Risk Operations Analyst

As Risk Operations Analyst at Stripe, you work at the intersection of financial risk, compliance, and operations. You'll manage relationships with Stripe's global payment and financial partners, ensuring policies and workflows mitigate risk while enabling strategic growth. You'll evaluate merchants, assess regulatory and contractual risk, and advise cross-functional teams on building scalable, compliant processes.

What you'll do

Assess merchant suitability to process on Stripe, from venture-backed startups to established institutions, by evaluating regulatory and financial risk

Ensure policies, operations, and workflows align with financial partner needs and service level agreements

Identify risk trends and report findings to cross-functional teams to enhance detection systems

Question assumptions, suggest process improvements, and drive their implementation while adhering to established controls

Advise operational teams on building scalable processes that ensure compliance and risk mitigation

Analyze feedback patterns and use insights to drive improvements to processes and tooling

Communicate clearly and effectively with internal teams, Stripe users, and financial partners on complex, high-risk decisions

Contribute to due diligence strategy systems and help scale processes across the risk operations ecosystem

What you bring

5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or operations in a fast-moving environment

Proven track record scaling operational processes and driving quantifiable improvements

Experience working cross-functionally on complex problems, with deep empathy for entrepreneurs

Strong ability to use data to quantify problems, tell a compelling story, and influence solutions

Sound judgment navigating non-binary, high-risk decisions with ownership and accountability

Creative, pragmatic problem solver who challenges the status quo and considers problems from a customer perspective

Preferred: experience with risk assessment in fintech environments or knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform trusted by millions of companies worldwide to accept payments and grow their revenue. Their mission is to increase the GDP of the internet by putting the global economy within everyone's reach.

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