Payments Credit Risk Analyst

Third-Party Job Posts; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Payments Risk Credit Analyst in Washington, DC. In this role, you will assess financial risks, recommend credit limits, and analyze trends impacting our global payments portfolio. With over 3 years of experience in payments risk and a strong analytical background, you will thrive in a dynamic, remote-first culture while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position offers a competitive salary range of $75K to $120K, commensurate with experience.

Benefits

Full Paid Parental Leave

Home office stipend

Access to professional development courses

Qualifications

• 3+ years in payments risk, PayFac credit analysis, or merchant acquiring.
• Strong experience with risk frameworks for payment processors.
• Experience with SMB credit risk or merchant underwriting.

Responsibilities

• Assess merchant financials and payment flows.
• Recommend credit limits and reserves.
• Analyze chargeback and refund trends.

Skills

Payments risk analysis

Credit analysis

Risk assessment

Data analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel/Sheets

SQL

BI tools

Job description

How You'll Make an Impact:

As a Payments Risk Credit Analyst, you’ll play a key role in protecting Cloudbeds and our hotel partners as we scale rapidly. This role is highly impactful: your insights will directly influence how we onboard, manage, and protect our global payments portfolio. You’ll thrive by owning problems end-to-end, learning continuously as our product and payments offerings evolve, and helping us navigate the complexities of a hyper-growth fintech environment.

We’re a collaborative, data-driven team that safeguards Cloudbeds while empowering our customers to grow with confidence. We work closely with Finance, Legal, Customer Success and Sales to monitor merchant exposure, design credit and reserve frameworks, and anticipate risks before they materialize. We support one another, but also expect each team member to be self-driven and comfortable making decisions in an ambiguous environment.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Assess merchant financials, payment flows, and credit risk indicators
• Recommend credit limits, reserves, and payout hold thresholds
• Analyze chargeback and refund trends to detect emerging risks
• Review entity changes, liens, and restructuring for financial impact
• Partner across Finance, Risk Ops, and Legal to refine credit policy
• Support audits, board reporting, and ongoing credit policy reviews

What Sets You Up for Success:

• 3+ years in payments risk, PayFac credit analysis, and / or merchant acquiring
• Strong experience with risk frameworks for payment processors or SaaS companies running PayFac models
• Proficiency in Excel/Sheets; SQL and / or BI tools
• Experience with SMB credit risk or merchant underwriting
• Clear communicator who can simplify complex risk issues for diverse audiences
• High attention to detail with a bias for action

Bonus Skills to Stand Out (Optional):

• Background in fintech or hospitality payments
• Familiarity with chargeback processes and reserve adequacy modeling
• Knowledge of credit scoring frameworks and risk modeling tools (Python/R)
• Risk certifications (CRC, FRM, CFA, or similar)

Compensation:

Depending on your skills and experience, you can expect your annual compensation to be between $75K- $120K

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What to Expect - Your Journey with Us

Behind Cloudbeds' revolutionary technology is a team of redefining what's possible in hospitality. We're 650+ employees across 40+ countries, bringing together elite engineers, AI architects, world-class designers, and hospitality veterans to solve challenges others haven't dared to tackle. Our diverse team speaks 30+ languages, but we all share one language: a passion for innovation and travel. From pioneering breakthroughs in machine learning to revolutionizing how hotels operate, we're not just watching the future of hospitality unfold – we're coding it, designing it, writing it and shipping it. If you're ready to work alongside some of the brightest minds in tech who are obsessed with using AI to transform a trillion-dollar industry, this is your chance to be part of something extraordinary.

• Overall 10 Best Places to Work | HotelTechAwards (2025)
• Top 10 People’s Choice(2024)
• Remote First, Remote Always
• PTO in accordance with local labor requirements
• Full Paid Parental Leave
• Home office stipend based on country of residency
• Professional development courses in Cloudbeds University
• Access provided to professional Therapy and Coaching
• Access to professional development, including manager training, upskilling and knowledge transfer.

Everyone is Welcome - A Culutre of Inclusion

Cloudbeds is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that celebrates the diversity in our global team! We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Cloudbeds is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Cloudbeds will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process. We encourage deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and deaf-disabled individuals to apply. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our HR team by phone at 858-201-7832 or via email at [e-mail] . Cloudbeds will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.

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