Head, Fraud, Ongoing Monitoring, UKEurope

ABOUT TIDE

At Tide we help SMEs save time (and money) in the running of their businesses by not only offering business accounts and related banking services but also a comprehensive set of highly usable and connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Tide is transforming the small business banking market with over 1.8 million members globally across the UK India Germany and France.

Using advanced technology all solutions are designed with SMEs in mind. With quick onboarding low fees and innovative features we thrive on making data-driven decisions to serve our mission: to help SMEs save both time (and money) so they can get back to doing what they love.

Tide facts:

• Tide is available for UK Indian German and French SMEs
• Over 1.8 million members: 800000 UK andin India and growing rapidly
• Over $300 million raised in funding
• Over 2500 Tideans globally - were diversity champions!
• We have offices in Central London with a member support and technology centre in Sofia Bulgaria technology centres in Serbia Romania Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram and New Delhi and in Berlin Paris and Luxembourg.

About the team

An exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to work in our Ongoing Monitoring team. Were looking for someone who is passionate about customer experience and fighting financial crime and wants to help drive our business forward as we continue to grow and expand in new markets.

Ongoing Monitoring sits in our first line of defence (1LOD) operations department responsible for monitoring the activity of our SME customers (members) for the purpose of preventing and detecting financial crime and prohibited behaviour on the platform.

Its an opportunity to work with an amazing team across multiple geographies including analysts team leaders product and engineering managers data scientists and operations managers. The role has exposure to many senior stakeholders across the business and is at the heart of what we do to protect our customers.

About the role

As the Head of Reported Fraud you will be responsible for building and leading a high-performing team that manages all customer-reported fraud across Tide for the UK and EU markets. This includes end-to-end ownership of fraud investigations issuing and acquiring chargebacks and the operation of our fraud rapid response function supporting customers in real time.

You will oversee the design implementation and continuous optimisation of processes that ensure customers are supported effectively when fraud occurs while protecting Tide from financial and regulatory risk. This role requires balancing customer outcomes operational efficiency scheme compliance and loss mitigation.

You will lead multiple operational functions including fraud investigations dispute and chargeback handling and frontline fraud reporting support. You will also work closely with Product Engineering Risk and Data teams to improve tooling streamline workflows and enhance fraud response capabilities.

You will be responsible for delivering against key fraud and operational KPIs including customer outcomes recovery rates SLA adherence and scheme compliance. The role requires regular engagement with senior leadership as well as external stakeholders such as card schemes partners and regulatory bodies where required.

As part of Tides Ongoing Monitoring team you will aim high embrace challenges and act with integritybuilding trust while contributing to the companys operational and strategic direction.

What you will do:

• Lead and scale the Reported Fraud function covering investigations disputes chargebacks and fraud reporting support.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of reported fraud cases ensuring timely fair and consistent outcomes for customers.
• Oversee issuing and acquiring chargeback processes including dispute raising representation and scheme compliance.
• Own the fraud rapid response team ensuring customers receive immediate and effective support when reporting fraud via calls and chat.
• Define and deliver operational KPIs across fraud reporting investigation quality customer experience and recovery rates.
• Build mentor and develop a multi-functional team ensuring strong performance clear ownership and career progression.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency reduce handling times and improve customer outcomes.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Data Science to enhance tooling automation and case management capabilities.
• Ensure adherence to card scheme rules regulatory requirements and internal policies across all reported fraud activities.
• Provide regular reporting and insights to senior leadership on fraud trends operational performance and emerging risks.
• Represent the Reported Fraud function in cross-functional initiatives and external engagements where required.

What were looking for:

• 10 years experience in financial crime or fraud operations with a strong focus on reported fraud disputes or chargebacks.
• Proven experience managing operational teams in a fast-paced financial services or fintech environment.
• Strong knowledge of card scheme rules (Visa Mastercard) chargeback lifecycles and dispute management processes.
• Deep understanding of fraud investigation practices and customer fraud typologies (e.g. APP scams card fraud account takeover).
• Experience balancing customer outcomes fraud loss mitigation and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to design optimise and scale operational processes using data and performance metrics.
• Experience working with customer support or frontline operations teams ideally in fraud or financial crime contexts.
• Strong communication skills able to simplify complex fraud and operational concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable working in a fast-changing environment and adapting to evolving fraud risks and business priorities.
• Experience with operational tooling case management systems or automation initiatives is advantageous.

What youll get in return:

• 25 days paid annual leave
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
• Extended maternity and paternity leave covered by the company
• Personal L&D budget
• Additional health & dental insurance
• Mental wellbeing platform
• Fully covered Multisports card
• Food vouchers
• Snacks light food drinks in the office
• WFH equipment allowance
• Flexible working from home
• Sabbatical Leave
• Share options

Tidean Ways of Working

At Tide we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams.

While remote work is supported we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.

TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

At Tide we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin veteran neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members diverse needs and lives.

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment where everyones voice is heard.

At Tide we thrive on diversity embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success helping us build products that meet our members diverse needs. We are One Team committed to transparency and ensuring everyones voice is heard.

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