Manager, Decision Sciences - Pune India

Are you ready to join a growing Decision Sciences team in a global company that customers depend on to prevent fraudulent transactions? Do you want to work in a role that has a direct impact on our customer experience? Join Western Union as an Manager, Decision Sciences.

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The Manager, Decision Sciences has a significant role in supporting development and implementation of fraud models/strategies for all WU digital products, including all ongoing and systematic data collection and aggregation. This role has significance in system stability analysis and using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations.

Role Responsibilities

• Supporting the Data Governance and Access Control of different Compliance Platforms like Snowflake, Dataiku and Graph Databases

• Define the Product strategy and roadmap for modern Compliance Control Pipelines

• Work with the Scrum teams to enable and enhance existing Compliance Controls which will improve end to end customer experience

• Supporting the development of automated risk detection throughout our compliance program.

• Enable to leverage machine learning to identify potential fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes to enhance Western Union’s ability to proactively prevent and accurately report suspicious transaction activity.

• Managing multiple projects and data requests in a timely manner.

• To co-ordinate with other PO/PMs to ensure that system solutions meet goals and meet business needs.

• Ability to query and analyze data to generate reports, analytics, and recommendations.

• Document and manage audit related processes and tasks.

• Interact with other internal departments to formulate recommendations and actions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact with cross-functional roles.

 

Role Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in the field of risk analytics in the financial services/online payment industry.

• Demonstrated ability to manage and maintain governance controls for Platforms and tools

• Excellent analytics and problem-solving capabilities, including advanced skills in statistical analysis.

• Proficiency in using business intelligence, data mining, and SQL for reporting and Analytics

• Hands-on experience with Snowflake.

• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.

• Knowledge on Machine Learning concepts is good to have

• Understanding of feature engineering, model selection/validation, and performance testing.

• Strong project management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.

• Knowledge of AML Compliance and experience with Snowpark would be an added advantage.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies. 

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few (https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund [EPF]

• Gratuity Payment

• Public holidays

• Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave

• Annual Health Check up

• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)

• Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance

• Cab Facility

• Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.  

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:

08-30-2024

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.