Portfolio Risk Analyst

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Portfolio Risk Analyst to join our Compliance organization. This role combines strategic oversight and hands-on execution, focusing on managing and optimizing the risk profile of a key financial product and its users, with a strong emphasis on fraud prevention, data analytics, monitoring, automation and control creation.
The ideal candidate is a data-driven problem-solver with a strong background in fraud risk, credit card payments, or e-commerce, and is passionate about protecting users and businesses from evolving threats. You will thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Data, Operations, and external vendors to ensure a best-in-class risk posture.
What youll do:
Manage and oversee the risk portfolio of a major financial product, including end-to-end risk and fraud performance monitoring.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive fraud\service not rendered chargeback framework, including rule-writing, scoring strategies, and risk engine optimization.
Analyze complex datasets and user behaviors to identify risk patterns, fraud trends, and mitigation opportunities.
Build, monitor and communicate (written/verbally) KPIs and benchmarks to measure fraud prevention performance at the portfolio, product, and merchant levels.
Own and drive the development of policies, processes, and documentation for fraud prevention and risk portfolio management.
Collaborate closely with product managers, analysts, operations teams, and third-party vendors to implement and refine risk tools.
Ensure the functionality and effectiveness of fraud detection systems; track rule effectiveness, precision rates, recalls rates, false positives, vendor performance, and communicate main OKRs to C-level executives.
Handle complex fraud escalations and support risk-related ad hoc projects and initiatives.
Stay ahead of evolving fraud threats and regulatory changes impacting the fintech and e-commerce landscapes.