Payment Fraud Analyst - Treasury Services & Solutions

About the position

Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) is one of the world's leading alternative asset managers. Since its founding in 1990, Apollo's rigorous, value-oriented approach has sought to create uncommon opportunities for investors to achieve superior risk-adjusted results throughout market cycles. Apollo takes many paths to value, operating as one integrated global platform in private equity, credit, and real assets. Funds managed by Apollo seek to invest in companies that are good corporate citizens and that have sound environmental, social, and governance practices. Apollo's fully centralized and highly automated Treasury Services & Solutions ("TSS") team, which is part of the Global Operations department, is responsible for the firm's payments, entity/fund/bank account onboardings, settlement instruction & payment reference data management, bank relationship management, and payment risk management. The TSS team is seeking a payment fraud analyst who will assist with TSS's standard daily body of work but will also help manage payments to new counterparties and ensure proper ongoing governance of fraud & risk touchpoints across the banking ecosystem. This is a new position with a robust opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our treasury function.

Responsibilities

• Own the Apollo payment fraud dashboard and ensure ongoing compliance with screening requirements (OFAC, sanctions, high-risk jurisdiction, etc.)
• Own the bank access/payment system recertification process, applying scrutiny to in-scope systems to ensure maximum security of Apollo funds and assets
• Manage queue of system entitlement requests, ensuring timely completion of fully authorized requests
• Respond to quarterly SOX clarification inquiries
• Onboard standard settlement instructions (SSIs) for both internal and external counterparties, carefully screening data for any potential indicators of fraud
• Onboard new bank accounts with transaction banks, custodians, and escrow providers to meet Apollo corporate and fund needs
• Ensure the timely settlement of the firm's transactions and troubleshoot related issues

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• 1-2+ years of work experience required, with 1+ years of prior experience covering fraud/risk management strongly preferred (especially in the payments/banking space)
• Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) certification highly desired but not required; candidates who hold an APRP or are willing to sit for the APRP exam will be strongly considered
• Experience working at or with banks in a role involving documentation management and/or fund onboardings
• Experience with payments channels, norms, and formatting (SWIFT/ACH)
• Knowledge of SOX compliance rules within the payments space desired but not required
• Ability to operate in a highly visible role with increasing volumes of work under tight intraday deadlines
• Strong project management and planning capabilities; able to support the transformation and growth agenda of the firm and Global Operations
• Highly organized, proactive, and efficient in managing and following up on multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to partner with others and work collaboratively and professionally across the organization and across levels of seniority
• Strong analytical skills and quick learner; likes to drink from a firehose and come up thirsty for more
• Strong ownership mentality and desire to maintain & constantly improve body of work

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance