Major Financial Crimes & Insider Risk Investigator

About the role

About Stripe 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. As a critical component of Stripe's Global Investigations function, the Major Investigations team leads the charge on the most intricate and high-impact financial crimes reviews. Our remit involves spearheading in-depth investigations across a broad spectrum of risk areas-including significant fraud, anti-money laundering (AML), and insider threat detection-while navigating complex and ambiguous typologies. The team handles matters surfacing from diverse channels such as law enforcement subpoenas, public-private partnerships, the internal Speak Up Hotline, and various global referral sources. We operate in lockstep with regional investigative units and cross-functional partners to proactively manage institutional risk and identify opportunities for control environment remediation.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct a wide variety of complex investigations across all financial crimes risks areas, including AML, CTF, sanctions, and fraud
• Draft regulatory reports related to those complex investigations
• Propose solutions to mitigate financial crimes risk both across the program and on an individual case basis
• Coordinate efforts across regions on cases with cross-border exposure
• Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate complex high-risk cases for which the correct decisions are not immediately clear
• Proactively partner with law enforcement agencies regarding complex, high impact, or emerging typologies
• Present investigative findings, coherent risk analyses stemming from findings, and recommended risk mitigations and metrics to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Effectively and clearly communicate, including with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's financial partners

Requirements

• 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.
• Minimum requirements
• 6+ years experience in investigative roles within financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, risk, or a related field
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including effective communications and dynamic problem solving
• Excellent research and writing skills, including in detailed investigative reports and high level executive briefings
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information, including transaction data
• Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion
• Demonstrated experience, training or certifications in Insider Risk investigations
• Experience with SQL or querying of large datasets
• Technical curiosity and an interest in exploring data and understanding systems
• Experience building AI-assisted workflows for complex investigations or research tasks, including using AI to synthesize large, unstructured datasets and validating outputs for accuracy in high-stakes decisions
• Demonstrated interest, knowledge, or experience in cryptocurrency is a plus
• Experience in the online payments industry

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