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Who we are:
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members
reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re
proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values
guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
The Role
The Fraud Program is seeking a Staff Risk Analyst to lead data governance initiatives, analytics, and reporting across
the Fraud Center of Excellence (CoE). This role will serve as a key partner in developing, maintaining, and enhancing
fraud KPIs, KRIs, dashboards, and enterprise risk reporting to enable data-driven decision making and effective fraud
risk oversight.
The Staff Risk Analyst will play a critical role in ensuring data integrity, consistency, and transparency across fraud
metrics, while delivering actionable insights into fraud performance, emerging risks, and operational effectiveness
across all products and fraud domains.
This role will partner closely with Fraud Strategy, Operations, Risk, Data, and Business Intelligence teams to build
scalable analytics solutions, standardize metric definitions, and improve enterprise-wide visibility into fraud risk.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical data background, experience in risk analytics, and a passion for
building scalable data and reporting frameworks within a fast-paced fintech environment. Additionally, the
candidate will also have strong proficiency in SQL, Python, Snowflake, and Tableau. You’ll need to be a self-motivated
leader with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration between all lines of business. IIf you love working with
data and have a passion for doing the right thing, we want to hear from you!
What you’ll do:
Fraud Data Analytics, Insights, and Data Governance (Primary Focus)
● Analyze fraud data across products and channels to identify trends, anomalies, and emerging fraud risks.
● Develop data-driven insights and recommendations to support fraud strategy, operations, and risk
management decisions.
● Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business problems into analytical solutions that improve
fraud detection, prevention, and member experience.
● Establish and enforce data governance standards for fraud metrics- including data definitions, lineage, and
controls; and effectively leading a strategic data governance council cross-functionally.
● Identify and resolve data quality, consistency, and availability issues impacting fraud reporting and
analytics.
● Partner with Data Engineering and BI teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and well-documented data
sources.
KPI / KRI Framework & Performance Monitoring
● Support the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of Fraud KPIs, KRIs, and Risk Appetite
Statement (RAS) metrics across the Fraud CoE.
● Ensure consistent metric definitions, calculations, and reporting methodologies across business units.
● Monitor metric performance and provide insights into drivers of variance, trends, and risk signals.
Dashboarding & Reporting
● Assist in designing, building, and maintaining Tableau dashboards and automated reporting solutions to
provide real-time visibility into fraud performance.
● Deliver executive-level reporting and visualizations for fraud governance committees and leadership.
● Improve reporting efficiency through automation and scalable data pipelines (e.g., Snowflake), where
needed, in partnership with our risk analytics and data teams
Fraud Risk Management & Assessment Support
● Support Fraud Risk Self-Assessments (FRSA) and other risk evaluation activities through data analysis and
metric development.
● Assist in identifying key risk drivers and areas of elevated fraud exposure across products and processes.
● Provide analytical support for audit, regulatory, and risk management requests.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Program Support
● Collaborate with Fraud Strategy, Operations, and Program teams to align data, metrics, and reporting with
business needs.
● Support broader Fraud Program initiatives and analytics projects as needed, including strategy
performance analysis and operational insights.
What you’ll need:
● 4+ years of experience in data analytics, fraud analytics, or risk analytics within financial services, fintech, or
banking.
● Strong experience working with large datasets and relational databases.
● Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake or similar data platforms.
● Experience building dashboards and data visualizations (Tableau preferred).
● Strong understanding of KPI/KRI frameworks, performance metrics, and risk monitoring concepts.
● Experience with data governance, data quality management, or metric standardization.
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable
insights.
● Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings to both technical and non-technical
stakeholders.
● Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
● Proficient in other programming and data analysis tools such as Python, R, or SAS.
Nice to Have:
● Advanced degree in Data Science or Machine Learning.
● Experience in implementing or overseeing AI/ML-based models for fraud detection
● Experience working in or working closely with model risk management is a plus.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience in data analytics, fraud analytics, or risk analytics within financial services, fintech, or banking.
- Strong experience working with large datasets and relational databases.
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake or similar data platforms.
- Experience building dashboards and data visualizations (Tableau preferred).
- Strong understanding of KPI/KRI frameworks, performance metrics, and risk monitoring concepts.
- Experience with data governance, data quality management, or metric standardization.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficient in other programming and data analysis tools such as Python, R, or SAS.
What the Team is Saying
SoFi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Up to 12 weeks fully paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, fertility/adoption resources, and subsidized backup childcare/eldercare are offered. Pet insurance and family-building support further broaden the coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance. Mental-health support via Modern Health and employer HSA contributions enhance overall health support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible vacation for exempt employees, generous PTO for non-exempt, paid holidays, and early-release “SoFi Fridays” expand time-off options. An additional 16 hours of paid volunteer time underscores community engagement.
SoFi Insights
What We Do
SoFi wasn’t built to be a bank. Or a technology company. We were built for one mission: help people achieve financial independence so they can realize their ambitions. Redefining an entire industry isn’t easy work—and it’s not for the faint of heart. It takes a certain kind of team. People with diverse perspectives and expertise, united by a common sense of purpose. People willing to challenge assumptions but always do the right thing. People proving that innovation and responsibility don’t have to compete, but can come together to create something truly unconventional in the world. For the last eight years, we’ve been charting this new path forward. We call it The SoFi Way. At SoFi, we don’t just talk about culture: we live it. The SoFi Way is how we show up every day, how we make decisions, and how we build for our members, clients, and each other.
Why Work With Us
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation Fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
For the majority of our workforce who work on a hybrid schedule, the in-office requirement is a handful of days per month!
