Risk Manager – Payments, Remittance and Treasury

About the role

This is a senior Risk Manager position covering risk management, controls and compliance for collections, payments, remittance and treasury operations. The role balances commercial priorities with regulatory obligations and involves leading audits and control testing across treasury, remittance and compliance functions.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement risk management policies and control frameworks for collections, payments and remittance operations in line with regulatory standards.
• Manage transaction processing, deposit and remittance operations so that effective risk controls are in place.
• Lead and execute audits across treasury, remittance and compliance functions (AML/CFT, sanctions screening, KYC) on time.
• Contribute to internal policies and lead periodic RCSAs, key risk indicators (KRIs) and control testing with business and functional stakeholders.
• Ensure business decisions comply with internal policies and external regulations, and escalate and resolve control deficiencies with accountability for corrective, preventive and detective measures.
• Apply data analytics to support audit and risk assessment and use insights to strengthen controls.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Risk Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8-12 years of relevant risk management experience, with strong experience in payments, financial services or other regulated environments; investment/asset management experience is an advantage.
• Proven track record of implementing risk and control frameworks, strengthening internal controls and driving regulatory compliance in complex, high-risk environments.
• Willingness to travel 30%-50% regionally and internationally for audits, risk assessments and control reviews.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of operational, financial, compliance and regulatory risks, with hands-on experience in risk identification, assessment, control design, monitoring and remediation.
• Experience in payments operations and controls (transaction processing, settlement, reconciliation, fraud risk, liquidity/cash management).
• Advantageous: investment risk and controls, internal audit, Big 4 audit or finance controls experience.
• Advantageous: NetSuite and/or AutoCount.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management and project management skills.