Be Unstoppable
We're on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world. To achieve this, we're building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.
We're looking for someone who shares our passion for crypto and blockchain technology and is eager to leave their mark on the world. If you thrive in a high-pressure environment with talented colleagues and actively seek feedback to improve, this could be your dream job.
About the Role:
You'll work on the Payments Risk Analytics team as a Push Payments Analyst. Your responsibility will be to identify and mitigate payments fraud risk without impacting core metrics or customer experience.
This role reports to the Manager of Push Payments within Payments Risk Analytics and can be based remotely in Ireland.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify, investigate, and mitigate fraud across various payment methods (Visa/Mastercard, SEPA, iDEAL, UK Faster Payments, etc.).
* Implement logic targeting bad actors and high-risk behavior associated with unauthorized deposit activity.
* Review and respond to alerts regarding anomalous customer and transaction behavior.
* Measure fraud performance across European payment methods, develop core metrics, and create dashboards to track them.
* Proactively identify and close gaps in monitoring.
* Own risk controls from end-to-end and scale processes to cover expanding business areas.
* Manage reporting processes and communication with banking partners.
* Collaborate with internal stakeholders in Product, Growth, Data Science, and Engineering to develop custom risk management strategies and techniques.
* Use data to make risk decisions affecting large customer segments and effectively measure tradeoffs using quantitative analysis.
* Synthesize data insights into compelling stories and communicate them to Payments Risk leadership.
Your Qualifications:
* 4+ years of relevant experience.
* 2+ years fighting fraud in payments, Visa/Mastercard, SEPA, and other push payment fraud in e-commerce or financial services.
* 2+ years of data analysis experience working with databases and querying (e.g., SQL, MySQL, Python).
* BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
* Strong knowledge of European monetary policy, push payment processes, and fraud claim investigations.
* A passion for fighting fraud and abuse, and curiosity to self-drive investigations, identify patterns, and find root causes.
* Experience in data analysis using SQL.
* Data visualization and storytelling skills using Looker, Tableau, or other business intelligence platforms.
* Ability to independently plan analytics projects and build collaboration within the team.
* Demonstrate our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.
Nice to Haves:
* Understanding of statistical concepts and experience applying them.
* Experience working with quantitative tools like Python or R.
* Experience with machine learning models and teams.
* Knowledge of blockchain analytics and/or fraud trends within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.