Peter Liston
@peterliston
I’m a FinCrime-focused Senior Data Analyst, leading end-to-end fraud and scam analytics with scalable data and governance-ready reporting.
What I'm looking for
I’m a FinCrime-focused Senior Data Analyst with 6 years of experience in fraud, scams, and mule-risk analytics at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). I’ve delivered up to 25% year-on-year reduction in digital scam losses by leading end-to-end analysis—from problem definition and investigation through SQL/Python data preparation, risk-indicator design, and production deployment.
I build scalable datasets, aggregated views, and automated reporting pipelines in SQL, Python, SAS, Snowflake, and Tableau to improve financial crime detection and simplify data querying. I also translate complex investigations into governance-ready reporting, visualisation, and presentations for Fraud, Risk, and senior stakeholders, building on regulator-facing operations experience at Northern Trust, Ireland.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Delivered up to 25% year-on-year reduction in digital scam losses by leading fraud/scam analysis and detection improvements. Led detection strategy and rule optimisation, using trigger attribution and overlap analysis to identify monitoring gaps and produced governance-ready scenario analysis for senior stakeholders.
Led end-to-end delivery of fraud detection capabilities, from investigation and data preparation through production rule deployment and documentation. Built scalable datasets and automated reporting pipelines and designed real-time fraud rules and monitoring outputs to improve control effectiveness and reduce avoidable alert volume.
Produced fraud trend, intelligence, and metric reporting to support risk response prioritisation and portfolio-level strategy. Developed automated data pipelines and intelligence feeds to improve visibility of emerging fraud threats and partnered with Fraud Operations, Risk, and Strategy to translate findings into tactical interventions and control changes.
Prepared and reviewed time-critical client tax documentation for submission to regulators and custodians across multiple jurisdictions. Managed data quality across tax systems and handled regulator and client requests within strict deadlines.
Education
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National University of Ireland, Galway
Bachelor of Economics and IT, Economics and IT
Bachelor of Economics and IT from the National University of Ireland, Galway.
University of New South Wales
Advanced Analytics Upskilling Program, Applied Analytics and AI/ML
Completed a 120-hour Advanced Analytics Upskilling Program covering applied analytics, AI/ML, and decision-focused modelling.
H2O AI Bootcamp
AI Bootcamp, Machine Learning
Completed an applied machine learning and model development AI bootcamp.
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