Financial Crimes Analyst (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid role based at Darling Park Tower, 1/201 Sussex St, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Company

hirify.global provides payment and digital banking infrastructure and secure financial services solutions used by Australian customers and businesses.

What you will do

• Analyse transactional, behavioural and intelligence data to identify fraud and emerging financial crime risks across payment and digital banking channels.
• Develop and optimise fraud detection rules across cards, digital wallets, real-time payments, PayTo, BPAY and Direct Entry.
• Conduct network analysis, merchant reviews and complex investigations.
• Use Power BI, Databricks, SQL and Excel to identify trends and provide actionable insights.
• Review fraud controls, monitor detection rates and false positive ratios, and recommend improvements.
• Support the implementation and validation of new data sets, AI models and machine learning models; share insights with stakeholders and clients and escalate significant risks.

Requirements

• Experience in operational fraud or financial crime management.
• Strong analytical capability working with large and complex data sets.
• Experience using fraud detection systems, including writing or optimising fraud rules.
• Ability to turn data into clear insights and recommendations.
• Advanced Power BI and Excel skills.
• Intermediate Databricks and SQL experience.
• Strong critical thinking, investigation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate insights clearly to different stakeholders.

Nice to have

• At least two years of experience across fraud or financial crime.
• Experience in banking, financial services, payments or merchant acquiring.
• Tertiary studies in fraud, financial crime or criminology.
• Qualifications or practical exposure related to data science or machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements in a diverse and socially inclusive workplace.
• Recognition through IGNITE and tailored development opportunities.
• Initiatives supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing, plus discounts through hirify.global Advantage.
• Opportunities to contribute to innovative work with impact on Australia's financial services sector.

Hiring process

• Screening and interviews may take place before the job advertisement closing date.