Crypto Controls and Compliance Advisor

Leyla; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an Enterprise Compliance and Risk Controls Lead within FinCRO to oversee financial crimes controls and governance across Stripe entities, supporting Bridge and Privy. The role combines deep regulatory knowledge with program management and responsible AI to elevate control effectiveness.

You will collaborate across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, and Internal Audit to identify gaps, design controls, and drive policy governance and risk assessment processes at

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial crimes compliance, risk, internal controls, audit, or 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 AML, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, and Travel Rule requirements.
• Strong interest in or experience using AI and automation to improve compliance 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 the Financial Crimes Risk Assessment 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 Financial Crimes, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Internal Audit to identify gaps and improve the control environment.
• Identify responsible AI and automation opportunities across controls, policy, and risk assessments, including document review and evidence triage.
• Ensure AI-enabled workflows retain human oversight, data protection, accountability, and auditability.

Skills

Financial crimes

Risk controls

Policy governance

Audit readiness

AI in compliance

Job description

Who we are

Financial Crimes Compliance Risk Oversight (FinCRO) is hiring an Enterprise Compliance and Risk Controls Lead for financial crimes controls and governance at Stripe. This role will support Bridge and Privy controls plus provide critical inputs for policy governance and Financial Crimes Risk Assessment (FCRA) across Stripe entities.

You will combine financial crimes controls expertise with strong program management, using AI responsibly to improve the quality, consistency, and scalability of our work. The role will support key financial crimes priorities, including evolving requirements related to the Travel Rule.

What you’ll do

• Ensure Bridge and Privy controls are appropriately designed, evidenced, governed, and implemented.
• Drive relevant financial crimes policy governance across Stripe entities, including policy development, approvals, and change management.
• Provide critical inputs for the Financial Crimes Risk Assessment across Stripe entities, including planning, stakeholder coordination, documentation, governance, and reporting.
• Translate financial crimes regulatory and risk requirements into clear, practical controls, policies, risk assessments, and operating processes.
• Partner with Financial Crimes, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Internal Audit to identify gaps, manage issues, and improve the control environment.
• Identify responsible AI and automation opportunities across controls, policy, and risk‑assessment work including document review, obligation mapping, evidence triage, change analysis, and trend reporting.
• Ensure AI-enabled workflows retain appropriate human oversight, data protection, accountability, and auditability.

What we’re looking for

• At least 10 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/or the Travel Rule.
• Strong interest in or experience using AI and automation to improve compliance, controls, risk, or operational workflows responsibly.