Senior Financial Risk Analyst

As a Senior Financial Risk Analyst on the Merchant Potential Liability Team, you will be part of a team of high-performing professionals that evaluates and manages financial risk (i.e. chargebacks) arising from a portfolio of enterprise merchants, as well as assessing the risk of new products. You will help scale and innovate the financial risk management framework and processes, working closely with the Commercial, Product and Legal teams. The role is based out of the Amsterdam office; Adyen is office-first and offers a hybrid policy of 3 days a week in the office and 2 days working from home.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the merchant portfolio to assess and analyse business models and financial health; Provide clear and concise credit risk advice to the Adyen credit risk committee; Drive continuous improvement of the risk management framework, including policies, tools and processes; Lead projects from beginning to end and collaborate with various teams to find optimal solutions for merchants; Share credit risk knowledge with Product, Legal and Compliance teams; Share Adyen's approach to credit risk management with merchants, commercial teams and regulators

Requirements

At least 5 years of working experience in a financial risk environment; Keen interest in business and financial markets; Excellent communicator, able to collaborate with merchants, team members and colleagues across cultures and time zones; Innovative, with strong problem-solving capabilities and able to define efficient and effective processes and procedures; Able to lead projects by working closely with different teams and setting clear goals and deadlines; Thrives in an evolving, fast-paced environment with a 'can-do' mentality

Nice to have

Payments or Fintech experience (not required, but interest in the space must be communicated); Strong data and analytic skills; Experience in SQL, Python or R (not required, but a strong plus); University degree preferred in business economics, statistics, finance or another quantitative field