The Fraud Prevention Specialist is responsible for maintaining and promoting best practices to guard against financial crimes by identifying and analyzing fraudulent activity on transactions. Responsibilities include but are not limited to mitigating fraud across all avenues of the credit union, analyzing reports that are designed to detect potential losses, working with other financial institutions and with appropriate agencies in an effort to seek restitution, reporting of SARs and maintaining comprehensive case files on all investigations. Assisting other business units with fraud related issues as needed, all while promoting a supportive work environment. Assisting with fraud prevention software and procedures utilized by the credit union to determine the effectiveness in mitigating fraud. Most importantly, understanding and displaying absolute confidentiality in all aspects of the job function are of the utmost priority due to the sensitive nature of the position.