Senior Executive/Executive, Authorization

Job Description: To independently review, authorize, govern, and oversee card authorization operations, authorization strategies, transaction monitoring activities, fraud controls, authorization parameters, and operational risk management to ensure optimal transaction approval performance while maintaining strong security, regulatory compliance, and effective risk controls. Review and authorize authorization-related operational activities, parameter changes, and exception handling requests within delegated authority. Oversee the overall performance and effectiveness of the authorization environment. Provide oversight of continuous transaction monitoring activities across issuing and acquiring environments. Manage authorization rules, controls, limits, risk thresholds, and decisioning strategies. Serve as the primary operational escalation point for authorization-related matters. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s in Business, Finance, IT, Risk, or a related field. 4-5 years of experience in authorization or payments processing. Technical Competencies: Strong ability in analyzing data, identify issues & trends Report generation for business-as-usual monitoring Prior working knowledge of transaction authorization systems/process Understanding of card scheme messaging standard (Mastercard ISO 8583)