Crypto Risk Strategy Analyst

Coins.ph; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

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Job summary

Coins is seeking a Risk Analyst to design, implement, and optimize risk strategies with a focus on merchant risk management and transaction monitoring. You will work with cross-functional teams to balance growth with robust controls in a regulated crypto/payments environment.

The ideal candidate has 2–3 years in risk roles, strong analytics, and experience with KYB/KYC processes, SQL/Excel/Python, and BI tools. This role offers growth within a dynamic fintech company in Asia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field.
• 2–3 years of risk management, fraud detection, merchant risk, or fintech risk roles.
• Strong analytical skills with experience handling large datasets.
• Proficiency in English for cross-team communication.
• Familiarity with merchant risk assessment, payment fraud detection, KYB/KYC is a plus.
• SQL, Excel, Python; BI tools like Tableau/Power BI are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze platform transactions to identify unusual patterns or high-risk activities.
• Conduct merchant onboarding risk assessments (KYB) and ongoing reviews.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Operations to develop risk control rules and workflows.
• Use data analytics tools (SQL, Excel, Python) to detect anomalies and create risk dashboards.
• Review incidents, perform root cause analysis, and suggest process improvements.
• Keep up-to-date with evolving fraud trends, payment regulations, and crypto best practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Risk management

Fraud detection

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Economics/Data Analytics

Tools

SQL

Excel

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Coins is seeking a Risk Analyst to design, implement, and optimize risk strategies with a focus on merchant risk management and transaction monitoring. You will work with cross-functional teams to balance growth with robust controls in a regulated crypto/payments environment.

The ideal candidate has 2–3 years in risk roles, strong analytics, and experience with KYB/KYC processes, SQL/Excel/Python, and BI tools. This role offers growth within a dynamic fintech company in Asia.