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11 дней назад

Head of Risk (Acquiring)

5 000 - 7 000€
Формат работы
hybrid
Тип работы
fulltime
Грейд
head
Английский
c1
Страна
Latvia
Вакансия из списка Hirify.GlobalВакансия из Hirify Global, списка международных tech-компаний
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Head of Risk (Acquiring) (Fintech): Building and leading the risk function for a scaling card acquiring business with an accent on merchant underwriting, fraud risk, card scheme compliance, and enterprise-wide risk management. Focus on defining risk appetite and controls, managing high-risk e-commerce merchants, and ensuring compliance with Visa and Mastercard programmes.

Location: Latvia; hybrid work

Salary: €5,000–€7,000 gross per month

Company

hirify.global is a staffing and recruitment agency building teams for fast-growing fintech and iGaming companies.

What you will do

  • Build and lead the Risk function, including risk policies, procedures, controls, risk appetite, and monitoring frameworks.
  • Own the full merchant risk lifecycle for card acquiring, from underwriting and onboarding through monitoring and offboarding.
  • Define merchant risk ratings, transaction limits, reserves, settlement conditions, and controls for higher-risk merchants.
  • Ensure compliance with Visa and Mastercard requirements, including VAMP, ECP/EFM, MATCH, VMSS, and remediation processes.
  • Oversee merchant fraud, chargebacks, transaction risk, emerging risk patterns, restrictions, holds, and merchant termination decisions.
  • Manage the enterprise-wide risk framework, including EWRA, risk registers, control mapping, KRIs, and reporting in collaboration with AML/Compliance, Operations, Product, and Engineering.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in risk, merchant underwriting, merchant onboarding, fraud, or payments risk within a card acquirer, Payment Institution, or EMI.
  • At least 1 year of hands-on card acquiring experience and strong knowledge of the merchant risk lifecycle.
  • Practical knowledge of Visa and Mastercard scheme rules, MCC classifications, merchant underwriting, fraud, and chargeback monitoring.
  • Hands-on experience with VAMP, ECP, EFM, MATCH, VMSS, and related remediation processes.
  • Experience with e-commerce and high-risk merchant risk, plus strong understanding of AML/CTF and financial crime risks.
  • English at C1 level required; Russian at C1 level preferred.

Nice to have

  • Russian language proficiency at C1 level.

Culture & Benefits

  • Collaborative and transparent team culture.
  • High-impact role in a scaling fintech company.
  • Competitive salary aligned with experience.
  • Recognition of personal milestones and achievements.
  • Social benefits.

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