Risk amp Anti-Fraud Team Lead - Relocation to Cyprus

Ready to lead an innovative antifraud project in the Forex industry

Our client is currently developing an antifraud platform to enhance security in trading and payment operations for top Forex companies. This comprehensive solution is being built from the ground up and will feature a rule management engine integration with various data providers clone detection tools and riskscoring models. Additionally there are plans to develop a unified backoffice system for rule configuration transaction monitoring and risk mitigation management.

The Team Leader of the Risk Analysis Team will oversee all aspects of fraud prevention andrisk mitigation in the FX and CFD brokerage domain. The ideal candidate will have extensivehandson experience in both Trading (Dealing) and Payments with a deep understanding ofrule creation and preventive measures to counteract fraud. This rolerequiring active participation in daily tasks while managing teams of risk analysts antifraudspecialists and verification officers. The position demands a proactive and analytical leadercapable of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to enhance antifraudstrategies and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage teams of Risk Analysts AntiFraud Specialists Verification Officers and others.
• Set clear goals for team members and ensure high performance.
• Conduct regular quality assurance and quality control of team outputs.
• Provide training guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Ensure clear distribution of tasks maintain a transparent backlog and track progress through measurable KPIs
• Monitor daily fraud reports by region and fraud type; prepare and discuss mitigation proposals with the Head of Risk
• Lead the design and review of fraud prevention strategies: adjusting tightening or relaxing rules as needed
• Implement robust strategies to identify and neutralize toxic trading behaviors.
• Address payment fraud scenarios such as chargebacks and fraudulent transactions.
• Communicate effectively with external antifraud vendors and payment providers to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Create and implement new processes such as loss calculation to enhance risk analysis capabilities.
• Help the Product team backtest created rules to ensure effectiveness.
• Work closely with the Data Science domain to provide requirements for future ML models.
• Analyze and report on fraud trends risk patterns and mitigation effectiveness.
• Leverage vendor tools to strengthen trading and payment fraud defenses.
• Prepare comprehensive educational materials and document all procedures in Confluence.

We are happy to hear from you if you have:

• Extensive experience in the FX/CFD brokerage industry or with external antifraud vendors specializing in this domain
• Expertise in both Trading (Dealing) and Payments fraud prevention.
• Deep understanding of KPIdriven performance management especially fraud loss reduction targets
• Experience building and standardizing team processes and workflows across regions
• Ability to independently structure team priorities in line with business strategy
• Comprehensive understanding of toxic trading behaviors and payment fraud types.
• Strong track record of managing and mentoring multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to set goals and ensure accountability across all team members.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with crossfunctional teams and externalpartners.
• Expertise in conducting GAP analysis and implementing solutions.
• Datadriven decisionmaking capabilities to adapt and refine strategies.
• Familiarity with antifraud platforms such as Sift Seon Lexis Nexis or equivalent.
• Comfortable working closely with Clevel and product teams on strategic initiatives
• Willingness to work in an office in Cyprus

You will love to join this company for:

• Permanent contract
• Support in learning and development further while also providing multiyear career opportunities
• Annual bonus
• Work in a comfortable office
• Relocation Support for you and your family to Limassol Cyprus.
• Delicious breakfasts and lunches in the office.
• Private healthcare for you and your immediate family.
• Premium sports card with access to 200 gyms 50 activities (kayaking kite surfing gokarting) and a wellbeing app across Cyprus.

If youre ready to work with a team of professionals passionate about technology were waiting for your application!