Risk officer

About the Role: We are looking for an experienced High Risk Acquiring Monitoring Specialist to join our Risk and Compliance function with focus on card schemes rules and broader payment compliance. This role is pivotal to ensuring the integrity, security, and scalability of Inwizo's operations. The ideal candidate possesses basic regulatory expertise, and deep knowledge on Card Schemes regulations (Visa and Mastercard) for Acquiring business and also have deep experience with onboarding and risk related monitoring of Merchants, knowledge on UK and EU EMI regulations is nice to have, along with a strong track record in payment risk and compliance teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Both high risk merchant and wider low & mid risk experiences are more than welcomed. What We’re Looking For: — Minimum 3 years in compliance or risk roles within Acquiring institutions — Experience working with merchants in the Adult industry — Strong understanding of Card Scheme regulations, onboarding risk standards, and regulatory frameworks in Adult Acquiring vertical. — Experience in high risk merchant and wider low & mid risk businesses in EU and / or UK (a strong plus) — Basic knowledge of KYC/KYB, merchant onboarding flows for low to high-risk business verticals. — Experience working with Card Schemes and regulators, including audits, reporting, and licensing support. — Hands-on expertise with multi-jurisdictional compliance and UK & EU EMI regulations (a strong plus). — Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. — Fluent English required; — Fluency in other languages is a desirable skill. — Focused on smart compliance rather that hard follow-the-rule compliance. — Proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently in a remote, international and high-growth environments.