Fraud Risk Manager

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About the role
Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.
We're looking for a Fraud Risk Manager to reinforce our first line of defence (1LoD) FinCrime framework in Brazil and focus on fraud prevention.
You'll act as the core fraud risk expert, bringing your senior expertise to secure our operations and design, implement, and oversee effective fraud controls across key local products.
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What you'll be doing
Designing and enhancing fraud prevention controls within Brazil's 1LoD framework, ensuring alignment with local BCB regulatory expectations and license requirements
Performing detailed fraud risk assessments across products (PIX, credit, cards, and business accounts), identifying control gaps and recommending practical mitigations
Leading the development and implementation of fraud prevention strategies, including creating and tuning transaction monitoring rules, leveraging data-driven models, and defining robust response workflows
Overseeing major fraud incidents and investigations, supporting containment, recovery, and required regulatory reporting processes
Partnering closely with Product and Data Science teams to improve automation, detection efficiency, and case triage logic, challenging the status quo for continuous improvement
Monitoring and analysing fraud trends and key performance indicators (KPIs) to produce actionable insights and dashboards for local management and committees
Strengthening fraud governance, ensuring clear documentation of risks, controls, and residual exposures to demonstrate control maturity during regulatory engagements
What you'll need
5+ years of experience in fraud risk management, prevention, detection, or Investigations within a financial institution or fintech
A deep understanding of fraud typologies, detection models, and control frameworks across payment and credit products (PIX, cards, credit)
Solid knowledge of local (BCB) FinCrime and fraud regulations and reporting obligations
Hands-on experience creating, tuning, and validating fraud detection rules and working with model performance metrics
Experience leading complex investigations end-to-end, identifying control weaknesses, and proposing remediation
The ability to navigate ambiguity, connect data to risk impact, and design pragmatic, scalable solutions
A proven ability to partner with Product, Data Science, and Compliance teams to implement risk controls effectively
Great communication skills to relay complex fraud and regulatory topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Nice to have
Proficiency in using analytical tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Looker)
Confidence in presenting risk insights, fraud trends, and remediation updates
An interest in developing junior team members as the function scales
Building a global financial super app isn't enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that's why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We're doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.
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