# Risk Operations Analyst, Financial Crimes

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Revenue Operations
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Operations, SQL, AML, Kyc, Kyb, Edd, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Risk, Policy Development, Risk Assessment
**Posted:** 2026-07-06

> Risk Operations Analyst responsible for identifying and assessing financial crime risks, conducting reviews and transaction monitoring, redesigning business processes, and scaling compliance operations for payment processing partners. Requires 4+ years in risk/compliance, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of FinCrime typologies.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Demonstrate sound judgment and navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions.
- Adhere to processes while questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and balancing user experience with compliance requirements.
- Communicate effectively with internal teams, users, and 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 issues and implementing changes for efficiency, control, and compliance.
- Help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations ecosystem.
- Identify gaps in current systems, policies, and strategies; recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through collaboration with stakeholders.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations.
- Understanding of FinCrime red flags, typologies, and identification methods.
- Experience developing and implementing process improvements.
- Analytical with reasoned logic in decision-making; considers internal/external factors and recommends solutions in complex situations.
- Effective communication skills to produce clear, precise written and presentation materials.
- Ability to analyze feedback patterns and drive process and product improvements.
- Proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments.
- Experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk-based compliance controls.
- Experience driving operational outcomes and managing large-scale operations through vendor partnerships, third-party integrations, and automated solutions for efficiency and scalability in compliance processes.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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.

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