Risk Partnerships Manager - Banks & Treasury
Risk Partnerships Manager - Banks & Treasury
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Job Description
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
The Risk Partnerships team is an essential part of Stripes Global Partnerships organization. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key partner banks to manage risk for Stripes business activities. These banking partnerships are essential to enable Stripe to accept and make payments provide credit move & store money and develop new products and solutions to meet our users needs. We work across a broad range of risk and compliance topics including; credit fraud regulatory financial crime reputational product and operational risks.
What youll do
We are seeking a new team member to collaborate with key banking partners throughout North America and Europe. These partners will work with Stripe to develop and deliver solutions that will build our Global Payments and Treasury Network. This role will support Stripes goals to enable users to send and receive payments domestically and internationally store funds securely earn yield on those funds and enable multi-currency fund flows.
Risk management is essential for managing these relationships and this role requires a broad understanding of risk disciplines across banking activities including accepting and making payments money storage & transmission and multi-currency/cross border fund flow.
This role will lead activities to enhance risk management interactions between Stripe and its partners manage key aspects of the partner relationships and execute high-impact initiatives.
You will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to set objectives coordinate priorities and drive execution. Internally this role will coordinate closely with product and engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders including Risk Fraud Financial Crime & Supportability Operations Legal and Finance. Externally this role will work closely with Partners Risk & Compliance teams including senior management.
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-focused initiatives in collaboration with global financial partners (banks networks payment methods) to:
- Foster new business opportunities and user verticals
- Innovate on shared risk methodologies
- Establish and maintain compliance with agreed risk appetites
- Oversee and maintain the health of relationships with key risk counterparts at partner banks
- Develop and manage projects and initiatives that support strong partner relationships regarding risk
- Deliver business and policy recommendations that inform our risk posture
- Act as a representative and negotiator of our risk approach to banking partners
- Enhance existing and develop new partner-facing risk management capabilities
- Lead risk-related partnership and product discussions with banking partners to align on risk approaches and strategies
- Identify and pursue business opportunities by creating innovative risk-aware solutions that expand our product and user base through banking partnerships
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
- 12 years experience in risk-related role at a bank or fintech with experience of products & services that enabled users to send and receive payments domestically and internationally store funds securely earn yield on those funds and enable multi-currency fund flows.
- Demonstrated deep knowledge and experience of working with bank payment schemes and networks (e.g. ACH WIRE and local equivalents)
- A deep knowledge of risk and compliance issues.
- Ability to represent Stripe on risk compliance and product issues with banking partners to maintain positive relationships.
- Strong organizational planning and communication skills (written and verbal) to drive understanding collaboration and issue resolution.
- Curiosity and a partnership mindset focused on improving processes and scaling solutions.
- First-hand experience in risk management at a bank or fintech
- Strong stakeholder management skills including navigating difficult situations negotiating timelines and influencing stakeholders across organizations and -motivated and proactive with the ability to thrive in uncertain and ambiguous environments.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience of financial crime programmes including; KYC/B AML Sanctions and Terrorist Financing with a practical knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering regulations.
- A deep understanding of domestic & international payment schemes (e.g. FPS CHAPS BACs SEPA ACH Wire)
- Strong understanding of the complex risks that are present when managing crossborder payments including the management of high risk sectors.
- Market experience across North America & Europe with an understanding of how current and future regulations will impact Stripe and its banking partners.
- Experience of leveraging technology to support the development and embedment of scalable risk and operational processes.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
