Verafin Data Science Specialist Financial Crime Insights

As a Data Science Specialist reporting to the Head of Product Marketing youll play a meaningful role in transforming proprietary financial crime data into strategic insights that demonstrate the value of Nasdaq Verafins fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions.

Youll thrive in this position if youre analytical strategic and passionate about using data to fight financial crime while enabling business growth in a fast-paced high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze client deployment data to quantify solution ROI measuring fraud losses prevented efficiency gains and investigation time saved.

• Leverage consortium data from 2700 financial institutions to produce industry benchmark reports and peer performance comparisons.

• Partner with sales and marketing teams to create data-driven customer success stories case studies and presentation materials that demonstrate product effectiveness.

• Monitor aggregated data to identify emerging fraud trends and money laundering patterns translating findings into thought leadership content.

• Present analytical insights to customers and stakeholders in executive briefings quarterly business reviews and industry conferences.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science Statistics Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.

• 3 years of experience in data science or analytics roles ideally in fraud detection AML banking or fintech.

• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python (or R) for data analysis and visualization.

• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to translate complex findings into compelling narratives for non-technical audiences.

• Collaborative mindset with experience working across marketing sales and product teams in a matrixed environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of financial crime concepts fraud detection methodologies and AML compliance.

• Experience with big-data frameworks (e.g. Spark) and cloud platforms (AWS).

• Background in creating executive-level reports white papers or thought leadership content.

This position will be located in St. Johns or Toronto and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 3 days a week in-office subject to change providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age color disability national origin ancestry race religion gender sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression veteran status genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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