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Financial Crimes Analyst, Crypto Investigations

Stripe · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$89k–$133k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes "Who we are About Stripe", "About The Team", "What you’ll do", "Responsibilities", "Who you are", "Minimum Requirements", "Preferred Qualifications", "Hybrid work at Stripe", "Pay and benefits". We need to use

for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However we must only include sections when posting has real, specific content. We need to map content to these headings. We have: - About the role: could be "What you’ll do" or "About The Team"? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose appropriate headings based on content. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading (not present). No Job ID. We must preserve all substantive info, no boilerplate. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting includes some boilerplate at end: "Please find our California applicant personal information notice here. The application window will remain open for 100 days..." That's application instructions/legal; we should remove. Also "At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion..." that's maybe motivational but could be considered boilerplate? It's not a standard EEO but still generic; but it's part of posting. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The motivational paragraph may be considered not boilerplate but could be kept? It's not specifically listed to remove, but it's generic fluff. Might be okay to keep as part of "About the role" or "Who you are". However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; this is somewhat substantive but generic. I'd keep it as part of "About the role" maybe. We need to structure:

About the role

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    maybe combine Minimum Requirements and Preferred Qualifications? But we have separate headings Requirements and Qualifications. Could do Requirements for minimum, Qualifications for preferred. Then

    Benefits

    maybe include Hybrid work and Pay and benefits. Pay and benefits: we have salary range and additional benefits. So we can have

    Pay

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    Benefits

    with list of benefits and hybrid work. Schedule: we have hybrid work details; maybe include under Benefits or Schedule. Since we have schedule info (remote/hybrid), we could make a

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    section. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". We have actual content. Thus:

    About the role

    Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses... The Financial Crimes team plays a critical role... As a Financial Crimes Analyst, you will be working to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align to the needs of our financial partners....

    We need to preserve all substantive info from those paragraphs. Let's extract: From "Who we are About Stripe": description of Stripe mission. From "About The Team": description of Financial Crimes team role. From "What you’ll do": list of duties (some bullet-like sentences). We'll incorporate into responsibilities maybe. But we have a separate Responsibilities section with bullet points. Thus About the role can be a brief overview: combine Stripe description, team description, and what you’ll do summary. We must not duplicate content; but we can summarize? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we cannot summarize away detail; we need to keep details. However we can keep them in appropriate sections; we just need to avoid duplication. So we can put the detailed responsibilities in Responsibilities section, and the overview in About the role can be a brief summary but that would be summarizing away detail. Better to keep overview generic but not lose details: we can include the Stripe description and team description, and maybe a short sentence about role purpose, leaving detailed duties to Responsibilities. Thus About the role: include Stripe description, team description, and a sentence: "As a Financial Crimes Analyst, you will work to ensure policies, operations, and workflows align with financial partners' needs, identify and assess financial crime risks, and help build scalable processes." That's a summary but still captures substance; it's not inventing, it's derived from details. Might be okay. Now Responsibilities: we have bullet points from "Responsibilities" section: list of items each starting with a verb. We'll put each as
  • . Then Requirements: Minimum Requirements list. Then Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list. Then Pay: salary range. Then Benefits: list of benefits (equity, company bonus, 401(k), medical/dental/vision, wellness stipends) plus maybe hybrid work details? Hybrid work could be Schedule. Schedule: hybrid work description. We must not create sections with placeholder text. All have content. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like "At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion..." etc. That is after Pay and benefits. We'll remove. Also remove "Please find our California applicant personal information notice here..." etc. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft. We need to wrap sections in appropriate tags. We'll output:

    About the role

    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. The Financial Crimes team plays a critical role in ensuring a healthy financial ecosystem and maintaining trust in Stripe's platform. We ensure that prohibited parties cannot utilize our services and identify bad actors engaging in money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crimes. As Stripe’s user base and global footprint grows dramatically, this team is essential for mitigating risk and upholding regulatory compliance, directly contributing to Stripe's mission of increasing the GDP of the internet safely and responsibly. As a Financial Crimes Analyst, you will work to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align with the needs of our financial partners, identify and assess financial crime risks, conduct reviews using data analysis, monitor for suspicious activity and trends, facilitate process redesign, and help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations ecosystem.

    Then Responsibilities:

    Responsibilities

    • Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high‑risk decisions.
    • Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and balancing user experience with compliance requirements.
    • Effectively and clearly communicate with other Stripes, Stripe's users, and Stripe's 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, identifying issues, and facilitating changes to attain the highest levels of efficiency, control, and compliance.
    • Help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations eco‑system.
    • Identify gaps in current systems, policies and strategies, and recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders.
    Requirements:

    Requirements

    • 4+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations.
    • 1+ years of experience in cryptocurrency investigations.
    • Understanding of FinCrime red flags, its typologies, and how they can be identified.
    • Experience in developing/implementing process improvements.
    • Analytical and demonstrates reasoned logic to decision making and judgements, considers external/internal factors and is able to recommend solutions in complex situations.
    • Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear, precise and concise written and presentation materials.
    • Ability to analyze feedback patterns and use these insights to drive process and product improvements.
    • Policy Development & Regulatory Knowledge: Proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments.
    • Risk Assessment: Experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk‑based compliance controls.
    • Operational Management & Scaled Operations: Experience driving operational outcomes and managing large‑scale operations through vendor partnerships, third‑party integrations, and automated solutions to achieve efficiency and scalability in compliance processes.
    Qualifications:

    Qualifications

    • 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.
    Pay:

    Pay

    The annual US base salary range for this role is $89,000 - $133,400. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

    Benefits:

    Benefits

    • Equity.
    • Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses.
    • 401(k) plan.
    • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
    • Wellness stipends.
    Schedule:

    Schedule

    This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office). In‑office expectations: Office‑assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in‑person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams. Working remotely at Stripe: A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on‑sites, meet‑ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

    Check we didn't include any boilerplate like "At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion..." Good. Now ensure no duplicate content: We included some responsibilities in About the role summary; but that's okay as it's not verbatim duplication; it's a summary. Might be considered summarizing away detail? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Summarizing could be considered summarizing away detail. However we kept the detailed responsibilities in Responsibilities section. The About the role includes a high-level sentence that is derived from details but not verbatim. That might be considered summarizing away detail. Safer to keep About the role just as description of

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