Senior IT Fraud Analyst
About The Position
The Senior IT Fraud Analyst helps shape and mature WGU’s enterprise fraud program, protecting students, systems, and the organization from evolving fraud risks. The role combines fraud expertise, investigative skills, security analytics, and technical knowledge to identify suspicious activity, strengthen detection capabilities, and develop strategies that reduce fraud. The position supports complex fraud and security investigations, fraud detection and prevention strategies, detection content, fraud intelligence, risk-scoring, and related technology capabilities. It partners with technical and business teams to share fraud signals, recommend safeguards, prioritize risks, and advance fraud-prevention initiatives. The analyst also provides technical guidance and mentorship and helps establish scalable investigation and detection practices. The role is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, or Raleigh, North Carolina, and requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including attendance at designated company summits, typically one to two per year. Other travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and business-related events. WGU cannot provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Fraud Management, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Five years of Fraud and Information Security experience.
- Experience with fraud and security industry standards and best practices, including interpreting and implementing them in a corporate environment.
- Relevant fraud or security certifications, such as CISSP, GIAC, ISACA, CCSP, CFE, or CFCS.
- Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions may substitute for education requirements. The posting generally defines equivalency as one year of experience for one year of education, at the hiring manager’s discretion.
Nice To Haves
- Ten years of Fraud or Information Security experience.
- Experience recommending additional fraud or security requirements and safeguards.
- Experience in an established fraud program, particularly within financial services, banking, or education.
Responsibilities
- Conduct complex fraud and security investigations using multiple signals and data sources to identify suspicious activity, patterns, and emerging risks.
- Develop and help drive fraud detection and prevention strategies across the organization.
- Build, tune, and improve fraud and security detections, alerts, correlation rules, and related detection content.
- Identify systemic fraud and security risks, root causes, control gaps, and opportunities for preventative improvements.
- Help establish and mature fraud intelligence, detection, risk-scoring, and supporting technology capabilities.
- Partner with technical and business teams to share fraud signals, recommend safeguards, prioritize risks, and gain alignment on fraud-prevention initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to others while helping establish scalable fraud investigation and detection practices.
Benefits
- Eligible for bonuses.
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare.
- Health savings account and flexible spending account.
- Basic and voluntary life insurance and disability coverage.
- Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages.
- Legal and identity theft coverage.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Wellbeing program.
- Discounted WGU tuition.
- Flexible paid time off with no accrual requirement.
- Flexible paid sick time with no accrual requirement.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
