Merchant Risk Specialist, Amazon Payment Services

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or economics.
2+ year of relevant experience in a financial, banking, or credit card processing field.
At a minimum, an understanding of Underwriting, KYC, AML, PCI DSS, and Card Schemes' Regulations.
Solid understanding of fraud risk management practices, as well as practices for prevention, detection, remediation and reporting of fraud within financial institutions.
Knowledge of merchant payment processing, particularly risk and operational processes.
Outstanding problem solving and decision making skills.
Ability to analyze complex data, draw meaningful conclusions, and make holistic business recommendations.
Ability to approach problems in a quantitative and qualitative manner.
Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Ability to communicate points of view on complex and challenging topics professionally with supporting rationale; ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to internal and external stakeholders with appropriate clarity and discretion.
Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build rapport with members of other departments.
A top performer with a proven track record of success.
Accuracy and attention to detail. Ability to work additional hours and on weekends as and if needed.
Arabic native tongue with excellent command of written and spoken English.

Amazon Payment Services( earlier Payfort) serve the needs of online shoppers in all Arabic speaking and surrounding countries through our trusted, secure payment network that gives everyone the opportunity to shop online safely and easily.

We build trust between buyers and online sellers by enabling consumers to transact online using the payment options they prefer with complete security and peace of mind while supporting the most popular payment methods available globally.

Amazon Payment Services is regional expert in payment processing technology and solutions across major markets in the GCC & Levant countries, operating in UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Qatar.

Key job responsibilities
Assess brand reputation, compliance, fraud, and financial risk to determine risk exposure on new and existing merchants and take an appropriate course of action.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams, partners, and 3rd party providers to assess non-financial risk - brand, reputational, legal and compliance risk.
Use business transaction reports, billing cycle reports, and investigative research tools to conduct financial and non-financial risk assessment of merchants as they are prospected, signed, and on-boarded by Sales team.
Understand differences and requirements of different merchant sizes (large enterprises - small/medium businesses - small/casual sellers).
Investigate and use new sources of third party data to assess merchant risk.
Conduct ongoing monitoring of credit, fraud, and dispute/chargeback trends by merchants in order to detect changes and anomalies from expected performance.
Work closely with our Account Managers and other teams to manage anomalies as they come up.
Leverage your knowledge, and work with different teams to evolve merchant risk management to provide guidance towards the automation/improvements of merchant risk evaluation.
Responsible for assisting with Risk reporting, creating, and updating procedures.
Analyzes current fraud trends and provide input to adjust rules and parameters.
Assist with the development, implementation, and monitoring of fraud prevention initiatives.
Collaborate with 3rd party and Acquiring Banks to develop and execute plans for the resolution of fraud cases.
Develop and complete projects as assigned by management.

A day in the life
Executes against established SOPs and identify opportunities for process improvement
Identify gaps in controls and processes
Establish SOPs, process controls, recommend revisions and ensure alignment with risk and regulatory requirements.
Observe, escalates & resolve gaps in processes or controls
Communicates and defends processes and controls to peers in partner organizations
Perform deep dive analysis and creates COE based on identified deviations and recommends appropriate solutions.
Earns trust of peers by understanding operational processes related to risk management programs and product offerings
Makes recommendations as inputs into product and technology roadmap discussions
Research and recommend innovative technology solutions to management
Identifies, prioritizes and coordinates work streams necessary
Influences internal teams to uphold and maintain program control
Recommend to product and technical teams improvements to technical risk management solutions to drive program efficiencies

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or economics.
2+ year of relevant experience in a financial, banking, or credit card processing field.
Experience in merchant underwriting at an Acquiring Bank.
Experience in fraud management.
Knowledge and experience in SQ