Associate Fraud Analyst

<p><strong>This Is Adyen&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&amp;M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.&nbsp;</p> <p>For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.</p> <p><strong>Associate Fraud Analyst</strong></p> <p>We are looking for an ambitious analyst to join our Merchant Fraud team. As part of the Merchant Fraud team in Chicago you will be working closely with Risk, Product and other Merchant Operations teams. As a Merchant Fraud Analyst you will be responsible for identifying, investigating, and preventing fraudulent activities related to our acquiring and embedded financial services. Your expertise will contribute to maintaining the integrity of our platform and ensuring a secure and trustworthy environment for our users. The Merchant Fraud Team is responsible for detecting and mitigating fraudulent activity that scalably reduces risk for Adyen and its customers.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Monitor and investigate transaction patterns, account activity, and user behavior patterns to detect and mitigate fraudulent activity in real-time.</li> <li>Assist in the development and optimization of fraud detection systems and tools, suggesting improvements and enhancements as needed.</li> <li>Develop and optimize policies and procedures for fraud incident response, root cause analysis, funds recovery and communication protocols.</li> <li>Stay up-to-date with the latest fraud trends, techniques, and technologies to continuously enhance fraud detection and prevention methods.</li> <li>Monitor and investigate transaction patterns, account activity, and user behavior patterns to accurately detect and mitigate fraudulent activity in real-time, meeting daily productivity (KPIs) and quality (QA) targets.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who you are</strong></p> <ul> <li>Fluent in spoken and written English</li> <li>1-2+ years of experience in fraud or AML at a financial institution or fintech company</li> <li>Knowledge of multiple forms of fraud, AML, financial crimes and scams</li> <li>Willingness to make difficult decisions and quickly learn and iterate from these experiences - you are skilled at using data to drive decisions</li> <li>You are able to work