Manager, Underwriting

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🔥 12 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $140k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Underwriter

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Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM:PRTH)

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🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $50M Post-IPO Debt - Priority Commerce on 2025-08

B2B • Enterprise

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM:PRTH) is a publicly traded holding company. No additional company-specific information was provided in the prompt; therefore this description is intentionally conservative and limited to verifiable facts. It appears to be associated with technology through its name, but precise operating subsidiaries, products, or services were not specified here.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and develop the underwriting team through coaching, mentoring, performance management, training, and clear expectations • Oversee merchant underwriting activities and risk exposure across products and processing relationships • Establish risk parameters and ensure decisions align with company policies, Card Brand requirements, and risk appetite • Serve as escalation point and decision authority for complex, high-volume, or high-risk accounts • Evaluate financial, credit, processing, fraud, and operational risks • Determine approval structures, reserves, ACH delays, and other risk mitigants • Monitor portfolio performance, underwriting quality, loss trends, and emerging risks • Use data and analysis to identify concerns and recommend risk-management actions and process improvements • Ensure adherence to Card Brand, KYC, AML, and company requirements • Partner with Compliance, Risk, Operations, Sales, and other stakeholders on significant matters • Serve as subject-matter expert on underwriting, credit, payments, risk management, and financial analysis • Drive continuous improvement of underwriting policies, procedures, controls, and workflows • Oversee fraud-risk management, including fraud identification, investigation, escalation, verification, and control practices • Leverage internal tools and third-party resources to reduce fraudulent account exposure

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience • 10+ years of relevant experience in underwriting, credit, risk, payments, banking, or financial services • Management or leadership experience • Strong knowledge of merchant acquiring, payment processing, credit underwriting, financial statement analysis, fraud risk, and payment-related risk exposure • Ability to assess financial, credit, operational, fraud, and processing risk and exercise independent judgment • Knowledge of risk-mitigation tools, including reserves, ACH delays, and other approval conditions • Knowledge of Card Brand requirements, KYC/AML principles, underwriting policies, and applicable risk and compliance standards • Strong leadership, communication, coaching, problem-solving, and decision-making skills • Proficiency with risk-management systems, underwriting tools, and data analysis • Ability to work effectively with Sales, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and other stakeholders • Experience leading fraud-risk identification and mitigation • Excellent management, communication, interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills • Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form • Attention to detail • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Industry knowledge • Banking and Credit Card Issuing experience is a plus • Knowledge of payments, merchant acquiring, credit, banking, or financial services preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus programs • 401(k) match • HSA and FSA options • Financial wellness resources • Employee discount programs • Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Mental health support for employees and dependents through Lyra Health • Family planning and women’s health benefits through Carrot • Gym membership reimbursement • Virtual wellness programs, including yoga • 3 weeks PTO to start • Unlimited PTO after year one • Education expense reimbursement • Leadership development programs • Certified Payments Professional (CPP) certification support