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Payments Risk Analyst Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

This role focuses on data-driven payment analysis, chargeback optimization, automation, risk mitigation, and operational excellence. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering ...

Monitor and analyze the performance and usage of Visa's risk solutions for A2A payments and provide feedback and recommendations for enhancements and new features * Support the development and ...

Data Science Engineer, Payment Risk

San Jose, CA ยท Remote

$134K - $161K/yr

Your ability to pull and analyze data will help you find ways to improve Adobe.com risk decisioning ... Payments Partnerships and Finance. * Establish Fraud Prevention capabilities based on predictive ...

Corporate Insurance Analyst

Goleta, CA ยท On-site +1

$80K - $90K/yr

... status, payments, and reserves * Maintain and analyze risk-related data including schedules of values (SOVs), COPE data, and insurance spend to develop reports and dashboards * Contribute to ...

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What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Payments Risk Analyst, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Payments Risk Analyst, you need strong analytical skills, knowledge of financial regulations, and experience in risk assessment, typically supported by a degree in finance, economics, or a related field. Familiarity with transaction monitoring systems, data analysis tools like SQL or Excel, and certifications such as CAMS or CFE are commonly required. Attention to detail, critical thinking, and effective communication are vital soft skills to excel in this role. These competencies are crucial for identifying and mitigating payment fraud, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining the integrity of financial operations.

What are some common challenges faced by Payments Risk Analysts in monitoring and mitigating transaction fraud?

Payments Risk Analysts often encounter the challenge of quickly identifying and responding to evolving fraud patterns while maintaining a seamless customer experience. The role requires balancing proactive risk detection with minimizing false positives, which can inadvertently affect legitimate transactions. Analysts must collaborate closely with data scientists, compliance teams, and customer service to continuously refine fraud detection models and stay updated on emerging threats. Staying adaptable and leveraging advanced analytics tools are key to success in this fast-paced environment.

What are Payments Risk Analysts?

Payments Risk Analysts are professionals responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with payment processing systems and transactions. They analyze transaction data to detect fraudulent activities, ensure compliance with regulations, and develop strategies to minimize financial losses for organizations. Their work often involves using advanced analytics and risk management tools to monitor trends, investigate suspicious activities, and recommend improvements to payment processes.
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Principal Product Operations and Risk Analyst

Principal Product Operations and Risk Analyst

Circle

San Diego, CA โ€ข On-site

Full-time

Posted 22 hours ago


Job description

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world's leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle's platform includes the world's largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.

What you'll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you'll be responsible for:

Support the day-to-day management and operation of Circle's Product Risk Management function. The goal of this function is to partner closely with Product Managers to identify, assess, prioritize, mitigate, and report on product risks. The role supports the overall Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program's goal of maintaining and growing Circle's resiliency by identifying, assessing, and preparing its operations for any internal and external factors and risks that could interfere with reaching its goals and objectives.

What you'll work on:

  • Help drive business strategy by collecting and analyzing data to track product performance such as user behavior, product usage, and customer feedback. Find opportunities for improvement and regularly present on product performance and product/business insights.

  • Work with executives and C-level leaders across product and engineering to define cross-org processes to increase execution efficiencies and facilitate cross-team collaboration.

  • Drive product processes, such as the product development process, the user research process, and the product launch process. Select and rollout tools, such as product management software, data analysis tools.

  • Drive product related policy management, issue management, change management, risk assessment, third-party risk management, and training.

  • Build standards for the product team, such as documentation standards, testing standards, and release management standards.

  • Ensure product and XFN teams follow standard product launch processes to build and launch products, identify, understand and mitigate risks. Implement, drive and ensure that teams are effectively monitoring product risks post launch and doing issue management.

  • Lead assessments, monitoring, and reporting on risks inherent to business activities, including compliance, legal, security, finance and 3rd parties. Self-identify, report, monitor, and remediate issues.

  • Support the ongoing risk management across functions by engaging as a key business partner with ERM, early in the process, in risk discussions and ad-hoc interactions to support ongoing risk identification, ownership, mitigation and acceptance.

  • Lead and implement periodic reviews, executive level reporting, and recommend updates to the policies, processes, tools, and templates to reflect the changing environment (e.g., new products).

  • Work with auditors and regulators on audits and identify new mitigations and follow through across teams.

What you'll bring to Circle:

Principal Product Operations and Risk Analyst

  • 10+ years working in risk management for B2B and B2C products and experience working in a financial services, payments or technology companies

  • Executive presence with an ability to influence and work hands-on with other cross-functional team leaders, such as lawyers, engineers, and product managers.

  • Experience leading diverse teams in a complex, matrixed organization.

  • Experience working at the intersection of Product and Risk and a solid understanding of risk management principles, methodologies, and frameworks, including knowledge of market, credit, operational, and compliance risk.

  • Ability to build and define Enterprise Risk Management frameworks and programs.

  • Experience in embedding a risk culture in a rapidly growing business environment, preferable technology or financial services.

  • Proficiency in data analyses using SQL

  • Partner with leaders effectively employing clear and structured communication to tell a "story" focused on business insights & data.

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $185,000-$237,500

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status required by the laws in the locations where we hire. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out toaccommodations@circle.comfor support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.

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