Fraud Investigator

Full Time
6 months ago
About us

At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We’re making it easy to use both- for businesses everywhere.  

GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We’re an award-winning London based fintech, with additional offices in Riga, Paris and Melbourne.

The role

The Fraud Risk Management team ensures that GoCardless adopts, implements and maintains innovative and appropriate controls as we have a duty to banking partners, regulators, schemes, merchants and their customers to review and monitor accounts and transactions with the utmost care.

You’ll be working as part of a small, close-knit team, conducting fraud investigations, with the aim of protecting GoCardless from fraud, financial and reputational risk. 

On a daily basis you will:

  • Monitor the risk alert queue and identify high risk behaviour within the business portfolio 
  • Conduct fraud investigations within service level agreements to reduce potential revenue losses 
  • Attain a thorough understanding of GoCardless’ product, policies and processes 
  • Lead on customer-facing correspondence and work with various teams across the business to ensure we provide a seamless merchant experience 
What excites you 
  • The opportunity to work in a newly built team and make important daily decisions that can make an impact on GoCardless’s future success
  • Having the opportunity to learn more about data and how to use it to make informative decisions across the business
  • Working in a global fraud team where you can share experiences and learn from other team members who come from a variety of industries 
What excites us  
  • You have some experience in a fraud investigations role or similar and are looking for your next challenge
  • You use logic and reasoning to separate legitimate behaviour from suspected illicit activity 
  • You understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making 
  • You use your written English skills to strike the right tone with internal and external stakeholders. 
  • You’re driven by initiative, and understand the impact of every decision you make on our merchants 
  • Results-focused: You can prioritise, organise, and show initiative and willing to get the job done 

We are a 24x7 operation and require our employees to demonstrate a willingness to work on some public holidays.

Salary Range: €1,500 - €2,300

We don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.

(some of) The good stuff
  • Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
  • Work away scheme - you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
  • Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
  • Equity -all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
  • Parental leave -to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
  • Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
Life at GoCardless  

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCee’s’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of June 2023;

42% identify as women

28% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other

9% identify as LGBTQIA+

9% identify as neurodiverse

2% identify as disabled

We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report 

Sustainability 

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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