Fraud Operations Team Leader

Jaja Finance; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer finance company in Manchester seeks a Fraud Operations Team Leader to lead a customer-facing operational team. The role requires someone with 3+ years of fraud operations experience and at least 1 year of team leadership. The ideal candidate will provide exceptional customer service while managing fraud investigations and team development. Join a company on a mission to redefine consumer finance with flexible work options and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension contributions

Bonus potential

Private medical cover

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in fraud operations.
• 1+ year of team leadership experience.
• Ability to prioritize workloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead a customer-facing operational team within Fraud Operations.
• Support recruitment and development of the team.
• Track and influence core KPIs for the operational team.

Skills

Fraud operations experience

Excellent customer service

Team leadership

Tools

Telephony systems

Messaging systems

Case management systems

Job description

About Jaja

Our Mission:Empowering our customers to buy, borrow, and build—driven by tech, fuelled by data, and built for the future.

Our Company Values: Care Deeply, Adapt & Thrive, Challenge everything, Go for it! Own it, Make it Simple

Jaja is an innovative UK based consumer finance business, leading initially with a digital credit card launched in 2018, and a pipeline of consumer finance solutions in the making.

We are on a mission to redefine the consumer finance experience and liberate customers from needless complexity, wasted time and frustration. Or as we say it, Make Simple.

We will delight our customers – making the customer experience simpler, more enjoyable, more intelligent – treating customers fairly and giving them more control of their money.

Why Join Us?

This is a chance to make a real impact in a growing business on a mission to change the face of the consumer finance industry forever.

We have a collaborative team structure fuelled by an exciting mix of people, welcoming experienced people from the industry with both feet on the ground and tech-savvy dreamers who pave way for the new stuff. Come as you are and be yourself!

Fraud Operations Team Leader | Hybrid (Manchester – Minimum 2 Days Onsite)

Purpose of the Role

To lead and manage a customer facing operational team within our Fraud Operations function ensuring exceptional customer experience, operational efficiency, and compliance with regulatory requirements .

About You

We are looking for someone with Fraudoperationsexperience and knowledge, to manage a team offraud investigators. We are looking for a candidate with the right attitude,ethosand knowledge to be successful and are happy to receive applications from team leaders who have experience at both managing people and fraud processes.The successful candidate will have a flair and passion for delivering exceptional customerservice, providing high quality coaching,trainingand ongoing support to their team.

We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude with the knowledge and initiative to support continued development of the FraudOperations function. Ifyou’resomeone that loves to lead from the front, bring ideas to fruition and is an exceptional people person; we look forward to hearing from you!

Key Accountabilities

• Day to day support and prioritisation of team deliverables

• Track and influence core KPI’sfor an operational team

• Support recruitment and development of the team, including resource planning

• Work closely with the Fraud Operations Managerto ensure processes and SLAs are in line with regulation and dealt with adequate to levels of urgency

• Collaborate with fraud strategy teams, providing a feedback loop of emerging trends and patterns based on customer interactions.

• Understanding the quality of operational execution and plug any gaps through training and upskilling ofteam members.

• Support investigations of complex fraud cases in instances where customer engagement isrequired.

• Understanding impact of fraud and financial crime processes on customer experience and drive overall satisfaction

• Championing fraud & financial crime awareness within the company and for our customers

• Managing people and HR related processesfor your team.

Expectation

• Leading by example and rolling up sleeves to get things done.

• Embedding structure and setting the right foundations for the future

• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage time effectively

• Passionate about combatting fraud & financial crime, whilst creating a good experience for our customers

• Enable insights that allow us to simplify processes for our customers and differentiate Jaja from other products.

Essential skills and Experience

• 3+ Years experience workingin a fraud operations role with at least 1 year of team leadership experience.

• Understanding of credit card user journeys from onboarding to transaction authorisations and e-servicing, and links to fraud and financial crime

• Experience usingindustry standard telephony,messaging andcase management systems

• Experience of managing people and people related processes

Desirable skills and experience

• Knowledgeable on regulations that apply to the credit card market

• Understanding of fraud and financial crime strategies

• Understanding ofcreditbureau data andindustry standard fraud detection and investigation tools

What's in it for you?

• The chance to make a real impact in a growing business on a mission to change the face of the consumer finance industry forever
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for flexibility to support work-life balance
  
• Pension contributions
• Bonus potential
• Private medical cover
• 25 days annual leave (FTE) plus UK bank holidays and your birthday off (with an additional day added for each full calendar year worked, up to a maximum of 30 days).
• 4x life insurance cover
• Employee assistance program