Edd Operations Associate

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 As Stripe s 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 Stripe s 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 Politically-exposed Persons PEP and make risk based assessments on alerted individuals entities What you ll 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 account-level 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 e-commerce 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 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 3 - 5 years of experience in financial crimes specifically in AML investigations and or EDD Experience conducting in-depth 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 problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions Self-disciplined 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 In-office expectations Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50 of the time in a given month in their local office or with users This expectation may vary depending on role team and location For example Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City Mexico and Bengaluru India work 100 from the office Also some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements to appropriately support our users and workflows which the hiring manager will discuss This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other while supporting flexibility when possible Pay and benefits Stripe does not yet include pay ranges in job postings in every country Stripe strongly values pay transparency and is working toward pay transparency globally Office locations Bengaluru Team Operations Job type Full time