Director of Strategic Account Portfolio Underwriting

Oversee the Strategic Account Portfolio (SAP) Underwriting team to ensure efficient use of resources to enable commerce while mitigating risk.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Direct the activities of a senior underwriting team to ensure timely and accurate completion of work, appropriate assignment of merchant applications and tasks and compliance with corporate objectives and standards;
• Implement and monitor underwriting strategies and policies, including underwriting training and guidance as required, which maximize profit and support growth;
• Ensure senior underwriting team underwrite high risk accounts and partners in conjunction with applicable rules and guidelines.
• Ensure following of Credit Card Associations regulations and compliance by reviewing Associations’ circulars and bulletins;
• Implement and monitor the process of measuring, or assessing, merchant risk and developing strategies to manage it by transferring, avoiding or reducing the negative effects of the risk;
• Act as the liaison with Acquiring Banks’ Underwriting and Risk departments;
• Help with the design, testing and implementation of technology projects associated with underwriting, risk and fraud prevention programs;
• Any other tasks as assigned.