Risk Strategist, Onboarding and Compliance
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USFull-TimeMiddle
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- SQLData AnalysisCompliance
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in compliance, risk strategy, product risk, audit, or similar roles within fintech, financial services, payments, or banking environments.
- Proven experience designing and implementing KYC/KYB programs for onboarding business or merchant customers at scale.
- Strong ability to translate regulatory and compliance requirements into technical documentation and actionable engineering requirements.
- Experience working directly with product and engineering teams in a highly technical environment.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Legal, Compliance, Risk, and external partners.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience using data to evaluate risk, measure control effectiveness, and inform strategic decisions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement risk-based onboarding and compliance frameworks (KYC/KYB) across financial account, credit, issuing, and payment products.
- Translate complex financial regulations and payment network rules into structured technical requirements for product and engineering teams.
- Develop and document compliant funds flow models for global payment systems, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and adherence to regional scheme requirements.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and other risk stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation of controls.
- Build and maintain detailed compliance documentation, including policies, standards, and technical specifications.
- Use data analysis to evaluate risk exposure, measure control effectiveness, and support strategic decision-making.
- Engage with external financial partners to present compliance strategies and build trust.
- Support international expansion by adapting compliance frameworks to new regulatory environments.
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