Financial Crimes Technical Administrator

STCU is consistently rated one of the top-performing credit unions in the nation, and has been named one of Fortune Magazines Great Places to Work. We look for employees who have a strong desire to serve others, are lifelong learners, are committed to working hard, have a fun-loving attitude, and who want to make a difference in our members lives. We love people who share our core values: Joyfulness, generosity, belonging, goodness, and striving. We believe in being a force for good in the community, while helping members achieve their financial goals and dreams.

STCU offers excellent benefits: 
 Paid time offplus 11 paid holidays!
 Medical, dental, vision and life insurance 
 Flexible schedules and remote-work opportunities
 Training and career development
 Success sharing plan
 401(k) matching contributions
 Tuition reimbursement

An overview of the benefits can be found here.  
Salary range: $30.63 - $42.88 per hour

The Financial Crimes Technical Administrator manages and optimizes fraud prevention systems to protect STCU from financial crime. This role combines technical expertise with fraud risk insight to configure system rules, monitor transactions, and minimize losses while balancing false positives. Responsibilities include collaborating with vendors, implementing updates, and leveraging tools such as SQL and Python to adjust system parameters based on emerging fraud trends.

Core Job Requirements/Outcomes

• Build, administer, implement, and maintain fraud prevention system solutions that enable business growth and strategic initiatives by partnering with stakeholders and vendors to assess new products, configure controls and thresholds, evaluate ROI, and monitor performance for continuous improvement.
• Minimize fraud losses by proactively adapting fraud prevention strategies through serving as a subject matter expert in systemic fraud controls, rules, thresholds, analytics, and alerting capabilities; independently implement rule and threshold changes in response to emerging fraud trends and communicate updates to stakeholders, business units, and vendors.
• Provide leadership and committees with timely, accurate insights by aggregating data from multiple sources, maintaining the Financial Crimes dashboard, and delivering comprehensive reporting to support informed decision-making.

Other Essential Functions

• Maintain knowledge of regulatory changes impacting Reg E, ITPP, BSA, Reg Z or fraud as well as MasterCard vendor fraud rule changes and compliance.
• Possess strong business and financial acumen with the ability to think and execute strategically and maintain positive relationships, both verbally and in written form with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Ensure the necessary monitoring, prevention and reporting are performed internally and from our vendor partners for card fraud compliance. (ADC, EDS, MC)
• Accomplish tasks with little supervision and prioritize multiple initiatives and deadlines in a fast-paced environment by completing all tasks on time and with minimal errors on a consistent basis.

Education: Associates degree in information systems, computer science, or a related field or equivalent relevant work experience required. Bachelors degree in a related field preferred.

Certification: At least one industry standard certifications related to fraud, data analytics, or rule writing required or completion within first year of employment.

Job Experience: Minimum of three years work experience in fraud prevention and system administration required. Demonstrated experience in rule writing, PowerBI, Python and/or SQL required.

Software Skills: Proficient knowledge of MS Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.

Physical Demands: Must be able to regularly talk, hear and operate a computer, keyboard and mouse and occasionally lift, pull/push and carry up to 10 pounds with accommodations.

Work Conditions: Exposure to constant or intermittent sounds at a low or moderate level consistent with an office setting. Exposure to high-stress, fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

Other: Perform additional duties as assigned for the efficient operation of the department and the organization. This includes the possibility of being assigned temporarily to other locations.

Please review our website for more informaiton at stcu.org/careers.

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