Transaction Monitoring Lead

Unlimit

Limassol, Cyprus

On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward transaction monitoring professionals with acquiring experience comfortable with AI-native financial infrastructure.

Best fit for

Candidates with team leadership experience in transaction monitoring and a background in acquirer or PayFac environments
— “Proven leadership experience in transaction monitoring, including direct management of teams.”
Professionals with a solid understanding of card payment processing and fraud prevention strategies
— “Solid understanding of card payment processing, acquiring risk, fraud prevention, and transaction monitoring.”

Things to consider

The role mandates experience beyond merchant-side fraud monitoring, requiring broader acquiring expertise
— “Experience limited to merchant-side fraud monitoring is not sufficient for this position.”
Candidates must be prepared to work across acquiring and issuing functions simultaneously
— “You will bring a proven track record of managing team and building monitoring capabilities across acquiring and issuing.”

How to stand out

Demonstrate technical capability by showcasing SQL-driven analysis of transaction data
— “Hands-on technical skills, including SQL proficiency and the ability to independently query and analyse transaction data.”
Emphasize experience in acquirer or PayFac environments with a focus on fraud prevention
— “Strong acquiring experience is mandatory, specifically within an acquirer or Payment Facilitator (PayFac) environment.”
Showcase knowledge of card scheme requirements, particularly Visa and Mastercard
— “Strong understanding of card scheme requirements (Visa and Mastercard), fraud monitoring programmes, and related risk indicators.”
Demonstrate ability to translate data into risk management decisions for portfolio-level fraud
— “Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable risk management decisions.”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

Led and grew monitoring function
Developed and implemented transaction monitoring rules
Managed operational fraud investigations

Typical background

Proven leadership experience in transaction monitoringStrong acquiring experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Transaction MonitoringAcquiring RiskFraud PreventionSQLCard Payment Processing

Preferred

Ai-native Financial InfrastructureAcquirer EnvironmentPayfac Environment

Stack & domain

SQLFraud MonitoringAcquiringCard Payment ProcessingLeadershipAnalyticalProblem-solvingFintechFraud

About the role

Original posting from Unlimit via Lever

About Unlimit
Unlimit is a global fintech ecosystem built to eliminate financial borders holding businesses back. The company provides the extensive infrastructure needed to scale globally, integrating payment processing, multi-currency business accounts, BaaS and crypto gateways into a single, intelligent platform.
Across 17 offices globally, Unlimit bridges hyper-local expertise with a high-capacity financial network, giving companies the agility to expand across regions with operational confidence and speed. Driving the evolution of payments, Unlimit is transforming its infrastructure from human-operated fintech into AI-native financial infrastructure — where APIs are consumed by machines, integrations are negotiated by agents, and systems evolve continuously through intelligent automation. Our next users are not only humans. They are AI agents acting on behalf of humans and businesses.
Unlimit serves more than the needs of businesses today; we are building the nervous system for a borderless global economy.
We are looking for an experienced Transaction Monitoring professional to lead and grow our monitoring function across acquiring and issuing. You will bring a proven track record of managing team and building monitoring capabilities, strong analytical and hands-on SQL skills, and direct experience in an acquirer or PayFac environment, with a solid understanding of acquiring transaction monitoring and portfolio-level fraud risk. If you combine leadership, technical depth, and acquiring expertise, we would love to hear from you.
Team Leadership
Proven leadership experience in transaction monitoring, including direct management of teams.
Strong acquiring experience is mandatory, specifically within an acquirer or Payment Facilitator (PayFac) environment.
Fintech background
Experience limited to merchant-side fraud monitoring is not sufficient for this position.
Solid understanding of card payment processing, acquiring risk, fraud prevention, and transaction monitoring.
Hard skills
Hands-on technical skills, including SQL proficiency and the ability to independently query and analyse transaction data.
Practical experience developing, implementing, and optimising transaction monitoring rules and fraud detection strategies.
AI proficiency: confident hands-on practice with AI tools (Claude, Codex etc), AI-agents implementation into workflow.
Soft skills
Strong understanding of card scheme requirements (Visa and Mastercard), fraud monitoring programmes, and related risk indicators.
Experience managing operational fraud investigations and escalations.* Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable risk management decisions.
Join Unlimit Team now!
Unlimit is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

Source: Unlimit careers (Lever)