About Finom Finom is a European tech startup headquartered in Amsterdam, and we’re on a journey towards revolutionizing the financial landscape for entrepreneurs worldwide. Our mission is to develop an all-in-one financial B2B solution that integrates banking functions, accounting, financial management, and invoicing into a seamless, mobile-first platform. This significant investment follows a $105 million growth funding round from General Catalyst, a long-term backer since 2021 known for supporting companies like Airbnb, HubSpot, KAYAK, and Stripe. Finom's platform goes beyond traditional banking, offering invoicing and a growing suite of features, including AI-enabled accounting, aiming to simplify financial management for entrepreneurs. We nurture innovation and an inspiring work environment where bold ideas thrive, prioritizing thorough research, swift implementation of solutions, and ensuring that every effort we make benefits our users, employees, partners, and our business as a whole. Maintaining our start-up spirit, we prioritize thorough research, swift implementation of solutions, and ensuring that every effort we make benefits our users, employees, partners, and, of course, our business. Merchant Acquiring Fraud Analyst (2nd LoD) Location: fully remote in Spain/Poland/Cyprus/Netherlands About the Role We are looking for a highly motivated Fraud Analyst (Acquiring side) to join Finom Payments’ Second Line of Defence within the Financial Crime Risk Management Function. This role sits in the Fraud Risk Management team, reports directly to the Fraud Risk Manager, and focuses primarily on the Card Acquiring side of our fintech ecosystem. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating card acquiring fraud risks such as merchant abuse, bust-outs, transaction laundering, friendly fraud, and chargeback spikes. As a Second Line defender, you will monitor, analyze, and challenge the effectiveness of first-line operational fraud controls.



What You Will Be Doing Acquiring Fraud Risk & Scenario Development Analyse internal data sources (alerts, chargebacks, disputes, anomaly reports, ML models) and external trends (card schemes, partners, law enforcement, industry intelligence) to identify emerging fraud risks related to acquiring business. Translate observed patterns into well-defined acquiring fraud scenarios, covering areas such as Card-Present and Card-not-present fraud, friendly fraud and dispute abuse, merchant fraud, transaction laundering, enumeration and testing attacks Maintain and continuously enrich the Acquiring Fraud Typology Library, aligned with scheme rules, regulatory expectations, and Finom’s risk appetite. Work closely with the Fraud Risk Manager, product, engineering, and ML teams to ensure correct translation of acquiring fraud scenarios into rules, thresholds and controls as well as machine-learning features and signals Participate in back-testing, validation, and tuning of acquiring fraud controls prior to production release. Monitor performance metrics (fraud rate, chargeback ratio, false positives, merchant friction) and propose optimisation actions. Act as a Second Line challenger, providing independent oversight of acquiring fraud risk decisions taken in the First Line. Support scheme-related topics such as Visa / Mastercard monitoring programs, dispute ratios, and remediation actions. Establish proper stakeholder management with product teams, risk management, quality assurance and operations teams Develop training materials and guidance for acquiring fraud analysts, dispute teams, and QA.



Actively participate in process improvement initiatives and ad-hoc projects within the Financial Crime Risk Management function. Required Experience & Skills English - full working proficiency 2+ years of experience in merchant risk, acquiring fraud strategy, or payment processor (PSP) risk management within a regulated financial institution or fintech platform. Experience with fraud prevention, fraud detection, fraud investigations and fraud mitigations in the financial (Banking, PSP, FinTech) sector Solid understanding of acquiring card fraud typologies (Merchant Bust-outs, Transaction Laundering, Card-testing among others), Visa/Mastercard monitoring programs (ECP/VAMP) and chargeback mechanics . Knowledge of the end-to-end payments ecosystem, across both issuing and acquiring rails. Experience working with fraud rules, scenarios, or ML-driven controls (end-to-end lifecycle preferred) Ability to analyse large datasets; experience with SQL and/or BI tools is a strong advantage Interpersonal Skills FINOM strongly rejects the “Compliance says No” mindset. Thinks like a risk partner, not a blocker Is comfortable challenging assumptions and proposing pragmatic solutions Can explain complex fraud risks in simple, business-friendly language Communicates effectively with stakeholders across product, tech, and operations Interview Process Recruiter Interview Team Interview Test Task Final Interview What You Will Get In Return Make a genuine impact on the product Join our upward trajectory, and grow with us. We provide the resources and opportunities for continuous personal and professional development, empowering you to make a genuine impact on our evolving product. Work in the EU Embark on this exciting journey with us and enjoy the flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe. This exciting opportunity is available to every team member, from junior team members to our founders. Equal Opportunity Statement At Finom, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

📌 Merchant Acquiring Fraud Analyst (2nd LoD) (Madrid)
🏢 Finom
📍 Madrid