Senior Fraud Risk Analyst
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Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.
What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!
Who We Are
Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments. We’ve scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.
Today we support more than 5,100 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.
With over 1,400+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 15 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.
The Opportunity: As a Senior Fraud Risk Analyst, you will serve as the first line of defense in monitoring, analyzing, and detecting emerging threat vectors across Flywire’s platform. You will dive deep into transaction data to identify patterns, write automated detection rules, and optimize the balance between fraud mitigation and smooth customer checkout experiences. What You’ll Do Analyze complex payment datasets to uncover patterns related to ATO, friendly fraud, merchant risk, and social engineering schemes. Design, back test, and deploy real-time fraud rules within our decision engine to intercept suspicious activity. Perform deep-dive reviews on high-risk accounts, unusual transaction spikes, and complex fraud investigations. Track and report on key fraud metrics, false-positive rates, and model performance to recommend continuous rule adjustments. Partner with Operations and Product teams to streamline escalation workflows and improve end-user friction points.
- Assess company operations, process/procedures, compliance and other associated risks. Identify opportunities for improving business processes, based on outcomes, to minimize risks. Prepare and present quality reports of findings and recommendations to Manager. Maintain documentation for risk assessment and management processes. Perform audit related investigation as directed by Risk Leadership Evaluate and revise internal controls and operational and management policies/procedures. Ensure past audit recommendations are implemented in current process. Assist management in developing annual risk assessment plan. Ensure compliance with government laws and company regulations Assess and coordinate external 3rd party audits
What We Offer
Competitive compensation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Competitive time off
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Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
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Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers, OneFlywire Career Mobility)
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We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.
Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law.