Sanctions, Operations Associate(CDMX)
Stripe Open At a glance
Junior Risk & Financial Compliance role at Stripe. Mexico City.
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What you'll do
- Review merchant watchlist and keyword screenings, then investigate account links to sanctioned people and restricted jurisdictions
- Research cases using the open web, company registries, government sources and social media to assess sanctions exposure
- Apply financial-services compliance rules when analyzing evidence and deciding how investigations should be resolved
- Handle complex requests from internal teams and financial partners, following documented procedures
- Write concise case summaries and prepare draft regulatory reports that explain your findings and decisions
What you bring
- At least two years in sanctions work
- Experience researching cases across online sources, including the web and global social platforms
- You can assess information from different sources and decide whether a potential match is genuine or false
- Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to document evidence and decision rationale clearly
Who this fits
This junior associate role suits someone who is curious, careful with evidence and able to make investigation decisions independently. You should be comfortable with complex cases and changing circumstances. The role operates during daytime shifts from morning to early evening, and periodically requires a weekend workday in exchange for a weekday off.
From the employer
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.
About the team
At Stripe, our Mexico City office is a vibrant hub at the forefront of our mission to reshape the financial landscape for businesses worldwide. Our team prioritizes collaboration, innovation, and excellence. As a member of the Mexico City team, you'll be part of a mission-driven community dedicated to enhancing the global economy and increasing the GDP of the internet. We strive for excellence by creating with craft and beauty, while having fun and celebrating our successes together.
We cultivate a culture of collaboration, inclusivity and support where every team member’s voice matters. Our commitment shines through as we handle over a million support cases each year, empowering our users not just to solve problems but to achieve their goals.
What you’ll do
We are looking for someone who is passionate about fighting financial crimes and solving the puzzle of investigations, is naturally curious, and is comfortable operating in ambiguity and finding creative solutions. You will be responsible for conducting investigations and making account-level judgments and recommendations for regulatory reporting. You will be confident in looking through data, assessing various indicators, and making judgements on your findings.
The right candidate for this role will have experience in financial crimes compliance, preferably within the fintech or e-commerce space
Responsibilities
- Conduct a wide variety of analyses, including:
- Conducting screening (“watchlist” and “keyword”) reviews on merchants as part of Stripe’s sanctions program
- Analyzing and investigating accounts for exposure to both listed persons and high-risk/prohibited jurisdictions
- Understand complex regulatory and compliance requirements within the financial services space and complete analyses in accordance with these requirements
- Conduct in-depth open source research as part of Sanctions reviews, including in the open web, corporate registries, governmental databases, and social media platforms, to understand the use case and appropriately assess the relevant sanctions and financial crimes risk
- Analyze complex problem and exercising sound analytical judgment on investigation resolutions or decisions
- Perform assignments/tasks of high complexity and resolving incoming requests from internal Stripe teams, financial partners, or other parties
- Adhere closely to process documentation and draft clear and concise investigative summaries and analyses, including draft regulatory reports for submission
Who you are
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
- 2+ years of experience in Sanctions roles
- Experience conducting in-depth open source research across a wide range of information sources, including the web and global social media platforms
- General awareness of money laundering, terrorism financing, and sanctions trends and regulatory developments
- Independently analyze and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
- Ability to clearly record by writing the rationale & documenting the evidence of the decision making process about the match being positive or false for analytical, presentation, and audit purposes
- Excellent English written, spoken and interpersonal skills,
- Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
- Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail oriented
- You're willing to periodically work a weekend day for which you will receive a weekday off; the SDC operates during daytime hours with shifts from the morning through early evening
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