Head of Risk
Comun
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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About the role
- Reporting directly to the founders you'll collaborate with Growth, Compliance, Operations, Product, Engineering, and our partner banks to iterate on a KYC policy that is inclusive, compliant, and continuously filtering out bad actors.
- Maintain a strong monitoring practice across both automated alerts and BPO manual reviews, to enable sharp decision-making and provide continuous feedback to our automated models.
- You will own fraud exposure, and will work on data models to continuously eradicate fraud losses across our features: check deposits, ACH transfers, debit card disputes, and peer transfer chargebacks.
- Own and continuously optimize our real-time transaction authorization model for remittances and P2P.
- Work with Compliance and Data to maintain tight anti-money laundering controls across any new addition to our feature set.
- Own a holistic customer risk model that draws from behaviors across our entire feature set to determine what experience we can show to each user.
- Improve and maintain our fraud stack, ensuring we have the best tools and vendors to make data-driven decisions.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to establish robust controls across our product suite and establish the appropriate testing frameworks to ensure we achieve the intended outcomes.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in risk or fraud functions across fintech companies
- Experience in a fast-growing startup
- Living in or willing to relocate to New York
- An interest in serving an underserved community :)
Benefits
- Competitive salary and generous equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Gym Pass subscription
- Daily office lunch in NYC Office
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible PTO
- Remote-friendly when traveling
- Company-wide offsites
- 401(k) for US employees
- Visit to our NYC Office for remote team members
- Visa sponsorship if applicable
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Hard Skills & Tools
data modelsreal-time transaction authorizationanti-money laundering controlsfraud stack optimizationautomated alertsBPO manual reviewsKYC policy developmentrisk modelingtransaction monitoringfraud loss eradication
Soft Skills
collaborationdecision-makingfeedback provisioncustomer experience optimizationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsinterest in community service