Job description

Why join us? 

High-Impact Leadership Role in Fraud Prevention:

  • As an Assistant Vice President (AVP) – Fraud Operations, you will have full accountability for fraud prevention and detection.
  • This role provides an opportunity to lead fraud risk strategy, investigations, and controls while ensuring compliance with global policies.
  • Your leadership will directly influence fraud mitigation efforts, helping to protect the bank from financial crime and reduce fraud-related losses.

Career Growth & Leadership Development:

  • This position provides exposure to senior stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and fraud mitigation strategy teams, offering a pathway to senior leadership roles.
  • You will develop leadership, strategic decision-making, and fraud risk management expertise in a complex financial environment.
  • The role offers an opportunity to mentor, coach, and build a high-performing fraud prevention team.

Strategic & Cross-Functional Exposure:

  • You will work closely with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Technology, and Business teams to strengthen fraud risk governance.
  • As a key fraud leader, you will play a critical role in shaping fraud risk strategies, ensuring alignment with global fraud policies.
  • You will have opportunities to drive automation, process improvements, and fraud monitoring enhancements.

Fast-Paced & Challenging Work Environment:

  • Fraud risks are evolving, making this a dynamic and intellectually stimulating role that requires agility and innovation.
  • You will handle fraud incidents, emerging threats, and regulatory compliance challenges while ensuring fraud risk resilience.
  • This role allows you to engage with external stakeholders, regulators, and industry experts, staying ahead of financial crime trends.

Opportunity to Enhance Operational Efficiency:

  • You will lead initiatives to reduce fraud-related losses, improve fraud detection processes, and enhance fraud risk controls.
  • The role provides the ability to optimize fraud risk reporting, governance, and operational effectiveness.
  • You will help develop policies, procedures, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure fraud risk management success.

What you’ll do:

Fraud Prevention & Risk Management:

  • Lead fraud prevention strategies, ensuring effective fraud detection, monitoring, and mitigation.
  • Establish fraud risk frameworks, policies, and controls that align with regulatory requirements and global fraud policies.
  • Analyze fraud trends, patterns, and emerging risks, developing strategies to counteract fraud threats.
  • Oversee fraud transaction monitoring, fraud alerts, and investigative procedures.

Leadership & Team Development:

  • Lead, coach, and mentor a fraud risk team, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
  • Develop fraud analysts and investigators, enhancing their expertise in fraud risk assessment and operational controls.
  • Ensure collaboration across teams to enhance fraud risk governance and stakeholder engagement.
  • Drive a high-performance work culture, motivating teams to achieve fraud risk management objectives.

Regulatory Compliance & Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Fraud Operations, ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Work closely with regulators, auditors, compliance teams, and governance committees on fraud-related matters.
  • Provide fraud risk reports, analysis, and insights to senior management and governance bodies.
  • Ensure adherence to anti-money laundering (AML) laws, fraud investigation protocols, and regulatory mandates.

Operational Efficiency & Fraud Risk Controls:

  • Monitor fraud risk indicators, key performance metrics (KPIs), and service-level agreements (SLAs) to ensure fraud prevention effectiveness.
  • Implement process improvements, automation, and fraud risk technology enhancements.
  • Ensure fraud operations are aligned with Business Continuity and Risk Resilience frameworks.
  • Oversee the review and optimization of fraud case management systems for improved efficiency.

Fraud Risk Governance & Reporting:

  • Establish governance frameworks to ensure timely fraud risk reporting and escalation protocols.
  • Analyze fraud data, generate insights, and provide recommendations to improve fraud detection and prevention strategies.
  • Lead fraud-related risk assessments, audits, and operational reviews.
  • Ensure compliance with internal policies, industry regulations, and fraud risk management best practices.
Requisitos

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Demonstrate Strong Fraud Prevention & Risk Management Expertise:

  • Strong knowledge of fraud detection, fraud analytics, and financial crime prevention.
  • Experience in fraud case investigations, fraud risk governance, and fraud transaction monitoring.
  • Ability to develop, implement, and optimize fraud control frameworks.

Exhibit Leadership & Team Management Skills:

  • Proven experience in leading and developing fraud risk teams.
  • Ability to motivate and drive a high-performance fraud risk culture.
  • Strong decision-making skills, particularly in crisis situations and fraud incidents.

Regulatory Compliance & Stakeholder Management:

  • Deep understanding of regulatory requirements, anti-fraud laws, and compliance obligations.
  • Ability to work with regulators, auditors, and governance bodies to ensure adherence to fraud risk regulations.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills to influence fraud prevention strategies at a senior level.

Operational Excellence & Process Improvement:

  • Experience in optimizing fraud risk controls, reducing fraud losses, and improving fraud detection systems.
  • Strong focus on enhancing fraud reporting, data analysis, and investigative techniques.
  • Ability to implement fraud prevention automation and technology-driven fraud solutions.

Strategic Thinking & Decision-Making:

  • Ability to analyze fraud trends, identify emerging risks, and implement strategic fraud risk solutions.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to mitigate fraud risks and enhance fraud governance frameworks.
  • Ability to drive fraud prevention initiatives while balancing operational efficiency and customer experience.

What additional skills will be good to have? 

Data Analytics & Fraud Monitoring Technology:

  • Experience with fraud detection tools, machine learning models, and data analytics platforms.
  • Knowledge of fraud analytics software such as SAS (optional but beneficial).
  • Ability to analyze fraud data, identify fraud patterns, and enhance fraud monitoring capabilities.

Regulatory & Compliance Expertise:

  • Strong understanding of financial crime regulations, fraud governance frameworks, and compliance obligations.
  • Experience in engaging with regulators on fraud-related matters and investigations.
  • Awareness of global fraud risk trends and regulatory developments.

Process Optimization & Automation:

  • Ability to implement fraud prevention automation, optimize workflows, and enhance fraud monitoring efficiency.
  • Experience in business process reengineering and fraud risk technology enhancements.
  • Capability to drive fraud system upgrades and digital transformation initiatives.

Stakeholder Communication & Negotiation Skills:

  • Strong ability to present fraud risk reports, recommendations, and strategic insights to senior leadership.
  • Experience in influencing cross-functional teams and driving fraud awareness programs.
  • Ability to negotiate fraud risk strategies and solutions with internal and external stakeholders.

Crisis Management & Incident Handling:

  • Ability to manage high-impact fraud incidents, crisis situations, and emergency fraud risk responses.
  • Strong analytical thinking to assess fraud threats and implement immediate mitigation measures.
  • Experience in developing fraud risk contingency plans and business continuity strategies.

The AVP – Fraud Operations role is a high-impact leadership position requiring deep fraud risk expertise, strategic decision-making, and strong stakeholder management skills. Success in this role depends on driving fraud prevention initiatives, enhancing fraud governance, and leading a high-performing fraud risk team.