Senior Analyst, Merchant Risk Operations

Airwallex • San Francisco, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a High-Agency Senior Analyst to join our Merchant Risk Operations team. This is not a traditional "reviewer" role; we are looking for a builder-operator. You will be responsible for the "grind"—the daily execution of complex merchant risk reviews—but you will use that experience to identify bottlenecks and build the systems, queries, and dashboards to eliminate them.

The ideal candidate is someone who doesn't wait for a manual to be written; they write the manual. You are technically self-sufficient, quantitatively rigorous, and possess a bias for action that allows you to unblock yourself and our Sales partners.

This role is based in San Francisco.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Merchant Risk, Fraud, or Credit Risk within Fintech or Payments.
• Proficiency in SQL: You must be comfortable writing queries to join tables and extract insights independently.
• Technical Resourcefulness: Experience building data visualizations and dashboards (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Sigma).
• Risk Expertise: Strong understanding of credit risk evaluation methodologies, including industry verticals, business models, and financial statement analysis.
• Communication: Ability to clearly explain complex risk decisions and policies to both internal stakeholders and external customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment.
• Knowledge of payment acquiring products, card network rules, and local payment methods.
• Experience working with Engineering/Product teams to build internal risk tools.

Responsibilities

• High-Volume Execution: Own the end-to-end risk lifecycle for complex merchants. You will conduct holistic fraud and credit risk assessments, determine exposure methodologies, and manage daily case queues with high efficiency and precision.
• Quantitative Self-Sufficiency: You will write your own SQL queries to extract data, perform root-cause analysis on chargeback spikes, and identify emerging fraud trends.
• Build & Visualize: Design and maintain real-time risk dashboards (Looker, Tableau, etc.) to monitor portfolio health and provide visibility to stakeholders.
• Strategic Risk Partnership: Act as a consultative partner to the Commercial team and other key stakeholders. You don't just provide "yes/no" answers; you clearly communicate the "why" behind risk decisions. You are responsible for educating commercial stakeholders on specific merchant exposures, whether they be credit, fraud, or regulatory, and ensuring they understand the trade-offs and risks. Your mission is to protect the business by providing transparent, data-backed rationales that align growth with our risk appetite.
• Process Iteration: Systematically identify "toil" in our current workflows. You will proactively streamline onboarding programs and collaborate with Engineering to automate manual steps, turning insights from your daily case reviews into scalable policy changes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed