Crypto Controls and Compliance Lead

Stripe; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe FinCRO seeks an Enterprise Compliance and Risk Controls Lead to oversee financial crimes controls and governance across Stripe entities. You will advance Bridge and Privy controls, contribute to policy governance, and support risk assessments while leveraging AI responsibly to improve quality and scalability of compliance work.

You will collaborate with Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, and Internal Audit to close gaps, map obligations, and strengthen the control environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in financial crimes compliance, risk, internal controls, audit, or related field.
• Experience with risk assessments, control design/testing, policy governance, issue management.
• Familiarity with AML, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, or Travel Rule.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Bridge and Privy controls are designed, evidenced, governed, and implemented.
• Drive policy governance across Stripe entities, including development, approvals, and change management.
• Contribute to Financial Crimes Risk Assessment across Stripe, including planning, coordination, documentation, governance, and reporting.
• Translate regulatory and risk requirements into controls, policies, risk assessments, and processes.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, 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 with document review, obligation mapping, and trend reporting.
• Ensure AI-enabled workflows retain human oversight, data protection, accountability, and auditability.

Skills

Financial crimes compliance

Risk management

Internal controls

Audit readiness

Policy governance

Stakeholder collaboration

AI/Automation interest

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

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