Cyber Fraud Specialist

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world's most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.
Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure:
Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.
With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

• Serves as a fraud prevention, detection analytics, and fraud intelligence subject matter expert, leveraging fraud detection platforms, data analysis, and investigative techniques to identify, prevent, and mitigate fraud risk.
• Performs advanced analysis of fraud detection system outputs, alert populations, case outcomes, and operational data to identify fraud trends, emerging threats, control gaps, detection opportunities, and false positive reduction strategies.
• Partners with internal technology, product, data, and development teams to enhance fraud detection capabilities, improve data quality, support system integrations, and fraud prevention initiatives.
• Works directly with fraud detection vendors and service providers to evaluate system performance, investigate detection gaps, enhance detection models, improve fraud identification rates, and reduce false positive volumes.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates fraud metrics, detection performance reporting, fraud intelligence, and emerging trends to fraud analysts and fraud leadership
• Serves as a technical SME in areas of fraud, fraud prevention technology, fraud detection systems, and data analysis.
• Interacts with employees across the enterprise (e.g., relationship managers, Legal Department, Human Resources, Technology, Risk Management, and Operations teams) and external parties (vendors, SMEs or other financial institutions) in the course of fraud prevention and investigative activities, as appropriate.
• Consults with management regarding complex, sensitive, or high‑risk fraud matters.
• Support daily fraud alert reviews and post‑mortem case investigation across multiple systems for both internal and external fraud risk
• Reviews fraud alerts/behavioral anomalies, transactions, and ad hoc intelligence to identify potentially unauthorized activity or fraud.
• Analyzes data using OSINT tools and techniques to reconcile potentially fraudulent activity, including complex account movements involving multiple transaction channels, accounts, applications, or client relationships.
• Completes investigations to determine if a financial crime (fraud, money laundering, or terrorist financing) has occurred involving clients or internal employees
• Serves as a key subject matter expert and mentor to less experienced analysts.
• May manage daily operational activities and review work of less experienced employees (but not in a formal management role).
• Maintains the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive data, systems, policies, analyses, and case details while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies.
• Completes process improvement initiatives, technology enhancements, fraud detection optimization efforts, and strategic fraud prevention projects as assigned.
• Operates independently and carries out activities that are large in scope, cross‑functional, and technically difficult.
• Role is balanced between fraud prevention alert processing, fraud…