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Data Analyst, Fraud Threat Management

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Mid Level
  • Data
    IT & Cybersecurity
  • Toronto

Requirements

  • 3+ years of data analysis or business intelligence experience delivering high-quality analytics solutions.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Data Management, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or related Data, Quantitative and/or Engineering field.
  • Expertise in exploratory, descriptive, and diagnostic analysis with proven delivery of actionable insights.
  • Strong knowledge of data analysis, statistics, and data management.
  • Expert skills with analytics, business intelligence, and other visualization tools.
  • Competency with statistical programming and query languages.
  • Familiarity of incident management, threat-intelligence, customer identity and access management (CIAM), and payment card security (PCI DSS) business functions is a definite asset.
  • Related cybersecurity industry certifications (ex. CISSP, CISM, CISA, GCIH, etc.) are an asset.
  • Bilingual in Spanish is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Transforming data and information into insights that inform tactical response to incidents as well as strategic decision-making.
  • Use specialized tools to analyse a large variety of data to extract information and present in a useable and highly consumable form.
  • Identify patterns and trends within data and integrate other information sources in order to create robust insights and deep analysis.
  • Coordinate, manage, and respond to data-related query requests.
  • Coordinate and develop requirements for data sourcing, collection, and management to support cyber-fraud analytics environment.
  • Detect and investigate anomalies in data, uncovering potential opportunities or issues.
  • Support more advanced data science functions and tasks by helping shape a problem with relevant business and functional background, including collaboration with other teams to provide context to analysis.
  • Support process design to enable efficiency in data analysis activities and functions. This includes identifying opportunities for optimizing processes.
  • Support developing and maintaining data models and structures to advance capabilities, creating and testing alternative methodologies and analysis techniques.
  • Support the definition and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to incident management. Regularly report on team performance and effectiveness.
  • Support the delivery of a roadmap that creates new capabilities and capacity for early detection and response to cyber-fraud incidents. The capabilities created through this roadmap empower our incident response team enabling the best visibility, situational awareness, and use-case automation.
  • Support defining the data and technology the Response Analytics and Insights team needs to be successful in prevention and early detection of account-level attacks as well as advancing capabilities and performance.
  • Support future direction on data strategy including: sources, data design, data integrity and data and analytics tools.
  • Be a champion for a data driven culture for Incident Management.
  • Informally mentor other team members in Response Analytics and broader Fraud Threat Management group.
  • Support the identification and escalation of systemic issues, reoccurring problems, and unrelated threats/vulnerabilities to the appropriate business, risk, or control owners through the team’s Problem Management function.
  • Regularly recognize and reinforce high-quality work and behaviours of your peers and others within the Bank that contribute to the success of our mission.
  • Understand and apply the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture to day-to-day activities and decisions.
  • Contribute to the overall success of the Global Fraud Management function, ensuring specific individual goals, plans and initiatives are delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulation and internal policies, procedures, and standards.

FAQs

What is the primary purpose of the Data Analyst position in Fraud Threat Management?

The primary purpose is to explore and leverage data to deliver and advance cyber-fraud analysis, supporting critical incidents and enabling incident handlers to design countermeasures against fraud.

What are the main responsibilities of the Data Analyst role?

The main responsibilities include transforming data into insights, performing tactical analysis, managing data-related queries, detecting anomalies, supporting advanced data science functions, and helping to define key performance indicators.

What qualifications are required for the Data Analyst position?

A bachelor's degree in Analytics, Data Management, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field and 3+ years of data analysis or business intelligence experience are required.

What skills are essential for this role?

Essential skills include expertise in exploratory and diagnostic analysis, strong knowledge of data analysis and statistics, proficiency with analytics and visualization tools, and competency with statistical programming and query languages.

Is experience in cybersecurity preferred for this position?

Yes, familiarity with incident management, threat intelligence, and related cybersecurity functions is a definite asset.

Are there any language requirements for this job?

Bilingual skills in Spanish are considered an asset for this position.

What kind of work environment can candidates expect?

Candidates can expect a standard office-based environment with non-standard hours, including on-call incident management support.

Is travel required for this role?

Limited travel is required for this position.

What does Scotiabank value in its employees?

Scotiabank values the unique skills and experiences each individual brings and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.

How can candidates request accommodations during the recruitment process?

Candidates can inform the Recruitment team if they require accommodations, such as an accessible interview site or alternate format documents.

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