EDD Operations Associate

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies from the worlds 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

As Stripes user base and global footprint grows dramatically we have distinctly unique support problems resulting from both our type of scale and the type of businesses we partner with. The Stripe Delivery Center (SDC) strategy will provide operational leverage and expand Stripes portfolio of operational capabilities to support the scaled needs for external users and internal Stripe teams.

This role will be part of the Financial Crimes Operations Team within SDC that is accountable for conducting decision reviews watchlist and name screenings for Politicallyexposed Persons (PEP) and make risk based assessments on alerted individuals/ entities.

What youll do

We are looking for someone who is passionate about fighting financial crimes and solving the puzzle of investigations is naturally curious and is comfortable operating in ambiguity and finding creative solutions. You will be responsible for conducting investigations and making accountlevel judgments and recommendations for regulatory reporting. You will be confident in looking through data assessing various indicators and making judgements on your findings.

The right candidate for this role will have experience in financial crimes compliance preferably within the fintech or ecommerce space.

Responsibilities

• Conduct decision reviews for Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for high and very high risk businesses
• Understand complex regulatory and compliance requirements within the financial services space and complete analyses in accordance with these requirements
• Analyze complex problem and exercising sound analytical judgment on investigation resolutions or decisions
• Perform assignments/tasks of high complexity and resolving incoming requests from internal Stripe teams financial partners or other parties
• Adhere closely to process documentation and draft clear and concise investigative summaries and analyses including draft regulatory reports for submission
• Be a part of building a brand new team and operational culture for Stripe

Who you are

Were 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

• 3 5 years of experience in financial crimes specifically in AML investigations and/or EDD Experience conducting indepth user Know Your Customer Customer Identification Program and CDD requirements nature of business adverse media high risk country / business sector reviews in EDD work flows
• Experience reviewing EDD alerts and user alert details understanding mitigation factors and making determinations / escalations
• General awareness of money laundering terrorism financing and/or sanctions trends and regulatory developments
• Independently analyze and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
• Ability to clearly record by writing the rationale & documenting the evidence of the decision making process about the match being positive or false for analytical presentation and audit purposes
• Excellent written spoken and interpersonal skills
• Excellent problemsolving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
• Selfdisciplined diligent proactive and detail oriented
• The SDC operates during daytime hours with shifts from the morning through early evening

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge in payments and the fintech industry
• Familiarity with SQL and ability to use template or premade SQL queries as part of investigations

Required Experience:

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