Senior Fraud Data Specialist

Desjardins • Mississauga, ON

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This temporary 12-month role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in data and risk management. As a Senior Fraud Data Specialist, you will transform large, complex datasets into actionable intelligence to strengthen fraud detection, underwriting, and strategic decision-making. Your role involves identifying patterns, trends, and anomalies in transactional, behavioral, and underwriting data that may indicate fraudulent or suspicious activity or adverse risk selection. You will translate these insights into scalable analytical solutions and early risk indicators for business, underwriting, and operational teams. This position provides leadership in identifying, prioritizing, and delivering advanced fraud analytics initiatives within large-scale, high-impact programs. With deep expertise in data mining, statistical analysis, fraud methodologies, and underwriting principles, you will act as a strategic advisor, supporting stakeholders in understanding fraud risks, emerging trends, and analytical findings, while guiding the integration of detection and monitoring solutions. Your work requires extensive knowledge of advanced analytics, fraud typologies, underwriting dynamics, and complex data environments. You will make expert recommendations on planning and execution of complex initiatives influencing business strategy, risk management, and control frameworks. As a subject matter expert, you will coach and support decision-making bodies, collaborating with partners such as underwriting, claims, compliance, and IT to strengthen fraud prevention and proactively manage exposure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field including: Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Management Analytics
• A minimum of seven years of relevant experience in advanced analytics and/or Underwriting
• Experience collaborating with Underwriting, Actuarial, Business Intelligence, and Business Architects on complex and sensitive matters
• Experience supporting Senior Leadership and Executive members of the organization
• Advanced proficiency of English, both oral and written
• Advanced knowledge in SAS, datasets, coding applications, PowerBI, and analysis tools
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and 365 suite
• Intermediate knowledge of the P&C Insurance industry and familiar with Direct and Agent facing sales, Commercial, Life and Financial Services
• Operational knowledge of Agent facing tools, systems, and processes
• Action oriented
• Communicates effectively
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Innovation
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Strategic mindset

Nice To Haves

• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex transactional, operational, behavioral, and underwriting data to identify patterns, anomalies, and indicators of adverse risk selection.
• Lead the design and development of advanced data mining, anomaly detection, and fraud analytics models, incorporating underwriting and early risk indicators.
• Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for business, underwriting, and operational teams.
• Identify, prioritize, and shape fraud and risk analytics initiatives aligned with business priorities, underwriting strategies, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide expert guidance to delivery teams throughout the design, development, and implementation of complex analytical solutions.
• Define and maintain key performance indicators to assess portfolio quality and emerging risk exposure.
• Monitor emerging fraud trends and underwriting behaviors, recommending proactive enhancements to analytics and controls.
• Act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, supporting stakeholders and decision making bodies through insight, expertise, and coaching.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior