Payments & Fraud Operations Specialist (m/f/d)

ABOUT US

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Designed for industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, Pliant enables greater efficiency, control, and profitability.

We serve two primary customer segments:

• Companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines.

• Businesses such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant’s embedded finance and white-label solutions.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments.

Learn more atwww.getpliant.com

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Payments & Fraud Operations Specialist to provideout-of-hours operational coverage, ensuring the stability, integrity, and security of our payment systems outside standard business hours (evenings, nights, and weekends).

This role sits at the intersection of customer support, payments operations and fraud and reports into the Head of Fraud Operations.

You will play a key role inmaintaining service reliability, mitigating fraud risk, and responding to operational incidents in real time.

Working Hours

This role is specifically designed forout-of-hours coverage, including evenings, nights, weekends, and public holidays (as part of a team rotation). It operates on a dedicated shift-based schedule to ensure Pliant achieves a 24/7Always On model.

• This role is specifically designed for out-of-hours coverage, including:

  • Evenings / nights

  • Weekends

  • Public holidays (as part of a rota)

• May operate on a shift-based schedule

WHAT YOU’LL DO

End-to-End Customer Support (Tier 1)

• Act as the primary front-line contact for urgent out-of-hours customer inquiries via phone, email, or ticketing systems.

• Handle critical real-time customer requests, including card blocking/unblocking, PIN resets, activation issues, and account access support.

• Manage merchant dispute intakes, triage customer issues, and handle high-priority weekend limit increase requests.

• Deliver empathetic, high-quality, and clear communication to customers under stressful financial situations.

Payments Operations

• Monitorpayment processing, authorisations, and declinesto ensure smooth operation outside core hours

• Identify and investigatepayment failures, delays, and system anomalies

• Performfirst-line incident triage and escalation for payment-related issues

• Supportreconciliation checks and exception handling where required

• Maintain clear documentation of incidents, actions taken, and resolutions

Fraud & Risk Operations

• Conductreal-time transaction monitoring to detect suspicious or fraudulent activity

• Investigatealerts, flagged transactions, and unusual behavioural patterns

• Take immediate action where necessary (e.g. blocking/unblocking cards, restricting accounts, escalating incidents)

• Escalate high-risk or complex cases to on-call risk/compliance teams

• Contribute to improvingfraud detection processes and playbooks

Incident Management & Escalation

• Act as theprimary operational contact during out-of-hours periods

• Triage and prioritise incidents across payments and fraud domains in line with established processes

• Follow definedescalation protocols for critical issues

• Ensuretimely communication with internal stakeholders (on-call teams, engineering, risk, etc.)

• Produceincident summaries and handovers for the next business day

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Identify recurring issues and contribute toprocess improvements and automation

• Help refinemonitoring, alerting, and response procedures

• Support the development ofrunbooks for out-of-hours operations
  

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 3-4+ years inpayments operations, fraud operations, or fintech operations

• Experience withtransaction monitoring, incident handling, or payment investigations

• Familiarity withcard payments, payment processors, or financial systems

• The Hybrid Mindset: Equally comfortable jumping on an urgent customer phone call and diving into back-office fraud logs.

• Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to make confident, playbook-driven decisions independently under pressure.Ability to make decisions under pressure in time-sensitive situations

• High attention to detail and structured approach to investigations

• Clear written and verbal communication for incident reporting and escalation

• Comfortable working independently during non-core hours

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Proactive in identifying risks and operational issues

• Comfortable working with ambiguity and limited immediate support

• Experience withmonitoring tools, ticketing systems, or fraud detection platformsi.e. Thredd, FraudAdvantage, Jira, Slack, Visa/MC Connect

• Data analysis skills (e.g. Excel; SQL is a plus)

• Chargeback knowledge desirable

WHAT WE OFFER

• The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence

• Attractive remuneration and benefits package

• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere

• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals

• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely

• Pliant Card with monthly credit to explore the product and enjoy food with colleagues

Pliant is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities, and are committed to an inclusive hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the interview process, please let us know.