Fraud Analyst
Profile Code: AL-BFS-05
- ₹6.5 LPA (Median Salary)
- Lecture Duration 2hrs
- Course Duration 10 Weeks
Skills You Learn: Fraud Detection | Fraud Investigation | Transaction Monitoring | Fraud Risk Assessment | Financial Crime Prevention | AML Fundamentals | Chargeback & Dispute Management | Case Management | Fraud Pattern Analysis | Risk Analytics | Advanced Excel | SQL | Power BI | Data Visualization | MIS Reporting | Banking Regulations | Compliance & Governance | Analytical Thinking | Critical Problem Solving | Professional Communication
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About This Course
A Fraud Analyst protects the organization from financial loss by detecting suspicious activity and strengthening fraud controls. The role combines alert monitoring from fraud rule engines/transaction monitoring systems with investigative deep-dives. Analysts review cases, validate evidence across KYC, device/IP, geo, transaction logs, merchant details, and customer support records, and decide whether to block, hold, or clear activity. They track fraud KPIs such as fraud rate, loss rate, false positives, time-to-detect, and recovery/chargeback outcomes. A major responsibility is improving detection strategies: tuning thresholds, proposing new rules/signals, identifying fraud rings, and partnering with product/engineering to add step-up authentication, velocity limits, or verification checks while minimizing customer friction. Root-cause analysis is critical—finding which channel, partner, or process gap is exploited and recommending permanent fixes. The role suits candidates who enjoy pattern recognition, investigative reasoning, and fast, high-impact decisions, and can grow into fraud strategy or financial crime leadership.
Course Content
5 modules · 10 weeks · 2hrs/daySQL Course
The **SQL Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Fraud Analysts in the BFSI industry, including database fundamentals, SELECT queries, filtering, sorting, joins, aggregate functions, GROUP BY, HAVING, subqueries, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), window functions, CASE statements, views, stored procedures, indexing, query optimization, transaction management, fraud data extraction, suspicious transaction analysis, customer risk profiling, AML reporting, anomaly detection, data validation, audit reporting, and large dataset management to retrieve, transform, and analyze financial data for fraud detection, risk assessment, compliance, and informed investigative decision-making.
Excel Course
The **Excel Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Fraud Analysts in the BFSI industry, including workbook management, formulas, functions, data validation, sorting, filtering, conditional formatting, Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, Power Query, Power Pivot, fraud trend analysis, transaction reconciliation, exception reporting, statistical functions, dashboards, What-If Analysis, Solver, VBA automation, KPI reporting, risk analysis, audit documentation, suspicious transaction tracking, compliance reporting, and interactive dashboards to identify anomalies, monitor fraud patterns, improve investigation efficiency, and support data-driven fraud prevention.
Case Management Tools Course
The **Case Management Tools Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Fraud Analysts in the BFSI industry, including case creation, alert management, workflow management, investigation lifecycle, incident tracking, evidence collection, customer due diligence, Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) workflows, Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) management, sanctions screening, document management, escalation procedures, audit trails, collaboration tools, task assignment, compliance monitoring, reporting, regulatory documentation, and system integration to streamline fraud investigations, improve case resolution, and strengthen regulatory compliance.
Power BI/Tableau Course
The **Power BI/Tableau Course** covers basic to advanced business intelligence concepts for Fraud Analysts in the BFSI industry, including data integration, data transformation, data modeling, KPI development, dashboard creation, interactive visualizations, fraud detection dashboards, suspicious transaction monitoring, customer risk analysis, AML reporting, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, DAX or calculated fields, drill-through reports, automated reporting, executive dashboards, compliance reporting, performance monitoring, forecasting visualization, and business intelligence techniques to transform financial and fraud data into actionable insights for proactive fraud prevention and strategic risk management.
Python Course
The **Python Course** covers basic to advanced concepts for Fraud Analysts in the BFSI industry, including Python fundamentals, variables, data types, control statements, functions, object-oriented programming, file handling, exception handling, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, data preprocessing, statistical analysis, fraud detection models, anomaly detection, machine learning fundamentals, automation scripting, API integration, text processing, reporting automation, predictive analytics, data visualization, and model evaluation to analyze financial transactions, detect fraudulent activities, automate investigations, and support intelligent risk management and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor financial transactions for suspicious activities
- Detect and investigate fraudulent transactions
- Analyze fraud patterns and trends
- Perform fraud risk assessments
- Review high-risk customer accounts
- Validate alerts generated by fraud monitoring systems
- Conduct case investigations and document findings
- Recommend fraud prevention measures
- Collaborate with AML, Risk, and Compliance teams
- Prepare fraud investigation reports
- Support chargeback and dispute resolution
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal policies
- Improve fraud detection strategies
- Maintain fraud databases and records
- Minimize financial losses through proactive fraud monitoring.
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Fresh Graduates | B.Com Graduates | BBA Students | MBA Finance Students | M.Com Graduates | Banking & Finance Aspirants | Fraud Prevention Professionals | Risk & Compliance Executives | Operations Professionals | Data Analytics Enthusiasts | Financial Services Professionals | Career Switchers | Anyone Interested in BFSI Fraud Risk Careers
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