Fraud Rule Writer

Client of Capitex

We are seeking an experienced Fraud Rule Writer to join our team on a 12-month contract in Kuwait. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, tuning, optimisation, and ongoing enhancement of fraud detection rules across digital banking and payment fraud systems. This role plays a critical part in protecting customers and the organisation from emerging fraud threats while ensuring a balanced customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain fraud detection rules across digital and payment channels.
• Monitor rule performance and conduct regular tuning and optimisation to improve fraud detection rates while minimising false positives.
• Analyse fraud trends, attack patterns, and emerging threats to proactively enhance rule strategies.
• Collaborate with fraud operations, risk, data analytics, and technology teams to ensure effective rule deployment and system integration.
• Conduct impact assessments and performance reporting on rule changes and enhancements.
• Support testing, validation, and post-implementation reviews of fraud strategies.
• Ensure compliance with internal risk frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Provide documentation and governance support for all rule development and changes.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in fraud rule writing within digital banking, card payments, or financial services environments.
• Strong understanding of payment fraud typologies (e.g., card-not-present, account takeover, social engineering, mule activity).
• Hands-on experience with fraud detection platforms and rule engines (e.g., FICO, Falcon, Actimize, Featurespace, Feedzai, or similar).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into effective rule logic.
• Experience in rule tuning and optimisation to balance fraud prevention and customer experience.
• Knowledge of SQL or similar querying tools is highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Middle Eastern financial institutions is advantageous.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to fraud risk management.
• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field.