Fraud Strategy Quantitative Analyst

6 Days ago • 3 Years + • Data Analyst

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Fraud Strategy Quantitative Analyst at PlayStation, you will leverage advanced mathematical, statistical, and computational methods to analyze transactional data, optimize fraud prevention, and enhance payment decisioning. Key responsibilities include performing in-depth analysis to address strategic areas in the customer journey, developing ad-hoc models, collaborating with other data scientists and engineers, and communicating findings through compelling visualizations and reports. Your work will directly impact the security and user experience across the entire PlayStation ecosystem, ensuring safe and frictionless logins, gameplay, and purchases. The role requires expertise in SQL, Python, and data visualization tools, alongside a solid understanding of financial and statistical theories.
Must have:
  • 3+ years quantitative analysis experience in fraud/payments
  • Strong SQL, Python skills
  • Data visualization skills (Tableau, etc.)
  • Bachelor's degree in quantitative field
  • Understanding of financial/statistical theories
  • Strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in video games industry
  • Advanced knowledge of fraud trends in digital payments
  • Experience with ML/AI models

Job Details

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Role overview:

As a member of the Fraud Strategy team, you will analyse transactional and historical data using various methodologies to generate insights that optimise fraud prevention and payment decisioning. Your work will support our mission to enhance security and reduce friction, ensuring customers can safely log in, play, and make purchases across the PlayStation® ecosystem. Through your domain expertise and a deep understanding of our data, your insights and analysis will play a pivotal role in our strategy for this area.

What you'll be doing:

  • Apply advanced mathematical, statistical, and computational methods to solve complex fraud and revenue optimisation problems
  • Perform in-depth analysis to address key strategic areas in the customer journey, decipher analytical results, and deliver insights using hypothesis testing and experimental design
  • Perform ad hoc modelling and analysis to understand broad trends within and across our data, evaluate vendor solutions, and drive our roadmap strategy
  • Work closely with other Fraud Strategists, Data Scientists, and ML Engineers to collaborate on areas of opportunity
  • Share and simplify findings to tell stories of analyses through dashboards, reports, data visualisations, and other internal forums

What we're looking for:

  • 3+ years or equivalent in related quantitative analysis experience in a subject area relevant to fraud and payments
  • Solid technical skills in SQL, Python, or equivalent. Additional knowledge of data visualisation tools (Tableau, Domo, etc.)
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or other quantitative field
  • Solid understanding of financial, mathematical, and statistical theories and practices, and a deep understanding of the modelling process and model performance indicators
  • Experience with ML/AI models is a plus
  • Strong written and verbal communication

Desirable:

  • Experience in the video games industry
  • Advanced knowledge of fraud trends in digital payments, e-commerce, and online transactions

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.  


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