Head of Risk Payments
Veem is a global payments platform for businesses, supporting domestic and international payables and receivables.
Funding history
About Veem
Veem provides business payment services across more than 100 countries and 80 currencies. Its platform supports bank transfers, card payments, payment scheduling, mass payments, approvals, payment tracking, accounting integrations, invoice generation, payment requests, pay links, global card acceptance, and instant deposits. Veem also offers a multi-currency wallet, a U.S. virtual debit card, virtual bank accounts, foreign-exchange services, stablecoin solutions, and API integrations. Its clients include businesses, accountants, financial institutions, payment service providers, AP/AR platforms, freelance marketplaces, and other organizations managing domestic or international payments.
Skills
About the Role
You will set and lead risk, fraud-prevention, and compliance strategy across payment products and global operations. You will build scalable frameworks, controls, and escalation processes; embed controls in products and payment flows; oversee vendors; and advise senior leaders on risk decisions and trade-offs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments, fintech, or financial services
- Leadership experience across risk and compliance programs for payment products
- Experience in a global company
Responsibilities
- Set and lead risk, fraud-prevention, and compliance strategy across payment products and global operations
- Build and improve scalable risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes
- Guide approaches to AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk
- Partner with Product and Engineering to embed risk controls in product design, payment flows, and internal systems
- Use data, automation, and compliance technology to strengthen risk detection and controls
- Advise on risk across cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments
- Identify risks and jurisdiction-specific requirements for new markets
- Evaluate, select, and manage KYC, transaction-monitoring, fraud, and sanctions technology vendors
- Assess issues, manage escalations, and continuously improve controls
- Communicate risk priorities, decisions, and trade-offs to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
Benefits
- Bonus