Risk Analyst Senior | Risk & Compliance Systems, Fraud Prevention | Manchester
Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a Risk Analyst Senior to join our ever-evolving Risk & Compliance Systems, Fraud Prevention team and help us unleash the potential of every business.
What you’ll own as the Risk Analyst Senior
- Own and support transaction monitoring systems, including rules management, case management and issue resolution.
- Configure, maintain and optimize monitoring rules, controls, thresholds and attributes, balancing fraud loss prevention with operational efficiency.
- Act as a subject‑matter expert for transaction monitoring controls, UI capabilities and issues management across Fraud, Credit Risk and AML/Compliance.
- Continuously tune rules based on fraud loss trends, alert quality, and regulatory governance, to reduce false positives and operational rework.
- Perform post‑mortem fraud loss analysis, develop bespoke test rules, and make actionable, data‑driven recommendations.
- Collaborate with technology, product and third‑party vendors on platform stability, enhancements, and new feature delivery via roadmaps.
- Document risk assessments, monitoring controls and analysis, supporting control design, governance, audit and continuous improvement.
What you’ll bring
- Proven fraud and/or financial crime transaction monitoring experience, including rule management, alert analysis and control optimization.
- Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to take measured, risk‑aware decisions.
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to translate business and risk requirements into technical discussions.
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Added bonus if you have:
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning and backlog management.
- Ability to analyse monitoring performance data using SQL and/or Python to identify trends, anomalies and optimisation opportunities.
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