Senior Lead Analytics Consultant - Global Fraud Monitoring

Position: Senior Lead Analytics Consultant - Global Employee Fraud Monitoring
About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Analytics Consultant to join the Global Employee Fraud Monitoring Strategies (GEFMS) team. This role provides strategic leadership for the design, governance, and enhancement of enterprise employee fraud detection capabilities. The position is responsible for shaping internal fraud proactive monitoring, driving enterprise-wide internal fraud risk coverage, and ensuring effective, sustainable controls across the organization.

The Senior Lead Analytics Consultant serves as a subject matter expert in internal fraud detection analytics, partnering with senior leaders, control functions, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify emerging risks, influence monitoring strategy, and develop scalable data-driven detection rules. This role requires advanced analytical expertise, strong risk management acumen, and the ability to lead complex initiatives that strengthen the company's control environment and internal fraud proactive  this role, you will:

Lead the strategy, design, development, and implementation of enterprise internal fraud detection rules

Drive the evolution of proactive monitoring by identifying emerging threats, assessing control gaps, and recommending rule enhancements to improve risk coverage and detection effectiveness.

Execute and oversee monitoring controls to ensure consistent and effective fraud detection

Provide thought leadership on fraud analytics methodologies, monitoring approaches, and industry best practices to strengthen the enterprise fraud risk proactive monitoring.

Utilize advanced SAS and SQL analytics to evaluate large, complex data environments, uncover fraud risk indicators, and develop and optimize detection strategies.

Translate complex business, operational, and control requirements into scalable analytical solutions that balance risk mitigation and  operational efficiency

Influence and partner with senior business leaders, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology, and control functions to drive implementation of monitoring solutions and control improvements.

Provide leadership and guidance on highly complex analytical initiatives, serving as a key consultant and escalation point for fraud detection strategy and monitoring decisions.

Operate with a high degree of independence, exercising sound judgment in managing priorities, resolving ambiguous issues, and making risk-based recommendations to senior leadership.

Support governance, documentation, and audit readiness for fraud monitoring activities

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of Analytics, Reporting, Financial Modeling or Statistics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education4+ years of hands‑on experience with SAS and SQL, supporting data‑driven rule development for fraud monitoring or identification of out‑of‑pattern or anomalous activity across large enterprise data sets Desired

Qualifications:

Deep knowledge of internal fraud risk management, employee fraud typologies, and proactive monitoring strategies

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing rule‑based detection strategies to identify potential fraud or  out‑of‑pattern or anomalous activity

Experience leveraging large, complex datasets to build proactive monitoring solutions that identify potential fraud signals

Experience in advanced analytics techniques, including statistical modeling, machine learning, and rule‑based detection approaches

Experience operating within large, complex data environments with disparate data sources, systems, and database structures

Quantitative educational background (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Mathematics) with extensive applied analytics experience

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