AVP, Acquisition Fraud Strategy and Model Monitoring

Synchrony•Orlando, FL

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The AVP, Acquisition Fraud Strategy and Model Monitoring, is a multi-functional role within credit fraud acquisitions strategy team. The primary responsibilities include overseeing the performance of fraud models and conducting in-depth data analytics to identify underlying model performance issues and developing action plans for deteriorating models. The role will work closely with the Acquisition Fraud Strategy Model Developers as well as the Credit Strategy Validation team to create remediation plans when models used in Credit strategies are not performing as expected. Additional responsibilities include supporting the evaluation of new fraud models, fraud and technology tools, coordinating model roll-outs with the strategy team, as well as developing enhanced ongoing monitoring reporting. The AVP, Acquisition Fraud Strategy and Model Monitoring will report to the VP, Acquisition Fraud Strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience building analytically derived strategies within Credit, Marketing, Risk or Collections in Financial services, or in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 9+ years of experience building analytically derived strategies in Marketing, Risk or Collections in Financial services.
3+ years of experience working with statistical tools such as SAS, Python, Tableau.
Expert level proficiency with Excel
3+ years of experience in retail, business, installment loans, or private label credit.
Excellent temperament and ability to work through uncertainty, collaborate respectfully across functions & teams, and find solutions to issues
Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required
You must be 18 years or older
You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process
You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles.
Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post.
All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating at a strategic level as part of a cross functional team
Use of advanced technical & analytical competencies in driving effective strategic goals within a significant functional area
Strong understanding of the consumer credit lending lifecycle and card programs
Strong understanding of fraud models and their usage with fraud strategies
Strong understanding of model evaluation metrics such as precision, recall, F1
Familiarity with modeling approaches such as logistic regression and tree ensembles
Understanding of the Lines of Defense (2nd Line Strategy Validation and 3rd Line Internal Audit)
Excellent oral and written communication skills with impact and influence
Ability to multi-task and perform in a fast-paced environment
Experience working alongside and in unison with off-shore teams
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, organize work flow and timelines
Master’s Degree or MBA with advanced analytic focus, or equivalent advanced degree

Responsibilities

Conduct deep dives and root cause analysis on deteriorating models to identify underlying issues
Develop tactical and strategic actions plans to address model performance issues
Author narratives for on-going model monitoring executive summaries explaining technical concepts in easily understood language
Develop thorough and detailed documentation to support the strategy team’s model development process to ensure consistency, transparency, and alignment with organizational goals
Develop enhanced reporting to support fraud model performance monitoring
Work cross functionally with fraud strategy leads to support their analytics of fraud strategies and models
Work closely with implementation team to ensure that Acquisition Fraud Strategic goals are met and remove obstacles to meet those goals
Perform model implementation validations and ensure strategies have the use of the best available tools and scores
Support evaluating new fraud models and tools that can be leveraged in acquisitions, payments, and merchant underwriting
Assist fraud strategy leads in the development of fraud strategies and analytics when time permits
Partner with advanced modeling teams to drive targeting/treatment solutions that meet business objectives
Collaborate with 2nd / 3rd line to ensure strong governance, safety & soundness of strategies.
Fully support regulatory requests, internal reviews, audits and business continuity planning
Partner with portfolio credit managers and client teams to launch new initiatives, communicate changes in a timely & effective manner, and ensure strategies are driving the desired P&L impacts
Partner with compliance, legal, fair lending and audit as required
Perform ad hoc analytics, validations, and remediations as required
Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.