Crypto Compliance & Controls Leader

The Bitcoin Street Journal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an Enterprise Compliance and Risk Controls Lead to oversee financial crimes governance across Stripe entities. You will design and implement Bridge and Privy controls and coordinate with Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, and Internal Audit to ensure effective governance and risk mitigation.

Applicants should bring 7+ years in financial crimes, risk, or internal controls within regulated financial services, with a strong interest in AI and automation to enhance compliance while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in financial crimes compliance, risk, internal controls, audit, or a related field in regulated financial services.
• Experience with financial crimes risk assessments, control design or testing, policy governance, issue management, or audit readiness.
• Familiarity with financial crimes requirements, ideally including AML, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, and travel rule.
• Experience with AI and automation to improve compliance, controls, risk, or operational workflows responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Bridge and Privy controls are designed, evidenced, governed, and implemented.
• Drive policy governance across Stripe entities, including policy development, approvals, and change management.
• Provide inputs for Financial Crimes Risk Assessments across Stripe entities, including planning, coordination, documentation, governance, and reporting.
• Translate regulatory and risk requirements into clear controls, policies, risk assessments, and operating processes.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Internal Audit to identify gaps and improve the control environment.
• Identify AI and automation opportunities across controls, policy, and risk-assessment work while ensuring oversight and auditability.

Skills

Financial crimes compliance

Risk controls

Policy governance

AI in compliance

Job description

Stripe is seeking an Enterprise Compliance and Risk Controls Lead to oversee financial crimes governance across Stripe entities. You will design and implement Bridge and Privy controls and coordinate with Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, and Internal Audit to ensure effective governance and risk mitigation.

Applicants should bring 7+ years in financial crimes, risk, or internal controls within regulated financial services, with a strong interest in AI and automation to enhance compliance while