Credit Risk Specialist

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Performs and assists in development of enterprise-level risk management and operational compliance functions. Assists in establishing and maintaining risk policies and programs to ensure organizational compliance. Reviews and sets business, operational, and credit risk criteria across the range of segments and products. Ensures performance tracking and evaluation. Responsible for data gathering or manipulation, report creation, system or process creation and implementation. Mitigation can be defined as adapting and enforcing sound credit card policy criteria, maintaining adherence to all operating regulations and strategies published by the card brands and other legal/ regulatory bodies, training and engaging team members and leaders and developing strong data delivery and reporting in support of all contractual obligations.

• Administers and completes complex tasks such as data gathering or manipulation, system or process creation and implementation. Using Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools, assists business units across the organization with identification, evaluation and management of risks in accordance with internal policies. May provide mentoring for other team members.
• Performs analysis and reviews risk data providing insightful recommendations and opinions. Ensures the resolution of escalated issues or further escalates as needed by making complex and quick decisions. Compiles information and presents lessons learned from various Risk and Compliance activities. Supports implementation of processes to satisfy internal and regulatory requirements.
• Creates complex reports for meeting with Federal Examiners, internal and external auditors, and with clients. Creates presentations and reports for Governance/Executive/BOD committee review so that information for proper oversight is available.
• Participates and may lead training and the work of complex projects. Makes project decisions and recommendations of critical importance within established guidelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Relevant Experience or Degree in: Major in Business, Criminal Justice or MIS preferred, other majors considered. Willing to accept additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Typically Minimum 4 Years Relevant Exp

Preferred Qualifications

• Business, Criminal Justice, Information Security, Risk Management or MIS
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
  Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

• Skills / Knowledge - A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways. This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position.
• Job Complexity - Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• Supervision - Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
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