Manager- Payments Risk Analytics & Controls

EXL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking an experienced Payments Risk & Analytics professional to translate regulatory guidance into actionable reporting, analytics, controls, and monitoring frameworks within the card payments ecosystem.

The role focuses on developing dashboards and reports, defining requirements, and designing control frameworks. You will collaborate with risk, compliance, operations, and technology teams to support regulatory programs and communicate insights to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payments, risk, analytics, operations, or regulatory compliance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with advanced data analysis experience.
• Experience developing dashboards and reporting using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Experience in control design, risk monitoring, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regulatory requirements and impacts on payments and settlement processes.
• Pull, analyze, and interpret data to develop dashboards, reports, and ongoing monitoring solutions.
• Define business requirements and document processes, controls, and procedures.
• Design and implement control frameworks and automated control monitoring.
• Partner with business, risk, compliance, operations, and technology teams to support regulatory programs.
• Present insights, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Payments risk analytics

Data analysis

Dashboard reporting

Risk governance

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Seeking an experienced Payments Risk & Analytics professional to support regulatory and risk initiatives within the card payments ecosystem. The role will focus on translating regulatory guidance into actionable reporting, analytics, controls, and monitoring frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regulatory requirements and assess impacts on payments and settlement processes.
• Pull, analyze, and interpret data to develop dashboards, reports, and ongoing monitoring solutions.
• Define business requirements and document processes, controls, and procedures.
• Design and implement control frameworks and automated control monitoring.
• Partner with business, risk, compliance, operations, and technology teams to support regulatory programs.
• Present insights, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Payments, Risk, Analytics, Operations, or Regulatory Compliance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with advanced data analysis experience.
• Experience developing dashboards and reporting using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Experience in control design, risk monitoring, and governance.

Preferred Domain Expertise

• Card payments and network settlement.
• Issuer, Acquirer, and Card Network operations.
• Settlement, reconciliation, and payment operations.
• Regulatory compliance and operational risk management.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to convert regulatory requirements into scalable monitoring and reporting solutions.
• Hands-on experience in payments and settlement processes.
• Comfortable working with global teams across the US and India.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.