Fraud Strategy Manager (Fintech)

Location: United Kingdom; hybrid working with office attendance on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and remote working on Tuesday and Friday

Company

hirify.global is a European fintech company building a payment product designed to help customers pay for purchases without traditional credit costs.

What you will do

• Own and evolve fraud strategy across application fraud and in-life fraud.
• Design, optimize, and monitor scalable fraud controls across the customer lifecycle.
• Analyze fraud trends, customer behavior, operational outcomes, and performance metrics to identify emerging risks.
• Partner with Fraud Operations, Product, Engineering, and Data teams to implement prevention measures, decisioning rules, and automated controls.
• Develop strategies for KYC, PEP, and sanctions controls in line with Compliance requirements.
• Drive targeted initiatives, governance, documentation, and measurable improvements across fraud and financial crime controls.

Requirements

• Experience in fraud strategy, fraud risk, financial crime, or customer risk management, ideally in fintech, payments, banking, or consumer lending.
• Strong understanding of application fraud, in-life fraud, fraud controls, and customer lifecycle strategies.
• Experience designing or optimizing fraud rules, decisioning strategies, controls, or operational processes.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to turn data into practical decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Experience working with operational and technical teams on fraud prevention or financial crime initiatives.
• Good understanding of KYC, PEP, sanctions, or financial crime control frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working schedule with three office days and two remote days each week.
• Pension, income protection, death-in-service cover, and private medical insurance.
• Share options scheme for permanent employees and £200 toward a work-from-home setup.
• Mental health support, remote GP and physiotherapy access, and employee assistance services.
• Professional qualifications, memberships, e-learning, internal training, and FCA and regulatory training.
• Enhanced family leave policies, workplace socials, casual dress code, and everyday shopping discounts.