Director, Risk Practice Lead

[Company / Industry] Global Digital Payment / Financial Services

[Position] Director

[Function] Consulting

[Reporting Line] Senior Director, Consulting & Analytics, Korea & Mongolia

[Employment Type] Permanent

[Compensation] TBD

[Location] Seoul, Korea

COMPANY:

World leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories.

TEAM:

The Team drives tangible, impactful and financial results for the Company's clients, including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants. Drawing on their expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, the Team solves the most strategic problems for the clients.

The team within Korea provides a comprehensive range of consulting services and solutions to clients in Korea, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management and digital strategy.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Director is tasked with providing Risk Advisory services to the Company’s clients; including issuers, acquirers, and merchants in Korea and Mongolia, while also developing the Credit and Fraud Risk Advisory Practice in collaboration with the AP team. This role requires comprehensive expertise in both credit and fraud risk, acquired through experience within the banking sector or a specialized consulting firm. We seek a highly motivated and analytically driven leader who consistently leverages risk management expertise to create business value.

Key Responsibilities are:

• Business and pipeline development of the Company’s Risk advisory services

• Participate in high-impact solutioning & delivery that meet the high standards that result in high NPS & repeat engagements

• Develop Consulting practice area & contribute to Thought Leadership

Specific responsibilities:

• Deliver credit and fraud risk advisory services and expand the Risk Advisory Practice.

• Use risk expertise to support client business strategies throughout the product lifecycle.

• Expand risk advisory knowledge and capabilities for advanced client engagement.

• Create scalable solutions, toolkits, and standardized consulting methods for the Team

• Collaborate with Team consultants and data scientists on innovative risk engagements.

• Streamline and package risk consulting methods and data solutions for efficiency.

• Work with other teams to enhance and co-create risk products using the Company resources.

• Share methodologies and best practices with the regional teams.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Credit Cards Risk Management/Analytics either with issuers, banks or a risk practitioner in a consulting Firm. We seek an experienced, results-driven, and client-centric professional with a strong interest in the payments industry.

  
  

Ideal candidates should have:

• Previous Project Management / Business Development experience at large management consulting firm leading or Risk Management / Product Leadership at a large Korean Financial Institution

• Experience using financial indicators to measure business performance with a significant focus on impacting return on investment Knowledge and understanding of card business and/or payment schemes, including products & services, business systems and processes, marketing initiatives and card issuing experience

• Outstanding problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically

• Impeccable team player, able to gracefully work with and influence people at all levels

• Strong financial acumen and understanding of profitability drivers of financial institutions

• Excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills

• Self-motivated, results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently

• Experience in fraud risk analytics or hands on experience with one or more data analytics/programming tools preferred

• Deep understanding of the consumer credit/fraud risk landscape in Korea

• Understanding of risk regulation, compliance, and organizational implications (e.g., Basel)

• Expertise in Fraud Management (prevention, detection, response)

• Hands on experience of risk analytical models

• Understanding of the implications of digital transformation on risk management

• Native Korean, Fluent English

If you are interested, please contact simon.kim@rp4rp.com +82-2-6123-0100