Cyprus

Head of European Risk

iSX Financial EU Plc is an authorized Electronic Money Institution licensed by the Central Bank of Cyprus. We offer a range of financial services, including payments,...

iSX Financial EU Plc is an authorized Electronic Money Institution licensed by the Central Bank of Cyprus.

We offer a range of financial services, including payments, issuance of electronic money, IBAN addressable stored value accounts, and KYC identity verification services to eCommerce merchants, regulated sector businesses, and consumers.

At ISX Financial EU Plc, we take pride in operating a sophisticated and patented anti-money laundering and antifraud system that provides real-time transactional security to our business and retail customers.

Our platform detects AML issues currently in focus by regulators, ensuring compliance and security.

As part of the ISX Financial Group of companies, we deliver technology and financial services to our customers through our in-house developed platforms.

With over 150 staff spread across our global offices in Australia, Cyprus, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, USA, Israel, and Malta, we maintain a strong presence worldwide.

This position offers an excellent opportunity to join ISX Financial and be a key player in our development, growth, and retention.

The Role:

Customer Focus

  • Conduct qualitative research of payment verticals of our customers to understand and deliver insight towards intelligence/investigation trends, and how these trends represent risk.
  • Collaborate closely with AML, Compliance, Finance, IT and other operational teams and stakeholders to ensure that risk intelligence outputs are supporting the onboarding, periodic review and monitoring of customers.
  • Develop and maintain the Enterprise Risk Management Framework: Ensure the European operations align with the enterprise-wide risk appetite statement and assessment.  

Accountability

  • Optimise risks but AnalysingEU transaction in order to optimise risk management strategies for clients 
  • Reduce risks through risk assessment practices; identify risks and opportunities for the existing fraud control measures (Risk Engine) and support the translation of insight into tactical project and detection design.  
  • Prevent loss by investigating trends and specific cases amongst customers and transactions to prevent loss from fraud and credit risk using data mining, predictive analytics tools, and social network analysis.
  • Commercial Risk Management: Manage the commercial risk associated with our customers, including their financial and regulatory standing, and address risks arising from excessive fraud, chargebacks, app fraud, and recalls.
  • Identify and recommend to the Chief Risk Officer risk mitigation strategies comprising the various combinations of commercial, technical, and legal approaches. 
  • Highlight heightened customer risks to Sales and legal teams in order to ‘price in’ risk factors and commercial mitigants.

Responsibilities

  • In conjunction with the Chief Risk Officer, update and apply the risk framework, and monitor ISX Group customers as the intersect or interact at any stage with EU operations with regards to the Company’s risk appetite.
  • Risk Strategy and Framework Execution: Develop and maintain the risk management framework document for European operations, ensuring it includes all key components based on best practices and regulatory expectations
  • Provide continuous improvement recommendations on detection rules/systems to increase the effectiveness of current fraud detection and minimise the impact to customers, contribute to innovative ideas for the improvement of Fraud Risk Management.  
  • Support the collection and collation of information using Intelligence flows  and open source investigation tools.
  • Risk Communication and Reporting: Keep stakeholders and board members informed about the business’s risk profile and assessments. Develop and distribute risk analyses and progress reports to company executives, board members, and employees.
  • Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis: Support the Chief Risk Officer in conducting stress testing and scenario analysis, ensuring alignment with the overall risk management strategy.
  • Regulatory Interaction: Assist in interactions with regulatory bodies, supporting the Chief Risk Officer in ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines.
  • Project Management: Support risk management and mitigation projects, ensuring they align with the company's strategic objectives and risk appetite.

Engagement

  • Collaborate with the software development team on the design of risk mitigation tools and dashboard. 
  • Attend Risk meetings as delegate of the Chief Risk Officer. 
  • Develop MIS reports for executive team and other operational teams

Requirements:

  • Risk Framework development and assessments
  • Risk scoring / Application of Key Risk Indicators.
  • Enterprise Risk Assessments
  • Strong back ground in Card Acquiring and card scheme risk assessment.
  • Demonstrate banking risk background with respect to international transactional banking via SEPA and SWIFT networks.
  • Project Management: Experience in managing projects related to risk assessment and mitigation.
  • Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with regulatory requirements and best practices in risk management, particularly in the financial sector.

Benefits:

  • Private health insurance plan fully sponsored by the company from day one
  • 21 days of Annual Leave (reaching up to 30 days per year based on years’ service)
  • Birthday leave
  • Happy hour every Friday
  • Benefits card with exclusive discounts to shops, restaurants, private school etc
  • Sports Benefit participation scheme ( Platinum Package)
  • Employee Referral bonus
  • Internal cafeteria with barista, unlimited snacks, fruits, drinks
  • Performance Bonus
  • Employee wellness application ( mental, financial, nutritional )
  • Gaming Corner


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