• Application Deadline:
• Position: Risk Strategist


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 7 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Location: Lekki, Lagos

Department: Compliance & Risk

The Role

• Within the Risk team, as a Risk Strategist you will serve as the internal consultant to various cross functional teams including product, engineering, partnerships and growth on all topics related to risk and card network rules.


• The ideal candidate will use their expertise in risk to advise on new product development, prioritization of market expansion, risk management strategies and establishing internal controls.


• Risk Strategist will develop recommendations that ensure Flutterwave can move rapidly while managing risk in every aspect. 

In this Role You Will

• Collaborate with key stakeholders (e.g. Product Managers, Engineering, Compliance, User Policy, Risk Partnerships, Legal, etc) to evaluate the development of new products and advise on the risk / fraud-related requirements and controls that need to be established to ensure Flutterwave manages product / transaction risk. 


• Establish the risk appetite for both individual products and across Flutterwave’s entire portfolio. 


• Lead ad hoc risk-related projects end-to-end to support market expansion, new products or risk management. 


• Be the internal expert on card network (Visa / Mastercard / Amex / Discover) rules and our acquiring or issuing bank contractual requirements. 


• Conduct research, analyze data and put forth recommendations and proposals that drive decisions on product, risk management and partnerships.  


• Take ownership of undefined bodies of work and create a structured process that allows Flutterwave to move fast in identifying and executing on opportunities. 


• Own the product risk assessment process for rollouts of new products or enhancements. 


• Influence risk / compliance product and engineering roadmaps 

Required Competencies and Skills

• 7+ years experience in payments at a card network, an acquiring bank or related payments technology company. 


• Deep understanding of risk and fraud


• Experience analyzing and interpreting card network rules 


• Strong project management experience


• Solutions based mindset when working cross functionally across various stakeholders


• Negotiating with product, engineering, sales and legal to ensure alignment.