Fraud & Compliance Operations Director

Cypress HCM
Los Angeles, CA

Location: Burbank, CA 91505 or LA, CA 90038

Onsite: 100% onsite

Schedule: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM


About The Role

The Fraud & Compliance Operations Manager leads a team in day-to-day fraud monitoring, investigation, and compliance enforcement across Paramount’s corporate spend programs including Corporate Credit Card, Business Travel Accounts (BTAs), and P-Card, as well as third-party/vendor transactions. Reporting into the Compliance function, this role partners closely with the Expense Audit Team, Data Analytics, HR, Finance, and Legal to identify risk, conduct investigations, and drive accountability. This is a hands-on operational role within a function that is actively being built; the right candidate is comfortable contributing across both strategy and execution.


Core Responsibilities

Expense Account Monitoring & Fraud Analytics

  • Analyze data to detect patterns and irregularities; partner with Data Analytics to build and maintain monitoring frameworks and red-flag detection
  • Conduct audits of expense reports, card transactions, and supplier payments to identify anomalies, policy violations, and potential fraud
  • Lead fraud investigations end-to-end, validating transaction authenticity, documenting findings, and coordinating escalations with HR, Legal, and external partners
  • Maintain case documentation, audit trails, and reporting dashboards in compliance with internal standards

Procure-to-Pay Compliance Monitoring

  • Monitor compliance with corporate expense and reimbursement policies across the full procure-to-pay cycle
  • Track exceptions, identify repeat violators, and drive timely resolution
  • Oversee purchase order governance and identify failures in PO validation and receipt processes
  • Build and operate third-party spend monitoring programs to identify potential supplier fraud

Reporting, Insights & Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Produce regular reporting on fraud findings, compliance trends, and exception patterns
  • Deliver actionable insights to support risk-informed decision-making
  • Partner with Communications to develop employee-facing awareness and policy communications
  • Coordinate with Security, Policy, HR, Finance, and Legal on investigations and control enhancements


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of fraud monitoring, fraud investigation, and interviewing experience
  • Experience with fraud detection, compliance investigations, and risk monitoring
  • Strong SQL, Excel, Power BI, or Tableau skills
  • Experience with Concur, SAP, or Oracle financial systems
  • Strong understanding of expense reimbursement policies, financial controls, and procure-to-pay workflows
  • Experience developing queries, monitoring frameworks, and recurring audit processes
  • Ability to present findings and influence stakeholders across multiple levels
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities
  • Strong discretion handling confidential and sensitive matters


Preferred Qualifications

  • CPA, CIA, CFE, or related certification
  • Experience with machine learning or predictive fraud modeling
  • SOX or AML exposure
  • Background in financial services, banking, insurance, or other regulated environments
  • Experience with fraud detection platforms and case management systems


Pay Rate: $54.31-$59.31/hr.

Contract Duration: 6+ months with potential extension

Requisition ID: PMOUNTJP00001169

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