
3+ years of experience leveraging data tools such as SQL, R, Python
3+ years of experience conducting data analytics in a lending/banking organization
Ability to translate analysis results into clearly defined and implementable strategies/rules
Strong quantitative and problemsolving skills with key attention to detail
High level of inquisitiveness, initiative, and critical thinking
Proven ability to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
Prior experience in statistics and machine learning modeling techniques through coursework or professional experience
Proven ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences

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Why Avant is the place for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too.

Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team.

Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution.

Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience.

Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sht Done.

We believe that great ideas come from anyone and anywhere, that everyone is an owner who drives change, and that we have more fun when we work together. We're problem solvers who love collaborating with intelligent and highly-motivated people to reshape the face of digital banking. Avant offers terrific perks and benefits, fun social events with employees who actually like hanging out together, and a flexible growth environment where trying your hand at new projects and being the active owner of your career path is encouraged and supported.

Some of our benefits include:

Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options
401(k) Match
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Environment
Generous Paid Parental Leave
Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and Inoffice Snacks
WFH Stipends for our Remote Employees
Access to LinkedIn Learning for Professional Development
No Meeting Wednesdays (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sht Done)
Summer Fridays
Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events
And who doesn't love the swag
This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID19. If required, you'll be asked to provide proof that you're fully vaccinated upon your start date or before working in or visiting our Chicago office. You're considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a twodose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a singledose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination. Subject to applicable law and requests for accommodation._