Nishant Piyush
Senior Team Leader - Global Seller Risk at PayPal | Certified FRM | BE+MBA
- Role
- Senior Team Leader at PayPal
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nishant Piyush
Risk management professional with 6+ years of experience across credit risk, seller risk, and fraud investigations in banking and fintech sectors. Currently at PayPal, leading a global seller risk team, managing analysts and senior analysts across fraud and credit risk portfolios.Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) with an MBA (Finance) from NMIMS and a BE in Engineering. Skilled in team leadership, credit risk analysis and strategy, fraud prevention, financial analysis, and stakeholder management.Passionate about building high-performing teams and driving risk-control strategies that balance growth and compliance.
Experience
Senior Team Leader
Dec 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
As a Senior Team Leader in Global Seller Risk, I operate at a broader scope with increased ownership over escalations, high-impact investigations, and stakeholder engagement, while continuing to lead a team of skilled seller risk analysts. Along with leadership duties, my role focuses on handling complex risk scenarios, enabling decision-making for critical cases, and strengthening processes through cross-functional collaboration.Key Responsibilities (along with that of Team Leader listed below)- Act as the primary Point of Contact (POC) for escalations within Seller Risk, managing sensitive and high-visibility cases that require senior-level judgment and swift resolution- Lead investigations into complex, high-risk, and high-impact merchant cases, ensuring balanced decisions aligned with risk tolerance, policy intent, and business impact- Work directly with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders to assess escalations, provide risk recommendations, and support informed decision-making- Partner with Product Development and IT teams to identify operational gaps and drive enhancements in risk tools, workflows, and automation- Contribute to process optimization initiatives, translating frontline challenges into scalable improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and analyst experience- Support leadership with risk insights, case trends, and escalation learnings, helping shape policy interpretation and strategic risk responses- Mentor the wider seller risk teams on handling advanced cases, escalations, and stakeholder communication, strengthening overall leadership capability within the function.
Education
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
PGDM - Finance, Finance and Financial Management Services
2016 — 2018
Dayananda Sagar Institutions
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2010 — 2014
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Finance
- Microsoft Office
- Linux System Administration
- C
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Forecasting
- Sql
- Linux
- Team Management
- System Administration
- Microsoft Excel
- Unix
- Management
- Java
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- C++
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