Data Scientist, Plooto
Fraud Risk
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B2B payments & receivable platform
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B2B payments & receivable platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the financial engine to power companies today—and tomorrow.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 5+ years professional experience related to fraud detection/risk analysis in payment/fintech industry not included internships/coops
- Proficiency in advanced data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent
- Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to think strategically and stay ahead of evolving fraud tactics
- Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams
- A track record of implementing successful fraud detection strategies and delivering tangible results
What the job involves
- As a Risk Data Scientist, your responsibility will involve fraud and payment risk monitoring. You will build data visualization tools and alerts to proactively identify potential threats, analyze trends, and develop effective preventive risk controls
- You will collaborate closely with our Risk Operations team and turn their insights into actionable risk solutions. You will also effectively manage Plooto’s risk solutions to ensure the accuracy and efficacy of risk decisions
- Conduct in-depth trend analysis using large datasets, identifying anomalies, emerging fraud trends, and potential fraudulent activities across our platform, including NSF, stolen financials, scams, and ATO
- Develop and maintain advanced data visualization dashboards, alerting, and reports to track trends and the effectiveness of fraud prevention measures, providing actionable insights into evolving fraud pressures and taking proactive steps to address identified issues
- Design and implement complex fraud monitoring rules to proactively detect and combat fraudulent activities
- Continuously refine and optimize fraud monitoring rules, ensuring their accuracy and efficacy in real-time threat mitigation
- Collaborate closely with the Risk Operations team and integrate their insights to create a proactive approach to risk management
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure data quality
Our take
Plooto was formed to solve a really big problem - that the majority of all businesses fail due to poor management of finances and cashflow. Traditional solutions for small businesses are expensive or faulty, leaving many owners to rely on consumer products or send checks.
Plooto offers cash flow management tools that enable businesses to automate accounts payable and receivable functions under a single platform. To find a solution that does both is rare, which is why the company has garnered both interest and investment since founding.
The company's success will likely rely on its ability to address the challenges of as many entities as possible, which is has continued to invest in further customizing its product. So long as it can answer the evolving needs of the space, we predict a bright future for Plooto.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2022
$20m
SERIES B
Apr 2021
$5.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $28.9m
Company benefits
- Health & dental plans - Includes 100% coverage of prescriptions and $2,000 for paramedical care (like massage therapists, and chiropractors)
- Mindfulness apps - Full subscriptions to meditation apps (including Calm, Headspace, and 10% Happier)
- Work/life balance - Flexible work-from-home policies, generous general leave options, and a home office stipend
- Team building - Regular social events, including catered lunches, live and virtual coffee chats, and after-work socials
- Career building - Opportunities for training and professional development, plus access to industry events in the Toronto tech community
Company HQ
CityPlace, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Serguei Kloubkov
(Founder & Co-CEO)Earned their stripes as a developer at DataLink before starting Vast, a successful Casual Games company where they single handedly wrote the entire game engine for Hard Hitting Hockey.
John McLane
(CEO)Has over 20 years of experience in enterprise software spanning private equity, finance, strategy and operation.
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