Head of Credit & Fraud Risk

Job Title

Head of Credit & Fraud Risk

Location

Saket, New Delhi (Work From Office)

Experience

10-15 years in Fraud Risk, Credit Risk, or Payments Risk (with team leadership experience)

About Tazapay

Tazapay  is a  Series B-funded, global cross-border payments company  building infrastructure to simplify international payments. We enable businesses to send and receive payments across borders seamlessly while managing FX, compliance, and risk complexities under the hood.

Tazapay works with  global merchants, fintechs, marketplaces, exporters, SaaS platforms, and enterprises , supporting multiple countries, currencies, and payment rails. As we scale across geographies and corridors,  fraud risk at onboarding becomes mission-critical —this role sits at the heart of that challenge.

Role Overview

We are looking for a  Head of Credit & Fraud Risk  to own Tazapay’s end-to-end risk strategy across the merchant lifecycle — from onboarding to live transaction monitoring to ongoing portfolio risk management.

This is a  leadership role  responsible for defining risk strategy, managing a team of  5–6 risk specialists , and partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Operations, and Financial partners. The role balances  growth enablement with loss prevention , using data, automation, and judgment to scale safely.

The function covers:

• Merchant Onboarding Risk
  

• Transaction & Behavioral Fraud Monitoring
  

• Credit Exposure & Portfolio Risk Management
  

Key Responsibilities

1. Risk Strategy & Leadership

• Own and evolve Tazapay’s  global credit & fraud risk strategy  across products, corridors, industries, and payment methods

• Build, manage, and mentor a  high-performing team (5–6 members)  covering onboarding, transaction monitoring, and portfolio risk

• Define clear risk ownership, escalation frameworks, approval authorities, and exception handling

• Act as the final decision-maker for  high-risk merchants, escalations, and material risk exceptions

2. Merchant Onboarding & Early-Lifecycle Risk

• Oversee end-to-end  fraud and credit risk assessment during merchant onboarding

• Evaluate  early credit risk signals  such as business model viability, settlement risk, chargeback exposure, and expected flow behavior

• Define and continuously refine onboarding risk policies, risk scoring frameworks, and approval thresholds

• Balance growth and risk by enabling controlled onboarding of higher-risk but strategic use cases

3. Transaction Monitoring & Fraud Detection

• Own real-time and post-transaction fraud monitoring strategies across payment rails

• Define rules, alerts, thresholds, and workflows to detect:

  • Payment fraud

  • Velocity abuse

  • Account compromise and misuse

• Partner with Product and Engineering to design  automated detection, case management, and intervention systems

• Continuously tune controls to reduce fraud losses while minimizing false positives and customer friction

4. Credit Exposure & Portfolio Risk Management

• Own ongoing  portfolio-level credit and fraud risk monitoring

• Track merchant-level exposure, settlement risk, dispute trends, and behavioral drift

• Define exposure limits, reserves, rolling reviews, and intervention triggers

• Proactively identify deteriorating merchants and lead mitigation actions (limits, holds, pricing, off-boarding)

• Provide regular portfolio risk reporting to senior leadership

5. Data, Automation & Risk Infrastructure

• Drive a  data-driven risk culture  using SQL, dashboards, and analytical deep dives

• Monitor key risk metrics: fraud rates, credit losses, chargebacks, approval rates, false positives, TAT, and leakage

• Partner with Product & Engineering to:

  • Build rule engines and decision systems

  • Integrate AI/ML-based risk tools

  • Automate manual workflows wherever possible

• Ensure risk systems scale with transaction growth and new corridor launches

6. Cross-Functional & External Collaboration

• Work closely with Payment Operations, Compliance, Finance, Financial Partners, and leadership team on risk-related matters

• Provide risk input into new product launches, corridors, and payment methods

• Support audits, partner due diligence, and regulator queries related to fraud and credit risk

• Act as a trusted risk advisor to Sales and Partnerships teams

Required Experience & Skills

• 10–15+ years in  fraud risk, credit risk, or payments risk  roles at fintechs, PSPs, banks, or global payment companies

• Prior experience  leading and scaling risk teams

• Deep understanding of  cross-border payment fraud typologies and credit risk dynamics

• Strong hands-on data capability (SQL proficiency strongly preferred)

• Experience designing or operating  transaction monitoring and onboarding risk frameworks

• Proven ability to balance commercial growth with disciplined risk management

• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with AI/ML-driven fraud systems or risk decisioning platforms

• Exposure to multiple payment rails (cards, local APMs, bank transfers, alternative rails)

• Experience launching new geographies or high-risk corridors

• Background in high-risk verticals (marketplaces, remittances, SaaS, crypto-adjacent)

• Familiarity with regulator and banking partner expectations around fraud & credit controls

Why Join Tazapay

• Lead risk strategy at the core of a fast-scaling global payments platform

• High-impact role with visibility at leadership and board levels

• Opportunity to  build modern, automated risk systems from the ground up

• Work on complex, real-world fraud and credit problems across geographies

• Strong growth trajectory with meaningful ownership and influence