Director Fraud Strategy

Bread Financial•Columbus, OH

1d•$134,400 - $278,200•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Fraud Strategy leads the Fraud Strategy function of Account Protection, being responsible for the analysis of fraud trends, the development of mitigation strategies and deployment of creative solutions to effectively manage fraud losses, maximize revenue, and support business growth. The Director is responsible to manage and develop a multifaceted team of fraud analysts that provide both real-time and trending insight into fraud vulnerabilities and countermeasure opportunities. The Director guides the development and optimization of fraud mitigation controls within our framework of tools to ensure the business meets or exceeds Fraud Loss goals while supporting business growth targets.The Fraud Strategy Director defines and measures through insight and statistical analysis existing and future mitigation opportunities as part of the decensign and development process. The Director must measure and monitor fraud performance for the purpose of statistically quantifying risk and opportunity. The Director also seeks and designs creative solutions to fraud risk challenges through optimization of existing controls, pursuit of new tools and expanded use of alternative data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education in Business Management, Statistics, Mathematics
Seven years’ work experience directly related to the role and five years minimum of supervisory experience
Seven years or more experience demonstrated understanding of risk management disciplines, varying analytic practices and fraud risk concepts.
Proven success in analyzing large amounts of data which foster actionable business decisions.
Experience managing data analysts or statisticians with a proven capacity to lend guidance, insight and comprehension of in-depth, detailed analysis they produce.
Solid understanding of operational execution is necessary to contextualize, and support recommended strategic deployments.

Nice To Haves

Master’s in Business Management, Statistics, Mathematics
Ten years or more in Fraud Risk and/or Credit Risk

Responsibilities

Develop and communicate vision for the team, define success and how it will be measured. This includes delivering on the vision for the Account Protection function as well as more specific definitions for the Fraud Strategy Team.
Demonstrates the ability to work independently, remain organized, and prioritize work to work on multiple projects over the same time period with accuracy and attention to detail.
Utilize critical thinking skills to help analyze business issues, collaborates with stakeholders to resolve problems, is strategic, and gains consensus on the best solution.
Hire, develop, supervise, and retain key talent.
Ensure individuals have the skills and tools needed to support the development and execution of fraud mitigation.
Research and understand industry best practices for fraud mitigation strategies, techniques and risk.
Build relationships by establishing trust, confidence and credibility with senior leaders, executives, and regulatory bodies.
Build and maintain productive partnerships with key areas of the business (e.g., Operations, Credit Management, Client Partnership) to ensure strategies are comprehensive, fit for purpose and executed as designed.
Research and understand relevant regulations and work with Compliance and Operations partners to ensure strategies comply.
Ensure controls are in place to mitigate any potential liability.

Benefits

Bread Financial offers medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners, and child(ren) under the age of 26.
New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period).
Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period.
Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financial’s 401(k) plan.
All associates receive 11 paid holidays.
Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off.
Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (“PSST”) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year.
Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO.
Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December.
You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.