CDD Risk Analyst

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Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

CDD Risk Analyst

Our Customer Risk Review team is seeking an experienced CDD Risk Analyst who brings 2–4 years of payments or financial industry experience. You will partner with commercial, compliance, product, and technology teams to ensure our KYC and enhanced due diligence programmes remain best in class. In this role you will own complex reviews, contribute to strategic process improvements, mentor junior colleagues, and deliver components of cross-functional projects that scale our operational capabilities.

What you will do

Lead end-to-end KYC and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews for high-risk or complex merchant portfolios, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations

Analyse changes in customer ownership, structure or activity, document material shifts in risk profile, and recommend mitigation actions

Maintain and optimize team processes and automation solutions to increase review throughput and accuracy

Coordinate and execute within cross-functional projects spanning compliance, technology and commercial teams, from scoping through to delivery

Provide expert guidance to merchants on due diligence requirements, resolving escalations and clarifying regulatory expectations

Align review frameworks and scoring models with regional and global risk teams to ensure consistent risk assessment

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