Fraud Strategy Associate

Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets.

As a Fraud Strategy Associate, you’ll own the end-to-end integrity of Brex’s fraud and risk ecosystem across credit, deposit, and card payment rails.

Responsibilities

Strategic Analysis & Detection

• Use SQL and Python to mine large-scale data, and apply LLM-based tools to detect and automate the identification of fraudulent patterns across credit, deposit, and card payment rails.
• Design and refine automated detection logic to proactively mitigate risk while maintaining a frictionless experience for legitimate customers.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and regulatory shifts to rapidly deploy new defensive strategies against novel fraud vectors.

Operational Excellence & Process Ownership

• Optimize the internal processes for fraud investigations, ensuring operational discipline, case visibility, and high-fidelity documentation.
• Serve as the strategic bridge between Risk Leadership, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to integrate fraud-prevention infrastructure into the core product lifecycle.
• Define and manage the technical requirements for internal AI-driven tools and third-party risk-reduction platforms.

Metrics, Reporting & Performance

• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as false positive rates, fraud capture rates, and operational turnaround times.
• Build and maintain scalable reporting suites to provide real-time visibility into fraud exposure and program effectiveness for senior stakeholders.
• Conduct deep-dive post-mortems on fraud incidents to quantify financial impact and recommend structural process improvements.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in fraud strategy, risk operations, or data-driven business operations within a financial services or high-growth fintech environment.
• Capable with SQL and/or Python for data wrangling, statistical modeling, and automation.
• Proven ability to build scalable processes and manage complex projects from data exploration through to operational rollout.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex analytical findings into clear, executive-level strategic narratives.

Bonus Points

• Advanced Certification: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation.
• Experience with Snowflake, Salesforce, and data visualization platforms like Hex.
• Experience managing fraud risk and operational workflows for products spanning multiple geographic jurisdictions.
• Experience utilizing AI tools to enhance internal operational efficiency.

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $111,197 - $138,996.