Risk Operations Analyst
At a glance
Highlights
- Global financial risk focus
- Impact on millions of merchants
- Cross‑functional influence
Heads up
- 5+ years required
- Onsite work arrangement
Why this role might suit you
A seasoned risk professional can leverage extensive experience in compliance and operations to shape scalable processes at a leading fintech, influencing cross‑functional teams and directly supporting millions of merchants worldwide.
Skills
About the role
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Risk Operations is responsible for managing the risk relationships spanning across global payment method, card, and financial partners. It is our mission to build operational controls to mitigate user and partner risk and enable strategic development opportunities.
What you’ll do
As a Risk Operations Analyst you will be working to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align to the needs of our financial partners You will be accountable for workflows impacting a variety of cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to identify and assess regulatory, contractual, and partner risk. Further, you will influence and advise operational teams in building out scalable operational processes to ensure compliance with service level agreements, routine reporting, and overall risk mitigation.
Responsibilities
Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions
Evaluate merchants, from successful venture-backed startups to well established institutions by assessing suitability to process on Stripe
Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and following up implementation of those improvements
Effectively and clearly communicate, including with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's financial partners
Identify trends and further report these to cross functional teams to enhance detection systems
Contribute to projects to enhance and optimize due diligence strategy systems and tools
Help build and scale processes across the risk operations eco-system
Identify gaps in current systems, policies and strategies, and recommends enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
At least 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or operations in a fast moving environment
Experience scaling operational processes and driving quantifiable improvements
Experience working cross-functionally on complex problems
Ability to use data to quantify problems, tell a story, and influence a solution.
The ability and desire to challenge the status quo
Creative thinker who considers problems from a customer perspective while being pragmatic and solutions oriented when solving them
Can analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and tooling improvements
You have a lot of ownership, are accountable, and drive towards ambitious goals
Deep empathy for entrepreneurs running a business, and are motivated to solve problems to empower them
Preferred qualifications
Experience with risk assessment and mitigation strategies in a financial technology environment
Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks
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