Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- lead our fraud and AML detection operations from end-to-end.
- partner with product and engineering to evolve system capabilities.
- manage and mentor the Fraud and AML operational teams.
- apply a deep understanding of fraud typologies, AML/CTF risks, and sanctions to the design of our controls.
- measure and manage detection performance using quantitative metrics (precision, recall, false positives, alert-to-case conversion, loss metrics).
Requirements
- 7+ years in financial crime roles in payments, fintech, banking, or financial services.
- Proven experience designing, building, and tuning risk detection systems (fraud, AML, or similar).
- Experience in measuring and optimising detection performance using quantitative metrics.
- Strong systems thinking: able to design scalable, maintainable monitoring frameworks rather than one-off rules.
- Deep understanding of financial crime typologies, fraud patterns, AML/CTF requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Experience operating within fraud, AML, risk, or compliance functions in payments, fintech, or financial services.
- Proven experience leading and developing teams, including setting direction, coaching, and performance management.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- High ownership mindset and comfort operating in ambiguous, high-growth environments.
Benefits
- Paystack has established itself as a pioneer in African fintech
- mission to help merchants get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world
- Processing over $300 million in monthly transactions