PRAVEEN KUMAR
Risk Analyst
Bangalore,KA
Summary
I am an experienced Risk Analyst with 10 years of experience at Amazon, specializing in quantitative analysis, fraud detection, and risk mitigation strategies. Proven expertise in identifying complex fraudulent patterns across global marketplaces and improving operational workflows. Adept in SQL, Tableau, and root cause analysis, with strong communication skills to influence decision-making and cross-functional collaboration. Committed to delivering data-driven insights that enhance customer experience and reduce financial risk.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Risk ANALYST
Amazon
01.2021 - Current
- Working on SQL using Redshift to perform data analysis and develop project scope and collaboration.
- Generate quantitative actionable insights to support the data and insights for decision making.
- Streamlining the process and creating SOP's for the downstream Process.
- Analyzing and clustering the data for downstream operations team for real time deep dive.
- Build and maintain ETL pipelines for table creation.
- Lead business review reports and act as a lead POC for (Account take overs) hacking and Support Business team with deep dive and help analyzing trends and propose path to green.
- Build dashboards on Quick-sight to visualize business level trends.
- Created Kibana Alarms for monitoring the ongoing fraud trends and understand the evolving pattern and to mitigate the pattern at the root level.
- Initiated SMS pumping project which mitigates the fraud MO's related to the mobile SMS.
- Created Kibana Alarms for the past MO patterns. These alarms helped the team to avoid duplication of work and increased the productivity time by 25% on weekly basis.
Sr Risk Specialist
Amazon
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Collaborated with business analytics and ML teams to resolve complex issues across markets.
- Led fraud detection initiatives across payment platforms and developed preventive logic using SQL.
- Built Tableau dashboards and ETL reports to track fraud trends and performance metrics.
- Created investigation clusters, simplified workflows, and automated batch processes via Git Bash.
- Conducted RCA, shared insights with leadership, and contributed to SOP and tool improvements.
- Trained new analysts and facilitated cross-functional project execution for operational efficiency.
Transaction Risk Investigator
Amazon
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Identified fraud trends across global marketplaces to reduce e-commerce risk.
- Collaborated with analytics and workflow teams to ensure process efficiency.
- Trained and mentored new hires to improve investigation quality.
- Supported management with insights during volume spikes and escalations.
- Led audits, analyzed root causes, and proposed solutions to improve accuracy and output.
- Contributed to SOP updates and tool enhancements through site-level projects.
- Shared fraud patterns with the team to prevent future cases and improve FCR.
Education
Master of Business Administration - undefined
ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY
01.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
RMD ENGINEERING COLLEGE
01.2010
Skills
- Risk Mitigation
- Kibana
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- Tableau Dashboarding & Data Visualization
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Workflow Management & Process Audits
Operational risk
Tableau visualization
Microsoft Excel
SQL proficiency
Risk mitigation
Risk analysis training
Professional risk manager
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Kannada
Upper intermediate (B2)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
Personal Information
Title: RISK ANALYST
Timeline
Risk ANALYST
Amazon
01.2021 - Current
Sr Risk Specialist
Amazon
01.2018 - 01.2021
Transaction Risk Investigator
Amazon
01.2016 - 01.2018
Master of Business Administration - undefined
ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
RMD ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Accomplishments
Created dashboard for the amazon customer data. Where the sign-in events of the customer are represented in an organized chart. Which helped in identifying the MO Modus Operandi. By providing details about various attributes involved in the sign-in activity of the customer.
Created Kibana Alarms for the old MO patterns which are already worked to track the upcoming traffic following the similar MO pattern. This helped the team to avoid the duplication of tasks.
Certification
Six Sigma Green Blet Certified from MSME Govt of India
Work Preference
Work Type
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$45000/yr - $100000/yrImportant To Me
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Quote
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett
Software
SQL
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