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Risk Operations Analyst

OperationsPosted March 31, 2026
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Who we are</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">About Stripe</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">About the team</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Risk Operations is responsible for managing the risk relationships spanning across global payment method, card, and financial partners. It is our mission to build operational controls to mitigate user and partner risk and enable strategic development opportunities.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What you’ll do</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Responsibilities&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Evaluate merchants, from successful venture-backed startups to well established institutions by assessing suitability to process on Stripe</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and following up implementation of those improvements</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Effectively and clearly communicate, including with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's financial partners</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Identify trends and further report these to cross functional teams to enhance detection systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contribute to projects to enhance and optimize due diligence strategy systems and tools</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Help build and scale processes across the risk operations eco-system</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Identify gaps in current systems, policies and strategies, and recommends enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Who you are</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Minimum requirements</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">At least 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or operations in a fast moving environment</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience scaling operational processes and driving quantifiable improvements</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience working cross-functionally on complex problems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ability to use data to quantify problems, tell a story, and influence a solution.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ability and desire to challenge the status quo</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Creative thinker who considers problems from a customer perspective while being pragmatic and solutions oriented when solving them</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Can analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and tooling&nbsp; improvements</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You have a lot of ownership, are accountable, and drive towards ambitious goals</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deep empathy for entrepreneurs running a business, and are motivated to solve problems to empower them</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Preferred qualifications</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with risk assessment and mitigation strategies in a financial technology environment</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks</span></li> </ul>