Streaming Fraud Data Research & Analyst

Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

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We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.

How We Lead

UMG’s fraud prevention team is leading the industry by example in fighting the existential threats of streaming fraud and copyright fraud. This analyst role will be responsible for investigating and documenting ongoing patterns of suspicious behavior related to streaming fraud taking place on DSPs and social media platforms. This role can be based out of any of our US or European office locations or remote.

How You'll Create

Monitor and analyze large-scale streaming and social data to identify patterns of suspicious or manipulative behavior across platforms.
Detect and document potential abuse vectors, including artificial streaming activity, bot networks, fraudulent playlisting, or traffic anomalies.
Develop data-driven insights to inform anti-fraud strategies and escalate findings to internal stakeholders for enforcement and mitigation.
Collaborate with data, legal, and commercial teams to shape deal language and partner data requirements that strengthen UMG’s anti-fraud posture.
Work with DSP and third-party partners to improve data transparency and reporting related to user activity, play sources, and monetization.
Assist in defining and improving internal processes, dashboards, and alerting systems that help proactively surface new forms of fraud.
Support documentation and knowledge-sharing by maintaining logs of investigations, findings, and remediation outcomes.

Bring your vibe

Experience in an analytical or investigative role, ideally within digital media, fraud prevention, fintech, or trust & safety.
Strong data literacy — comfortable working with large datasets, using tools such as SQL and Python to identify trends and anomalies.
Experience with fraud detection, AML/KYC, or platform integrity systems is highly desirable.
Meticulous attention to detail and excellent recordkeeping — you’ll be logging evidence, maintaining audit trails, and documenting findings for internal and external stakeholders.
Comfortable translating technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical teams.
Familiarity with visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, or equivalent) and comfort working in cross-functional environments.
Analytical curiosity and persistence — you enjoy spotting irregularities, testing hypotheses, and helping design systems that make fraud harder to hide.
Familiarity with UMG repertoire, YouTube ContentID, Meta Rights Manager or TikTok’s MediaMatch is a plus.

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
Private Medical Insurance
25 paid days of annual leave
Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
Holiday Purchase scheme
Dental and Travel Insurance options
Cycle to Work Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Cars
Subsidised Gym Membership
Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know…

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

Job Category

Universal Music Group