Head of Risk

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🎲 Risk

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Veem

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💳 Fintech

💰 $31M Series unknown on 2020-10

Consulting • Logistics • Fintech

Veem is a fintech payments platform that simplifies global payables and receivables for businesses. It provides multi-currency wallets, virtual bank accounts and virtual/virtual debit cards, supports bank transfers, card payments and checks, and offers features like mass pay, payment scheduling, invoice building, pay links, real-time payment tracking and accounting integrations. Veem exposes APIs and embedding options for partners, is licensed and security‑compliant, and targets businesses needing cross-border disbursements and collections across 100+ countries and 80+ currencies.

📋 Description

• Set and lead Veem’s risk, fraud-prevention, and compliance strategy across payment products and global operations • Build and improve scalable risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes • Guide the company’s approach to AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk • Partner with Product and Engineering to embed risk controls into product design, payment flows, and internal systems • Use data, automation, and compliance technology to strengthen risk detection and improve control scalability • Advise on risk across cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payment rails • Support expansion into new markets by identifying risks and jurisdiction-specific requirements • Evaluate, select, and manage third-party risk technology vendors • Collaborate with Operations, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Data to assess issues, manage escalations, and improve controls • Communicate risk priorities, decisions, and trade-offs to senior leaders and cross-functional partners

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in risk, compliance, or fraud within payments, fintech, or financial services • Leadership experience across risk and compliance programs for payment products, ideally in a global company • Experience with AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, customer and business verification, and data privacy risk • Experience building scalable risk frameworks, policies, controls, and escalation processes • Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Data teams • Experience with payment products and rails, including cards, ACH, wires, and real-time payments • Experience evaluating and managing third-party KYC, transaction monitoring, fraud, and sanctions technology vendors

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus eligibility for all Veem employees • Opportunities for career growth in a growing fintech company • Opportunity to use and build AI capabilities on the job • Innovative fintech products and technology

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