Risk Analytics Team Leader

Risk Analytics Team Leader – The Access Group

We’re looking for a team leader who shares our passion for empowering customers and wants to help us continue to grow.

What does Access offer you? We offer a blended approach to office working, a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (increasing with tenure), a matched pension scheme, a charity day, and a range of benefits that you can choose. We also provide opportunities to progress your career through a success plan and accelerated development.

About you

As a Risk Analytics Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of highly skilled Risk Data Analysts. Your role is crucial to ensuring a smooth onboarding journey for our customers while reducing merchant and fraud risk. You will also produce dashboards and reports to inform business decisions.

Day‑to‑day, you will:

• Lead the Risk Analytics team in the UK.
• Develop and implement automation tools and models (workflows, scorecards) to streamline underwriting.
• Develop and maintain Machine Learning (ML) & Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to mitigate merchant risk and payment fraud.
• Create and maintain dashboards to track risk performance and inform business decisions.
• Set up monitoring alerts to prevent merchant losses.
• Work closely with the merchant investigations and fraud investigations teams to ensure effective monitoring of merchants and fraud.
• Work on risk‑related projects as assigned.

Your skills and experiences might also include:

• Previous experience working in data analytics in the payments industry.
• Advanced SQL, experience with Python or R.
• Knowledge of AI tools and advanced statistical methods for detecting and mitigating risk.
• Experience using visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Highly productive and self‑motivated with excellent communication skills, confident working closely with customers/stakeholders and interfacing with Senior Management.
• Extensive multitasking and prioritisation skills, able to excel in a fast‑paced environment with frequently changing priorities.

At Access, we are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We wholeheartedly believe in equality for all and the transformative power of diversity.