Data Analyst - Fraud

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Responsibilities

• ▹Investigate fraud attacks, quantify their impact, and present clear findings that drive prioritisation and response
• ▹Propose and refine rule-based mitigations, working with fraud operations and engineering to see them through to implementation
• ▹Build and maintain reporting and dashboards to monitor fraud trends, rule performance, and key operational metrics
• ▹Work closely with fraud operations, data scientists, engineers, and product managers to ensure analytical insights translate into action
• ▹Proactively identify emerging patterns and flag risks before they escalate

Requirements

• ▹Proven experience as a Data Analyst (Fraud) or similar role, 4+ years (can be made up for with accomplishments)
• ▹Strong problem-solving skills
• ▹Advanced proficiency with SQL, comfortable writing complex queries across large datasets
• ▹Experience in fraud, risk, or financial services, understanding how fraud attacks work and mitigation trade-offs
• ▹A proactive mindset - spotting something unusual and digging in without being asked
• ▹Some exposure to Python or scripting for data manipulation and analysis
• ▹Proficiency with a BI tool (PowerBI, Looker, Tableau, Superset, Redash, or similar)
• ▹Strong stakeholder management skills, communicating findings clearly to fraud operations, product managers, engineers, and senior leadership
• ▹Comfort working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams where priorities shift quickly
• ▹Proficiency with a spreadsheet tool (Excel, Google Sheets, or similar)
• ▹Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• ▹Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field

Nice to have

• ▹Data governance experience
• ▹Python or another scripting language
• ▹Git or another version control tool

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Attractive salary
• ▹Pension
• ▹Health insurance
• ▹Annual bonus
• ▹Other benefits

About the company

Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest growing company in Africa. Since 2019 it has served over 3 million people with personal and business banking, payment, credit and business management tools, processing $182 billion in 2023 and currently handling the majority of POS transactions in Nigeria.