CDD High Risk Vertical Analyst

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a CDD High Risk Vertical Analyst to join our ever evolving Compliance and Risk Enablement team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

Location: Birmingham Office, Hybrid Working option available, rotational shift pattern between 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday.

What you'll own as the CDD High Risk Vertical Analyst

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Perform due diligence reviews across high-risk sectors including Cryptocurrency, Gambling, Marketplaces, Money Transmission and Payment Facilitators, amongst others.

• Drive strategic partnerships to accelerate the growth and mitigate the risk across our Enterprise portfolio.

• Manage relationships with business leaders, legal, compliance and external merchants.

• Collaborate with 2nd line Compliance, Risk and Legal to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and industry best practice whilst managing operational impact for both tactical and strategic initiatives.

• Identify complexities in high-risk models and ensure the right skills, tools, and analytical methods are used for onboarding.

Continuous Improvement:

• Support the development of compliance and risk frameworks to enhance operational efficiency. This includes contribution to, or where necessary the creation of, practical controls and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Collaborate with commercial teams to identify and assess operational challenges related to Merchant growth, including monitoring and reporting. Balancing commercial objectives whilst maintaining operational adherence.

• Support and implement key initiatives across impacted Operational business units.

Relationship Management:

• Develop and maintain an open and positive relationship with internal and external stakeholders, as necessary.

• Create a customer focused culture that has a clear understanding of risk and an innovative can-do mindset that achieves both the regulatory objectives and a good customer experience.

Training and Development:

• Where necessary, attend and contribute to relevant meetings, such as those focused on risk and compliance to represent and understand the operational impact for strategic initiatives.

• Keep up with global regulatory changes to better understand operational risks.

What you'll bring

Essential

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a compliance or risk management.

• A demonstrable understanding of legal and regulatory requirements pertaining to customer due diligence, Wolfsberg industry standards & card network rules

• Experience in the payments industry.

• Knowledge of high-risk vertical regulations such as gambling, payment facilitators, cryptocurrency and money transmission.

• You have a strong practical understanding of the importance of a rigorous control environment.

• A strategic thinker with the ability to identify, mitigate and communicate risks and issues that could impact the organisation and the customer experience.

• Ability to build a positive culture of continuous improvement and learning, encouraging professional development opportunities and knowledge sharing initiatives.

• Ability to maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, ensuring effective communication and alignment.

• Highly analytical and strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions.

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Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

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