Operations Associate, Financial Crimes (AML Investigations)
Stripe · Posted Nov 5
Online payment processing, billing, and financial infrastructure services
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About the role
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, and the Stripe Delivery Center expands its operational capabilities to support external users and internal teams at scale. This role sits within the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Team in the Financial Crimes organization, which monitors, investigates, and reports suspicious activity indicative of money laundering and other financial crimes. The associate will review and disposition transaction monitoring alerts, conduct end-to-end AML investigations, and draft and file Suspicious Activity/Transaction Reports with Financial Intelligence Units.
What you will do
- Conducting AML Investigations from beginning to end, including conducting transaction analysis and open source and public records research in various jurisdictions
- Documenting in detail the rationale for the investigative process and recommendations of each review
- Drafting and filing Suspicious Activity / Transaction Report (SARs / STRs) with various Financial Intelligence Units
- Maintaining operational excellence across various workstreams
- Reviewing and dispositioning Transaction Monitoring alerts
- Demonstrating sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong English written and verbal capabilities
- 5+ years of analytical or investigative experience, preferably within the financial crimes, AML, risk, threat analysis, or fraud fields
- Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of financial crime typologies and patterns utilized to exploit financial institutions
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of information such as transaction data and identify key trends
- Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment
- Independently analyze and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge/ experience in the payments and the fintech industry
- Previous experience working in a Compliance function
- ACAMS or similar certification
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Stripe
Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, providing payment processing and financial services software for businesses of all sizes. Millions of companies use its suite of products to accept online and in-person payments, manage revenue, and run operations globally.
- Industry
- Payments
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2010
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Private Company
Funding
Private Company · $9.81B raised
- 2023-03-26Series I$6.5B
- 2023-04-01Grant$11.1M
- 2024-04-08Secondary Market$694M
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
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