Monzo

Senior Fraud Analyst

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

£59,500 – £75,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, BankingIndustries

About Us

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us. With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers! We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️ Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo

Role Details

📍Remote (UK) 💰£59,500 - £75,000 + Stock Options + Benefits Hear from the team

Our Fraud Team

We’re looking for a Senior Fraud Analyst to join our fast-growing first line risk team to help us in our fight against fraud.

As a Senior Fraud Analyst you will be the driving force behind developing and strengthening our fraud capabilities. You will be leading our strategy to build, develop and deliver improvements to our suite of fraud controls for Monzo, using the very latest technologies to ensure fraud risks are effectively identified and managed. You will also work extremely closely with our Product, Engineering and Fraud Operations teams to optimise the performance of our controls and processes, as well as ensuring alignment across the organisation when implementing new controls or changes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Providing Subject Matter Expert fraud knowledge and being the point person for any questions/requirements.
  • Improving the performance and optimisation of our fraud controls through deep knowledge of the systems and typologies.
  • Defining and interpreting key measures and metrics on the performance of the control and reporting this to relevant oversight committees and Senior Execs across the business.
  • Owning the end-to-end process for the control (including developing Standards documents) and ensuring consistency and alignment across your business area.
  • Writing detailed proposals and requirements for changes to fraud controls, or where gaps have been identified, working closely with Product, Data and Engineering teams to implement changes to the control.
  • Liaison with suppliers and external stakeholders where relevant.
  • Building a close relationship with our Fraud Operations teams, ensuring sufficient communication and knowledge sharing on improvements to the control, and monitoring of performance of manual processes in Operations.
  • Data driven analysis using both internal and external data sources for new threats and trends.

What We're Looking For

  • You have significant experience working in Fraud and with controls and systems used to prevent fraud from occurring.
  • Confident working with data to identify patterns and trends to draw conclusions and associated recommendations that improve our fraud capabilities.
  • You are able to clearly articulate the risk of fraud and the importance of controls to people who are not experts.
  • You're great at explaining processes and complex technical requirements to people.
  • You’re comfortable working with product managers, engineers, data scientists and identifying operational requirements.
  • You’re well organised and can work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Application Journey

The application journey has 3 key steps:

  • A call with a member of the hiring team
  • Initial Call with Hiring Manager
  • 2 x 1hr interview with members of the team

We’ll close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out! We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application

Skills

Fraud Analysis
Risk Management
Fraud Controls
Data Analysis
Problem Solving
Communication

Monzo

Digital-only banking platform for consumers

About Monzo

Monzo operates as a digital-only banking platform focused on providing a modern way for individuals to manage their finances. Its main product is a mobile app that allows users to track their income, spending, and savings easily. The app includes features that help users save money, such as automatically setting aside a portion of their paycheck or rounding up transactions to the nearest dollar. Monzo generates revenue through interest on deposits, fees for certain services, and interchange fees from card transactions, as well as offering overdrafts and personal loans. What sets Monzo apart from traditional banks is its real-time balance updates and instant spending notifications, which help users stay informed about their finances. The goal of Monzo is to provide a convenient, mobile-first banking experience that meets the needs of its growing customer base, which has surpassed 8 million users.

London, United KingdomHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$1,856.7MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Work from home
Stock options
32 days of paid vacation and public holidays per year
Health insurance
EAP
Learning budget
Home office stipend
Paid parental leave

Risks

Monzo breached UK banking regulations, risking reputational damage and fines.
Expansion into Europe poses regulatory challenges and potential licensing delays.
Reliance on digital platforms makes Monzo vulnerable to technological disruptions.

Differentiation

Monzo offers real-time spending updates and categorized transactions via a mobile app.
The 'Pots' feature allows users to set aside money for specific purposes.
Monzo Plus provides premium features like custom card designs and travel insurance.

Upsides

Monzo secured $400M in 2024, valuing the bank at $5 billion.
The partnership with SignLive enhances accessibility for Deaf customers.
Expansion into Europe in 2025 could significantly increase Monzo's customer base.

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