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Lead Analyst - Payment Operations Risk

London, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead Payment Operations Analyst driving analytics strategy and risk frameworks to ensure smooth fund movement and prevent financial discrepancies.

Role type

Senior IC payment operations risk analyst

Builds

Risk frameworks, control assurance models, data pipelines, and reconciliation reports for payment flows

Domain

Fintech / Cross-border payments / Risk Management

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

SQL, data pipeline construction, complex data modeling, statistical analysis, data visualization, stakeholder communication, problem structuring

Preferred skills

dbt, Python, fintech payments experience, risk analytics background

Technologies

SQL, dbt, Looker, PowerBI, Tableau

Responsibilities

Design risk thresholds and Key Risk Indicator frameworks; build control assurance models for risky payment flows; own data reconciliation for bank balances and customer funds; collaborate with auditors and risk partners to test control effectiveness; proactively identify emerging data trends to prevent financial losses; create visualizations and deliver analytical narratives to stakeholders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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