The Business Analyst – Fraud Risk Management role is pivotal in driving financial and accounting excellence within our organization. With a hybrid work model and day shifts the candidate will leverage their extensive experience to optimize processes and ensure compliance. This position does not require travel allowing for a balanced work-life integration.
Responsibilities
- Gather business and functional specifications and create BRF/FRD/FSDs
- Ensure Business analysis, Impact analysis, Gap analysis and System analysis are done to a high standard on defined projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
- End to end delivery of book of work within the assigned project(s)/work stream(s).
- Assisting development and testing team, assisting business in UAT and act as a single point of contact for all the stakeholders.
- Work with other business analysts on firm wide initiatives and participate in the Front to Back User testing / regression testing. Conducting walkthrough for Dev & QA team
- Assist with production support activities, when necessary, to help identify and resolve escalated production issues
Essential Competencies:
- Experience in fraud risk management domain in banking and finance
- Experience in anti-fraud programs/products/solutions.
- Hands on experience in working with fraud rules/scenarios and data. knowledge about various fraud typologies and ways to mitigate fraud
- Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Data analysis, data exploration, data mapping experience from Fraud perspective. Data analysis using SQL/MS Excel is a required skill.
- Ability to communicate anti-fraud roadmap and enhancements to key business partners to positively influence behavior.
- Ability to work with investigations, operations, technology, and data and analytics teams to identify opportunities to enhance anti-fraud solutions.
- Knowledge about the new gen technologies that can be used to detect/prevent fraud – knowledge on various use cases.
- Experience of conducting workshops with business, operations, and technology stakeholders.
- Preferably having knowledge of AML/KYC/Sanctions domain (not mandatory)
- Exposure to other BFS areas like payments, capital markets, knowledge of financial instruments etc is an added advantage.
Qualifications and relevant experience
- Relevant experience of 4-12 years
- Preferred Educational Qualification - MBA, BE, B Sc comp science etc.
- Preferred professional certification like CAMS, CAMI, SAFe PO/PM, CSM, CSPO
- SDLC/Agile and IT BA experience is mandatory
- Experience of working in products like Actimize, Mantas, SAS etc is a plus
Behavioral Competencies
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management and an ability to take ownership and independently deliver Structured, methodical thinker.
- Strong analytical capability, problem-solving skills
- Candidate must be diligent and proactive
- Good Team player
- Ability and drive to learn quickly and independently
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
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