Remote Senior Fraud Prevention Lead — Fintech

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work (LATAM)

Autonomy to shape risk strategy

Job summary

Jobgether invites a Senior Fraud Specialist to own and shape the fraud prevention function for an international remittance platform. This fully remote role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast growth, cross-border payments, and complex investigations.

You will design policies, monitor real-time activity, and develop detection models while balancing risk with a seamless user experience. Based in Mexico, you will collaborate with distributed teams to build scalable controls.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in fraud prevention in fintech or cross-border payments.
• Proven ability to build fraud prevention policies and risk management frameworks.
• Strong experience in transaction monitoring, investigations, alert management, and model improvement.
• Familiarity with AML/CFT and KYC regulatory frameworks.
• Analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate with limited resources in a fast-growing environment.
• Leadership potential to establish processes and lead a team.
• Comfort working remotely with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and continuously improve the fraud prevention framework for remittances and cross-border payments.
• Monitor transactions in real time and analyze patterns to detect suspicious activity.
• Develop and optimize detection rules and risk controls to minimize fraud and user friction.
• Investigate complex cases and coordinate responses to security incidents.
• Evaluate and improve detection models and investigation workflows.
• Identify fraud typologies such as identity theft and mule accounts.
• Own fraud prevention operations and prioritize initiatives by risk.
• Lay foundations to scale the function and potentially build a team.

Skills

Fraud prevention

Policy development

Transaction monitoring

Fraud investigations

AML/CFT knowledge

KYC knowledge

Data analysis

Leadership potential

Remote collaboration

Growth mindset

Job description

Jobgether invites a Senior Fraud Specialist to own and shape the fraud prevention function for an international remittance platform. This fully remote role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast growth, cross-border payments, and complex investigations.

You will design policies, monitor real-time activity, and develop detection models while balancing risk with a seamless user experience. Based in Mexico, you will collaborate with distributed teams to build scalable controls.