Underwriter Needed

Celero Commerce is looking for an Underwriter to join our Operations team in Brentwood, Tennessee! As an Underwriter at Celero, you’ll play a critical role in evaluating merchant applications, assessing risk, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. You’ll collaborate with teams across the organization to support secure and informed decision-making. Our ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and confident making data-driven decisions in a fast-paced environment. If you're ready to contribute to a growing fintech company with a strong team culture, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Review merchant applications submitted by banks, sales agents, referral partners, and ISVs
• Verify application data using third-party tools and financial documentation
• Analyze trends and identify signs of elevated or unusual risk
• Evaluate future delivery exposure and merchant viability
• Conduct periodic reviews of existing merchants with risk indicators
• Maintain detailed records in CRM and route approved applications to the Boarding team
• Partner with internal teams to collect required documentation
• Perform other duties as assigned

Experience & Requirements:

• Brentwood, TN - based position
• Experience with underwriting or risk management in financial services or payments
• Familiarity with chargeback processes and platforms such as TSYS and Fiserv
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to interpret and act on financial data
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Start date: Immediate

Employment type: Full-time; Exempt

Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, identify theft protection, paid time off, and 401k (4% match)

To learn more about our company, please visit Celero Commerce LinkedIn or Facebook pages:

Celero Commerce provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Please Note: Celero Commerce participates in E-Verify and performs background checks on all new hires. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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