Scientist, Decision Sciences

**Scientist, Decision Sciences - Santa Costa Rica**

Are you energized by analyzing data? Are you ready to join an advanced team in a global company that customers depend on to prevent fraudulent transactions? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive Then, it’s time to join Western Union as a Scientist, Decision Sciences.

**Western Union powers your pursuit.**

**Role Responsibilities**
- Develop real-time and batch risk models to screen online transactions and stop fraudulent ones
- Continuously tracking and evaluating the effectiveness of risk models and rules
- Document and communicate model results and insights to senior staff in Risk Management.
- Analyze online transaction activity to identify loss reduction opportunities and devise actionable plans to exploit such opportunities
- Profile customer behavior to identify opportunities to enhance model/rule performance
- Conduct ad-hoc data analysis in response to internal and external analytic requests.

**Role Requirements**
- Bachelor´s degree in a quantitative-related field (Statistics, Math, Operations Research, Engineering, etc)
- 1+ years of SQL programming experience.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills to convey fraud insight
- Ability to analyze problems and produce a justification to enhance fraud decisions.
- Working knowledge of statistical analysis tools like Phyton, R, Matlab, Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, etc

**We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.**

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

**Benefits**

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few

Your Costa Rica
- specific benefits include:

- Asociación Solidarista
- Paid time off including extended maternity leave
- In house company doctor services
- Continuing Education
- Transportation services options
- Parking spaces
- Hybrid model work
- Flexible Working Schedules if applicable
- Referral Program award
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and committees to volunteer with
- Carpooling Program
- Price Smart membership
- Pan American Medical and Life insurance
- Cafeteria Subsidy

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