Risk Operations Specialist San Francisco, CA

Parafin; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range 118k-123k USD

Equity grant

Unlimited PTO

Work-from-home flexibility

Free lunches

Paid parental leave

401(k)

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Parafin, Inc. in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Product Operations Specialist to help scale operations and grow our capital products. You will run best-in-class processes for payments and fraud and become an expert on Parafin’s Capital products, solving day-to-day issues and building documentation.

You’ll work with cross-functional teams to improve merchant experience, manage risk reviews, and analyze data for growth, in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of work experience
• 2–3 years in fintech/payments ops
• Strong understanding of payments
• Quantitative / detail-oriented
• Thrives in startup environment

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing operational solutions to evaluate complex business risk issues
• Automate and streamline ops processes, build in-house or engage vendors
• Conduct reviews to assess risk factors for high-priority merchants
• Troubleshoot payment issues with merchants and provide high-quality service
• Coordinate cross-functional work streams with support, data science, compliance, and engineering teams
• Review processes and provide feedback to improve product operations
• Collaborate with partners to identify risk and investigate fraud
• Use data-driven analysis to identify optimization and growth areas

Skills

Payments knowledge

Data analysis

Quantitative

Entrepreneurial mindset

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

At Parafin, we’re on a mission to grow small businesses.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but traditional banks often don’t have their backs. We build tech that makes it simple for small businesses to access the financial tools they need through the platforms they already sell on.

We partner with companies like DoorDash, Amazon, Worldpay, and Mindbody to offer fast and flexible funding, spend management, and savings tools to their small business users via a simple integration. Parafin takes on all the complexity of capital markets, underwriting, servicing, compliance, and customer service for our partners.

We’re a tight-knit team of innovators hailing from Stripe, Square, Plaid, Coinbase, Robinhood, CERN, and more — all united by a passion for building tools that help small businesses succeed. Parafin is backed by prominent venture capitalists including GIC, Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Thrive Capital.

Parafin is a Series C company, and we have raised more than $194M in equity and $340M in debt facilities.

Join us in creating a future where every small business has the financial tools they need.

About the Position

We are looking for a Product Operations Specialist to help us scale operations and grow our capital products.

This role will be a critical operator of the company's product suite by providing a positive experience for the small businesses we support. You will be responsible for running and building best-in-class processes for payments and fraud. You will become an expert on Parafin’s Capital products, digging deep into the details to solve problems, and being an on-the-ground operator to support day-to-day functions, from troubleshooting payment issues to data analysis to building documentation.

Are you an adaptable all-rounder who is passionate in building at scale, while enjoying rolling up your sleeves to get the job done? Are you excited to work collaboratively at a fast-growing startup to help grow small businesses? If so, come join us!

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Assist in developing operational solutions to help evaluate complex business risk issues in a fast-paced environment
• Find solutions to automate and streamline ops processes, leading efforts to build in-house or finding external vendors
• Conduct reviews to assess risk factors for high-priority merchants
• Troubleshoot and resolve payment issues with our merchants, while providing high-quality service via email and phone
• Manage cross-functional work streams with our customer support, data science, compliance, and engineering teams to improve the merchant experience and grow capital originations
• Review current processes and provide feedback on how to improve product operations and Parafin as a whole
• Work closely with our partners to identify areas of risk and investigate fraudulent behavior
• Use data-driven analysis to identify areas of optimization and growth

What We’re Searching For:

• 3 - 5 years of work experience
• 2 - 3 years of operational experience working in a fintech startup, bank, or payments company
• Strong understanding of payments
• Strong quantitative / detail-oriented background
• Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

We Prefer If You Have:

• Experience with fraud/ risk management
• Strong understanding of, or desire to learn, about a capital or lending product
• Fluency in, or desire to learn, data analysis skills and tools, such as SQL / R / Python

What We Offer

• Salary Range: $118k - $123k
• Equity grant
• Unlimited PTO
• Work-from-home flexibility
• Free lunches
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k)
• Employee assistance program

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact us.

Parafin, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

We invite all applicants to voluntarily self-identify their race, ethnicity, and gender. Submission of the information on this form is strictly voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. Information obtained will be retained in a confidential file and separate from personnel records. This information may only be used in accordance with the provision of applicable federal laws, executive orders, and regulations. If you want more information about any of the sections, please check with a company representative.