Senior Associate, Consumer Fraud Risk Operations

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Associate, Consumer Fraud Risk Operations to lead real-time risk engine optimization and support global merchant risk programs. You’ll work within a team to enhance risk performance, partnering with product and operations to drive smarter risk decisions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in fraud risk within payments, strong SQL skills, and the ability to communicate risk indicators across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in fraud risk function with experience in payment industry.
• Strong data mindset and analytical skills; SQL is a must and Python is preferred.
• Deep understanding of real-time payment risk controls and ability to identify risk and remediation actions.
• Strong project management skills for improving rules, models and products.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate key risk indicators with non-risk colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Optimize risk engine rules based on merchant fraud and dispute patterns and feedback.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor merchant risk and payment performance.
• Support merchant new product launches or events with risk expertise.
• Work with merchants on fraud or chargeback solutions and drive improvement plans.
• Suggest improvements to real-time risk controls, policies and processes.
• Present real-time risk solutions to internal and external partners to build AWX’s risk brand.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data mindset

Analytical skills

Fraud risk awareness

Job description

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.

About the Team

The Operations team at Airwallex ensures the smooth and efficient functioning of our services and processes. We focus on optimizing workflows, improving operational efficiency, and delivering exceptional customer support. By streamlining operations and implementing best practices, we help drive the company's growth and maintain high service standards. Our team is dedicated to providing a seamless experience for our customers and supporting Airwallex’s mission to empower businesses globally.

What you’ll do

As the Senior Associate, Consumer Fraud Risk Operations, you will independently work on real time risk engine optimization initiatives to enhance merchant transaction success rate and reduce merchant’s risk level globally. You will be working within a team environment to serve as a credible partner that makes sound decisions and provides support to team members. Working towards understanding Industry risk idiosyncrasies and providing feedback to model makers and product managers, you will be one of key stakeholders to improve our merchant’s risk performance.

Responsibilities

• Optimize risk engine rules based on assessment of Airwallex’s merchant fraud & dispute pattern and commercial’s feedback
• Partner with cross-functional team to monitor merchant risk and payment performance and continue to enhance rules’ efficiency and accuracy
• Support merchant new product launch or sale event by providing best-in-class risk support
• Work with merchants on fraud or chargeback solutions and provide guidance towards the risk performance improvement plans
• Provide suggestions on current real time risk control products, policies, and processes in order to improve the risk prevention and operational effectiveness
• Envisioning and presenting AWX real-time risk solutions to internal and external partners to build up AWX’s risk brand

Minimum qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in fraud risk function with experience in payment industry
• Strong data mindset and analytical skills where SQL is a must and Python is preferred
• Deep understanding of payment real time risk controls and has strong ability to identify the risk and remediation actionsExperience in problem-solving, including the ability to recognize non-obvious patterns and out-of-the-box thinking
• Has strong project management skills for improving rules, models and products
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Skills to communicate key risk indicators with non-risk-colleagues are essential

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To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.