AML Operations Analyst - Transaction Monitoring

Stripe

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 The Financial Crimes team plays a critical role in ensuring a healthy financial ecosystem and maintaining trust in Stripe's platform. We ensure that prohibited parties cannot utilize our services and identify bad actors engaging in money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crimes. As Stripe’s user base and global footprint grows dramatically, this team is essential for mitigating risk and upholding regulatory compliance, directly contributing to Stripe's mission of increasing the GDP of the internet safely and responsibly.   WHAT YOU’LL DO As a Risk Operations Analyst you will be working to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align to the needs of our financial partners. You will be accountable for workflows impacting a variety of cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to identify and assess regulatory, contractual, and partner risk. Further, you will influence and advise operational teams in building out scalable operational processes to ensure compliance with service level agreements, routine reporting, and overall risk mitigation. RESPONSIBILITIES * Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions. * Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and balancing user experience with compliance requirements. * Effectively and clearly communicate with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's financial partners. * Identify and assess financial crime risks, conduct reviews using data analysis, and monitor for suspicious activity and trends. * Facilitate the re-design of business processes including clarifying, identifying issues, and facilitating changes to attain the highest levels of efficiency, control, and compliance. * Help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations eco-system. * Identify gaps in current systems, policies and strategies, and recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders. 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 * 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations. * Understanding of FinCrime red flags, its typologies, and how they can be identified. * Experience in developing/implementing process improvements. * Analytical and demonstrates reasoned logic to decision making and judgements, considers external/internal factors and is able to recommend solutions in complex situations. * Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear, precise and concise written and presentation materials. * Ability to analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and product improvements. * Policy Development & Regulatory Knowledge: Proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments. * Risk Assessment: Experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk-based compliance controls.  * Operational Management & Scaled Operations: Experience driving operational outcomes and managing large-scale operations through vendor partnerships, third-party integrations, and automated solutions to achieve efficiency and scalability in compliance processes. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Data analysis tools such as SQL * Experience in transaction monitoring or financial investigations, Sanctions, AML/EDD/KYC/KYB * Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks

Stripe

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 The Financial Crimes team plays a critical role in ensuring a healthy financial ecosystem and maintaining trust in Stripe's platform. We ensure that prohibited parties cannot utilize our services and identify bad actors engaging in money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crimes. As Stripe's user base and global footprint grow dramatically, this team is essential for mitigating risk and upholding regulatory compliance, directly contributing to Stripe's mission of increasing the GDP of the internet safely and responsibly. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Risk Operations Analyst, you'll work to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align with the needs of our financial partners. You'll be accountable for workflows impacting a variety of cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to identify and assess regulatory, contractual, and partner risk. Further, you'll influence and advise operational teams in building out scalable operational processes to ensure compliance with service level agreements, routine reporting, and overall risk mitigation. RESPONSIBILITIES • Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions • Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and balancing user experience with compliance requirements • Effectively and clearly communicate with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's financial partners • Identify and assess financial crime risks, conduct reviews using data analysis, and monitor for suspicious activity and trends • Facilitate the redesign of business processes including clarifying, identifying issues, and facilitating changes to attain the highest levels of efficiency, control, and compliance • Help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations ecosystem • Identify gaps in current systems, policies, and strategies, and recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders 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 • 8+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations • Understanding of FinCrime red flags, its typologies, and how they can be identified • Experience in developing and implementing process improvements • Demonstrates reasoned logic in decision-making and judgment, considers external and internal factors, and recommends solutions in complex situations • Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear, precise, and concise written and presentation materials • Ability to analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and product improvements • Policy development and regulatory knowledge—proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments • Risk assessment—experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk-based compliance controls • Operational management and scaled operations—experience driving operational outcomes and managing large-scale operations through vendor partnerships, third-party integrations, and automated solutions to achieve efficiency and scalability in compliance processes PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Data analysis tools such as SQL • Experience in transaction monitoring or financial investigations, Sanctions, AML, EDD, KYC, and KYB • Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks

IMC

We are looking for an AML/KYC Analyst to support AML/KYC activities across IMC's crypto counterparties and digital asset business. In this role, you'll help assess and manage AML/KYC risks associated with crypto markets, including high-risk counterparties, complex ownership structures, sanctions exposure and enhanced due diligence requirements. You'll contribute to risk-based counterparty assessments in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, combining strong analytical work with direct interaction with counterparties, trading teams and other internal stakeholders. This is an opportunity to play an important role in enabling IMC's digital asset business while helping to maintain a robust and effective AML/KYC framework. YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:  AML/KYC Counterparty Reviews * Perform customer due diligence (CDD) and periodic reviews for crypto counterparties * Conduct risk-based counterparty reviews with exposure to enhanced due diligence (EDD) requirements * Analyze complex ownership and control structures, including offshore and layered structures where relevant * Assess AML/CTF and sanctions risks associated with counterparties, products and jurisdictions * Manage escalations relating to high-risk counterparties and onboarding matters * Conduct independent AML/KYC risk assessments and determine appropriate risk classifications * Prepare high-risk cases and escalation memos for senior stakeholder approval Screening & Risk Analysis * Conduct adverse media and sanctions screening using relevant screening tools * Identify and assess AML/CTF and sanctions-related red flags associated with crypto counterparties and digital asset activities Stakeholder & Counterparty Engagement * Engage directly with counterparties regarding AML/KYC requirements and documentation requests * Work closely with Trading, Legal, Compliance and operational teams on onboarding and risk matters * Provide practical AML guidance to internal stakeholders on crypto-related risks and controls Governance & Regulatory Support * Support AML/KYC enhancement initiatives and control improvements * Assistance with AML/CTF policies, procedures and guidance materials * Assist with internal audits, regulatory reviews and remediation actions * Remain current on AML/CTF regulatory developments, sanctions frameworks and industry expectations relevant to digital assets Key deliverables * Timely and accurate completion of CDD analyses and periodic counterparty reviews * Effective handling of counterparty KYC requests and communications * Risk-based analysis of adverse media and sanctions screening alerts * Reliable and well-documented AML transaction monitoring YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:  * 4+ years of AML/KYC/CDD experience within crypto, trading, banking, payment institutions or other regulated financial institutions * Strong understanding of enhanced due diligence (EDD) requirements and risk-based AML/KYC assessments * Prior familiarity with AML/CTF risks and typologies relevant to digital assets and crypto markets is preferred (but not mandatory) * Experience conducting independent risk assessments and exercising sound judgement * Familiarity with crypto transaction tracing and wallet screening tools is preferred * Knowledge of relevant AML/CTF legislation, including sanctions frameworks * Experience dealing with complex legal entity structures and institutional counterparties * CAMS certification preferred; crypto-related AML certifications are a plus * Strong analytical and investigative mindset * Ability to independently manage complex AML/KYC matters from onboarding through ongoing monitoring * Confident communicator, capable of interacting directly with counterparties and senior stakeholders * Pragmatic and risk-based approach to problem solving * Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving regulatory environment * High level of ownership, accountability and attention to detail WHAT WE OFFER * A high-impact role in a small, expert team holding significant regulatory responsibility * A collaborative, high-performance culture that rewards ownership and initiative * Exposure to AML operations across multiple jurisdictions * Support to obtain CAMS certification if not already held About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.