Risk consultant developing dashboards, data insights and reporting for Sun Life’s Canadian operational - risk teams. Improving data quality, automation and leadership oversight.
About the role
- Staff Fraud Risk Strategy leader owning application, transaction, and account takeover prevention. Protecting Wealthsimple's Canadian card products while balancing losses, cost, and client experience.
Responsibilities
- Own fraud strategy and execution across application, transaction and account takeover fraud for Wealthsimple's card products
- Manage the card fraud loss budget as volumes grow
- Guard against fraud attacks that could significantly increase the budget
- Design, backtest, ship and tune detection rules
- Set decision thresholds on ML risk scores
- Weigh fraud losses prevented against operational cost and client experience
- Partner with Product and Engineering to build controls that stop fraud without blocking legitimate clients
- Guide data scientists and analytics developers in the pod
- Mentor junior teammates on strategy, rule building and problem-solving
- Lead through expertise and influence without direct reports
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in fraud prevention
- 3+ years working directly on card fraud (prepaid or credit) at an issuer, fintech or payments platform
- Hands-on ownership of card fraud strategy across application, transaction and account takeover fraud
- Advanced SQL and ability to write complex queries against transaction-level data
- Track record of building, backtesting, shipping and tuning fraud rules
- Ability to explain precision, catch rate and approval rate impacts
- Experience quantifying fraud savings against operational and client experience costs
- Experience using AI tools in daily work
- Ability to influence Product, Engineering, credit risk, operations and external vendors without direct authority
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
- Knowledge of Visa and Mastercard network rules, dispute processes and chargeback rails is nice to have
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada
Benefits
- Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
- 20 vacation days per year
- 4 wellness days per year
- Unlimited sick and mental health days per year*
- Ability to work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year*
- Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
- Collaboration with talented teammates across North America
- AI tools and evolving ways of working
- Accessible hiring experience and interview accommodations
- AI Notetaker interview recording and transcription, with opt-out available without impact on candidacy
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