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The Intelligence Analyst – Merchant and Loyalty Rewards Integrity role sits within the Fraud Fusion Center (FFC). This role focuses on identifying, analyzing and escalating rewards abuse, gamification-driven manipulation, and emergent threats across Citi’s credit card, checking, and broader rewards ecosystem. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, fast-learning, proactive, and able to synthesize intelligence from many inputs to identify risks early. They will be the connective tissue between intelligence, fraud strategy, product partners, and external institutions.
Job Responsibility:
Monitor and synthesize internal and external intelligence to identify emerging rewards-abuse schemes
Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to evaluate risk indicators, summarize patterns, and identify trends affecting Citi’s rewards ecosystem
Assess at-risk accounts and behaviors, identify signals of potential abuse, and document findings clearly for internal partners
Serve as a liaison between the FFC and industry working groups, gathering insights on new reward-abuse tactics and mitigation approaches
Participate in external fraud/loyalty-abuse roundtables and information-sharing forums
bring intelligence back into Citi for action
Work closely with Fraud Policy & Strategy, Product Teams, Data Analytics partners, AML, Citi Security & Investigative Services, and other internal stakeholders to share emerging intelligence, coordinate assessments, drive awareness of new threats, and support timely mitigation steps
Assist with documenting processes, investigative flows, and escalation pathways for rewards-abuse incidents
Maintain detailed investigative notes, intelligence summaries, and analytical artifacts within case-management systems
Support development of playbooks, best practices and process improvements relevant to rewards abuse detection
Ensure that investigative and analytic processes follow Citi standards and support the Fraud Fusion Center’s operational model
Balance day-to-day investigations with longer-term research initiatives
Prioritize assignments based on criticality, emerging risk and organizational needs
Escalate urgent issues when needed and assist with crisis-response workflows
Requirements:
2–5 years of relevant experience in one or more: Rewards abuse investigation, Loyalty or credit-card rewards operations with exposure to abuse cases, Fraud investigations in card or retail banking, Financial crime analysis or intelligence roles, Experience identifying or analyzing manufactured spend (MS) or MS-adjacent flows
Experience engaging with, monitoring, or researching forums, online communities, blogs, or groups where reward optimization, MS, arbitrage, and abuse tactics are actively discussed
Strong analytical ability to identify subtle indicators and emerging patterns across qualitative or semi-structured inputs
Strong written and verbal communication skills
ability to summarize complex information clearly
Highly curious, detail-oriented, and capable of independent judgment with limited supervision
Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional relationships
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Nice to have:
Direct prior work in: Credit-card loyalty programs, Offer/promotion design or governance, Merchant-funded rewards ecosystems, Financial fraud investigations
Exposure to fraud lifecycle concepts and risk management practices
Experience briefing leadership or participating in working groups
Familiarity with MS mechanics (e.g., gift card chains, pseudo-MS escalations, liquidation paths, partner loopholes)
What we offer:
medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays
discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards