Senior Payments Risk Manager

Job Summary

To support a growing portfolio of live merchants, the full-time Senior Payments Risk Manager will monitor transaction activity, identify emerging risks, and conduct investigations into unusual patterns while working remotely.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively monitor live merchant portfolios to identify financial, fraud, operational, and compliance risks
• Own investigations into concerning merchant or transaction activity, documenting findings and providing data-driven recommendations
• Recommend risk mitigation actions based on investigation findings, balancing merchant impact with financial and operational risk

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payments risk, merchant risk, transaction monitoring, or related functions
• Experience monitoring live merchant portfolios and transaction activity
• Strong investigative skills with the ability to analyze transaction data and identify unusual patterns
• Understanding of merchant acquiring and the payments lifecycle
• Ability to independently manage investigations from initial signal through resolution