Carbon is a pan-African digital bank with a mission to provide friction-free finance to its customers. Carbon promises to play a fundamental role in its customers’ lives wherever they are, with flexible solutions. We pride ourselves on our efficiency and with just $10mm of equity raised in 2015, we have disbursed over $100m in loans and earned more than $30mm in revenue over the last 2 years. Carbon has operations in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, supported by a talented team spread between Lagos, Nairobi, London, Argentina, and Palo Alto so we operate with a remote-first mindset.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fraud Analyst

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

• We are looking for a Fraud Analyst who will be responsible for analyzing and reviewing a broad range of financial data, including transactions, transfers, and payments to uncover potentially fraudulent activity.
• You must be familiar with data analysis techniques, software, and processes, and you should possess the creative problem-solving abilities necessary to suggest new methods of analysis and prevention.

Responsibilities

• Determine existing fraud trends by completing daily analysis of loan applications and disbursements.
• Monthly review of NPL accounts to identify fraudulent disbursements
• Identify system and rule improvements to prevent fraudulent activities
• Provide input into fraud analysis models to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of company systems.
• Recommend new software tools used for fraud detection, prevention and reporting activities.
• Generate suspicious activity reports and risk management reports.
• Respond to internal queries regarding suspicious users
• Ensure confidentiality of all information collected during an investigation.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a Business related or relevant fields
• 3+ years’ Fraud / Portfolio experience in a high-growth environment
• Experience working for a Fintech is an added advantage
• Experience in SQL, Root Cause/Impact Analysis and familiarity with Tableau or another BI tool
• Strong team player and communicator with the ability to motivate and lead growing organizations
• High agility and responsiveness
• Honest and ethical with high levels of integrity and confidentiality
• Outstanding logical/ analytical thinking skills to detect and identify weaknesses in systems; as well as identify the root cause of the weakness
• Strong attention to detail
• A strategic thinker who looks beyond the obvious to solve problems and get results.

Benefits

• A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team.
• Potential to work in different geographies.
• Health Insurance.
• Life Insurance
• Career development & Growth.
• We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a remote working option.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.