Risk Strategy Analyst
You will monitor platform transactions to identify unusual patterns potential fraud and high-risk activity. You will assess merchant onboarding risk and conduct ongoing reviews. You will work with Product Compliance and Operations to develop risk rules and workflows, use SQL Excel and Python to detect anomalies and create dashboards, and investigate incidents through root cause analysis. You will also track fraud trends payment regulations and crypto industry practices.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze platform transactions for unusual patterns fraud and high-risk activity
- Conduct merchant onboarding risk assessments and ongoing merchant risk reviews
- Develop risk control rules and workflows with Product Compliance and Operations
- Use SQL Excel and Python to detect anomalies create risk dashboards and generate insights
- Review incidents and perform root cause analysis
- Recommend process improvements to prevent recurring incidents
- Track evolving fraud trends payment regulations and crypto industry best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance Economics Data Analytics or a related field
- 2–3 years of experience in risk management fraud detection merchant risk or fintech risk roles
- Strong analytical skills handling large datasets
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Familiarity with merchant risk assessment payment fraud detection or KYB/KYC processes is a strong plus
- Skills in SQL Excel and/or Python
- Experience with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI is a plus
- Ability to manage tasks independently in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with AI or LLM applications in fraud detection risk management transaction monitoring or data analytics is a strong plus
- Familiarity with machine learning anomaly detection or AI-assisted decision-making is preferred