Director of Risk Management

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Director of Risk to oversee underwriting, risk management, and compliance functions in their payment facilitation business.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain policies and procedures for compliance, underwriting, and risk functions
• Manage and train compliance, underwriting, and risk teams while ensuring alignment with regulations and business objectives
• Oversee daily analysis of merchant activity and manage external compliance-related audits

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• At least ten (10) years of experience in compliance and/or risk management in the payments industry
• Advanced knowledge of relevant payments industry regulations
• Demonstrated ability to design and improve underwriting and risk policies in a fast-paced environment
• Experience managing operational relationships with sponsor bank risk teams