Fraud Investigator at Betway Africa

• We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and superdrive will help us achieve our vision.
• The Fraud Investigator will be responsible for mitigating suspicious and fraudulent activity during the various phases of our customer journey with Betway. This will be achieved by identifying patterns, trends or anomalies which are outside of the ordinary customer’s behaviour. Monitoring and reviewing of high–risk transactions is required, and role further necessitates reporting of findings to escalated parties and stakeholders. There is a need for interaction with internal and external parties to explore, suggest and motivate on best practises to management.

What you’ll be doing

As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:

• Monitor real time engines and queues and identify high risk transactions within the business portfolio.
• Observe customer transactions to identify fraudulent activity such as account takeover, friendly fraud, theft and similar other risks.
• Identify fraudulent transactions and cancel them from further processing.
• Resolve queued transactions within the service level agreements to reduce potential revenue losses.
• Interact with banks and customers to validate information and to confirm or cancel authorizations.
• Resolve customer issues within the scope of existing service level agreements.
• Monitor constantly customer and transactional records to identify unauthorized transactions and fraudulent accounts.
• Maintain fraud analysis models to improve efficiency and effectiveness of company systems.
• Ensure confidentiality of all information collected during investigation.
• Determine existing fraud trends by analysing accounts and transaction patterns.
• Identify system improvements to prevent fraudulent activities.
• Recommend anti-fraud processes for changing transaction patterns and trends.
• Recommend new software tools used for fraud detection, prevention and reporting activities.
• Generate suspicious activity reports and risk management reports for Managers.
• Review SDD KYC for account deemed high risk.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate responses to disputes.
• Monitor disputed transactions for possible fraudulent activity.
• Serve customers by resolving product and service problem
• Reviewing of customer withdrawals and identifying suspicious patterns, trends or behaviours and taking the necessary action to secure the account.
• We applicable, logging of the necessary Suspicious Transaction Reporting or Suspicious Activity Reporting to the relevant stakeholders.
• This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. You may be required to complete other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential skills you’ll bring to the table

The necessary skills that we require for this role include:

• Familiarity with fraud prevention issues and suspicious transaction monitoring systems
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a financial services data analysis and/or risk management
• Knowledge of online payment systems, regulations, understanding of KYC and financial crime
• Degree or Diploma
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively
• Experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams, with a focus on achieving shared goals
• Expertise in managing multiple projects simultaneously, with a track record of delivering on time and within scope
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high standards of quality in all outputs
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing environments and priorities, maintaining effectiveness in dynamic situations
• Desirable skills you’ve got up your sleeve

It would be great if you also have some of the following skills:

• In-depth knowledge of sports betting markets, including odds calculation, betting types and market trends
• Previous experience in the online gaming or casino industry, with a strong understanding of player behaviour and industry regulations
• Familiarity with gambling regulations and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to legal standards
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint)
• Ability to use pivot tables and work with an advanced statistical database and statistical methods and functions.