Risk Analyst

About the role

We're looking for a highly analytical and business oriented professional to join Forter's global Risk team.

In this role, you will work closely with our go to market teams across APAC and EMEA, using data and analysis to support smart commercial decisions, deliver clear insights, and enable regional growth. This is a role at the intersection of risk, analytics, and business, with strong exposure to sales strategy, pricing, and customer facing work.

You will be part of a collaborative global team, working on real business questions with direct impact on revenue, merchant relationships, and long term growth.

What you'll be doing

• Risk and analytics support across regions, including exposure assessments, data validation, KPI definition, and ROI analysis to clearly demonstrate value to merchants
• Support commercial and strategic decision making, including pricing structures, revenue margins, and new business opportunities
• Partner with Sales, Deal Ops, and Finance on opportunity level revenue modeling and short and long term forecasting
• Evaluate deals through an understanding of merchant pain points, competitive landscape, and go to market dynamics to support sustainable, long term partnerships
• Provide analytical support during the sales cycle, including joining prospect conversations and helping shape risk related solutioning
• Act as a bridge between regional go to market teams and central Analytics and R&D functions to ensure smooth execution of commercial and risk initiatives

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Business, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in a highly analytical role such as data analytics or business analytics, ideally with exposure to commercial or go to market decision making. Fintech experience is a strong advantage
• Experience working with customers and stakeholders, with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly and simply
• Ability to translate data into concrete business recommendations and measurable KPIs
• Strong ownership mindset, detail oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities across different time zones
• Good communication skills in English. Additional relevant languages are a plus
• Familiarity with analytical and data tools. Experience with Python or SQL is an advantage
• Willingness to travel occasionally and openness to potential future relocation based on business needs

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company's connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve.  Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We're meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact. 

Trust is backed by data –  Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including: 

• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Fortune's Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023 and 2024)
• Forbes Cloud , 2022, 2023 and 2024)
• #3 on Fast Company's list of "Most Innovative Finance Companies" (2022)
• Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (2024)
• SAP Pinnacle Awards "New Partner Application Award" (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Life as a Forterian:

We are a team of over 600 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Adobe, ASOS, eBay, Instacart, Priceline and Nordstrom can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.

At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.

Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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