Job Description
Job Title
Payment Fraud Analyst
Job Type
- Full-time
- Direct Hire
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Compensation
- $55,000 - $110,000 / per year
Benefits
- Benefits
- Equity options
Work Location
- On Site
- Hollywood, Florida
Company Description
Evinex is a staffing firm focused on connecting the right people with the right businesses. This is a Direct Hire position for one of our prestigious clients in the Cybersecurity Industry. Our client is a leading E-Crime Intelligence company providing targeted and actionable intelligence to reduce fraud losses and cyber threats.
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled and highly analytical Payment Fraud Analyst to join our growing team in Hollywood, FL. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of payment systems, transaction flows, and the tactics used by fraudsters to exploit them. This role will play a critical part in identifying emerging payment fraud schemes, actors, and monetization tactics across both online and offline channels. It is well-suited for individuals passionate about financial crime investigation, payment fraud detection, and fraud intelligence, with a proven ability to transform raw transaction data and threat indicators into actionable insights for external clients.
Why Join
Join a dynamic and innovative team where your expertise in cybercrime and financial threat intelligence will be highly valued. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects that make a real impact in combating cybercrime and fraud. Our client offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Monitor payment fraud trends: Continuously track and analyze suspicious transaction patterns, emerging fraud schemes, and exploitation tactics across multiple payment channels, including card-present, card-not-present, and digital wallet environments.
- Transform raw data into actionable insights: Gather, validate, and synthesize intelligence from transaction monitoring systems, fraud detection tools, and external intelligence sources to identify evolving payment fraud techniques and indicators.
- Investigate and profile fraud actors: Document, assess, and maintain detailed profiles of individuals and groups engaged in payment fraud, including their techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs).
- Conduct deep-dive fraud analytics: Use proprietary intelligence platforms and advanced analytical methods to detect anomalies, link related fraud events, and forecast potential threats.
- Brief and advise clients: Provide regular updates to clients, delivering timely intelligence reports, fraud risk assessments, and tailored recommendations to strengthen fraud prevention and detection strategies.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Required
- Expert insight into payment fraud ecosystems: Strong understanding of how card-present, card-not-present, account takeover, and other payment fraud schemes are structured, executed, and monetized.
- Fluency in payment fraud terminology and techniques: Comfortable with industry terms such as BIN attacks, enumeration, synthetic identities, chargeback fraud, mule networks, and related methodologies.
- Collaborative yet self-directed: Works effectively with fraud operations teams, investigators, and intelligence analysts, while being able to independently manage investigations from start to finish.
- Exceptional English communication: Delivers clear, concise fraud intelligence reports and persuasive verbal briefings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven research & intelligence production: Track record of in-depth investigations that transform raw transaction data and fragmented intelligence into high-impact, actionable fraud insights.
- Resourceful investigative mindset: Naturally curious and persistent problem-solver who thrives on uncovering hidden patterns, cross-channel links, and coordinated fraud activity.
- Commitment to fighting financial crime: Genuine motivation to disrupt payment fraud schemes and protect organizations and consumers from financial loss.
- Multilingual advantage: Proficiency in Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, or Mandarin is highly valued for analyzing multilingual fraud intelligence.
- Scripting & automation expertise: Ability to leverage Python (or similar) to process, enrich, and analyze large transactional and intelligence datasets from both open-source and proprietary sources is a plus.
- Data visualization and link-analysis proficiency: Hands-on experience with tools such as Maltego, i2 Analyst’s Notebook, or fraud-specific analytics platforms to map networks, relationships, and activity patterns is a plus.
Education / Professional Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in payment fraud investigations, financial crime intelligence, or related areas of fraud detection, threat intelligence, and incident response.
- Proven track record of analyzing and disrupting payment fraud schemes, including card-present, card-not-present, account takeover, synthetic identity, and mule network operations.
- Background in cybersecurity, financial services, fraud risk management, criminal intelligence, or a related discipline (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred; equivalent professional experience considered).
- Experience collaborating with law enforcement, payment processors, card networks, or financial institutions in intelligence-sharing or joint fraud investigations is highly valued.
Licenses / Certifications
- Industry certifications such as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP), GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or similar credentials are a plus.
Additional Information
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available.