Risk Strategy Analyst
Monitor platform transactions, assess merchant onboarding and ongoing risk, develop risk controls and workflows, analyze data for anomalies and dashboards, investigate incidents, and 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
Benefits
- Cross-functional collaboration with relevant teams to improve customer experience
- Career advancement opportunities in a fast-growing organization expanding beyond APAC
- A culture that welcomes data-backed ideas and meaningful improvements