Fraud Analyst
Career Level: 09 Developing Posting Date: 24 Jul 2025
Fraud Analyst – ClearAccept (Part of ClearCourse Group)
Location: Manchester (Hybrid)
Role type: Full-time, Permanent
ClearAccept, part of the ClearCourse Group, is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Fraud Analyst to join our Risk and Compliance Team. Based in our Manchester office with hybrid working available, this role offers a great opportunity to develop your fraud prevention and investigative skills in a growing fintech environment.
Reporting to the Senior Compliance Officer, you’ll play a hands-on role in supporting daily monitoring activities to mitigate fraud risks. From investigating chargebacks to identifying transactional anomalies, your work will directly support the integrity of our operations and protect our merchant network.
We’re looking for someone with at least two years’ experience in fraud prevention within a financial services setting, who’s comfortable handling data and liaising with internal and external stakeholders. More importantly, we’re looking for someone eager to grow, learn, and contribute to a high-performing team.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Managing and responding to chargeback disputes within set timeframes and card scheme rules
2. Analysing trends and patterns to identify root causes and propose preventative measures
3. Preparing reports on chargeback volumes, win/loss ratios and operational KPIs
4. Ensuring compliance with card network regulations and internal policies
5. Investigating suspicious transactions and raising SARs when necessary
6. Reviewing merchant accounts and performance on an ongoing basis
7. Liaising with merchants to gather further information or clarify transactional activity
8. Supporting process improvements and anti-fraud strategies
9. Maintaining organised records of all chargeback and fraud activity
10. Collaborating with internal stakeholders to resolve issues and recommend risk mitigations
What we’re looking for:
11. At least 2 years’ experience in fraud prevention or compliance in a financial services setting
12. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
13. Strong analytical skills with an ability to spot patterns and anomalies
14. Working knowledge of Visa and MasterCard chargeback regulations
15. Good understanding of AML controls and ongoing merchant monitoring
16. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
17. High attention to detail, well organised and diligent
18. Self-motivated, reliable, and able to work both independently and as part of a team
19. Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines
20. Experience in a regulated financial services firm (highly desirable)
Benefits include:
21. Hybrid-working model
22. 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
23. Volunteering days
24. Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
25. Private medical cover with cash plan
26. Enhanced Company Pension
27. Employee wellbeing perks including the Calm app, cycle-to-work scheme, and discounted gym memberships
28. Retail discounts and an Employee Assistance Programme
Why ClearCourse?
Join a rapidly growing collaborative of disruptive technology companies working together to build a brilliant software and payments business with exceptional people and the best products and services. Across our portfolio of tech platforms, we’re creating an environment where talented entrepreneurs and businesses flourish.
Since our inception in 2018, we’ve acquired software and services companies at a rate of more than one a month, so as a ClearCourse employee you’ll benefit from the feel of an innovative, close-knit start-up environment, with the opportunity to work with significant assets during an exciting phase of our evolution.
Across our whole business, we’re investing in our people, expanding our expertise and developing our vision. Want to get on board? We’d love to speak with you.
We offer a competitive benefits package which includes life assurance, private medical cover, income protection, company pension and 25 days annual leave, as well as additional flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle and enhance your well-being.
About ClearCourse
Our software products service clients in the Membership Services, Business Services, Events & Leisure, Retail and Payments Solutions industries. Our solutions help organisations become more efficient, effective and profitable, and achieve their goals by providing them with technology platforms that integrate seamlessly with the most popular CRM, event management and marketing automation platforms.
Our FAIR Corporate Values
Future-proof: We seek out innovation and we continually strive for progress
Approachability: We’re approachable and we communicate with respect and empathy
Integrity: We will only do what we believe to be the right thing
Responsibility: We are accountable for ourselves, our organisation and the world around us