The Payments, Risk and Operations Senior Associate at Sporty Group in South Africa will oversee and enhance end-to-end payment processing, ensuring efficient handling of deposits, withdrawals, refunds, and reconciliations.  Responsibilities include collaborating with payment providers and internal teams to resolve payment issues, implementing advanced risk controls and fraud prevention strategies, monitoring transactions for suspicious activity, and continuously improving payment workflows.  The role involves analyzing payment trends, proposing new payment methods, leading operational process optimization initiatives, supporting new payment solution implementations, and ensuring compliance with regulations.  The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in payment operations, fraud management, or risk management within a relevant industry, a strong understanding of payment processing and fraud prevention, excellent analytical and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects.

<p>Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with an unrivalled sports media, gaming, social and fintech platform which serves millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents.</p><p>The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution.</p><p>We’re fortunate enough to have already built a capable and proven team of 500+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds with a common thirst for excellence and we are constantly looking for more talented individuals to power our growth and serve our users further via their grit and innovation.</p>

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<div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">Job Summary: </b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As the Payments, Risk and Operations Senior Associate here at Sporty Group, you will be responsible for supporting the payments function within South Africa, focusing on managing fraudulent activities, implementing risk management strategies, optimizing payment performance, and enhancing payment acceptance rates. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in payments, fraud risk management, and team management, with a proactive approach to operational excellence.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">Key Responsibilities:&nbsp;</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Oversee and enhance the end-to-end payment processing function, ensuring efficient handling of deposits, withdrawals, refunds and reconciliations.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Collaborate with payment providers, banks and internal teams to resolve complex payment options for improved user satisfaction.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Implement advanced risk controls and strategies to reduce fraud exposure in adherence to AML and KYC requirements.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Proactively monitor transactions to identify and investigate suspicious transactions and work closely with fraud prevention and compliance teams.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Continuously assess and improve payment processing workflows to enhance speed, reduce costs and minimize processing errors.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Analyze payment trends and customer behavior to propose new payment methods or adjustments to existing ones that better meet user needs.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lead new initiatives to optimize operational processes, including the development of new workflows and standard operating procedures for payments and risk management.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Support the implementation and integration of new payment solutions and technologies, ensuring seamless implementation and minimal user impact.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ensure all payment and operational processes comply with regulations and relevant industry standards, updating policies as needed.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">Qualifications: </b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At least 3-5 years of experience in payment operations, fraud management, or risk management within financial services, fintech, e-commerce, or a related industry is required.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Strong understanding of payment processing, fraud prevention strategies, and risk management practices.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Proven experience working with payment gateways, PSPs, fraud detection systems, and risk management tools.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Strong communication and interpersonal skillsStrong understanding of market intelligence.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Capability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ability to positively collaborate in an international remote work environment.</span></div></div>undefinedundefinedundefined

ZA Risk, Payments and Operations Senior Associate