Third Party Risk Analyst

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 Finance Operations

The Finance Operations (FinOps) team provides and enhances core business services that are the backbone for Stripe. FinOps uses data and operational excellence to deliver technology solutions, procurement, billing and payroll services, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management to Stripe.

About Third Party Risk

The Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) team is accountable for defining, maintaining, and overseeing the third party risk framework, policy, and inventory in accordance with management expectations and best practices. We are focused on assessing and managing risks exposed through our relationships with third parties, adhering to regulatory guidance, and driving operational efficiencies across risk teams. TPRM is a regulatory obligation for Financial Services companies.

What you’ll do

We're looking for a Third Party Risk Analyst to join our growing team. This individual will support the ongoing operations of the existing framework for identifying, assessing, and managing third party risks to protect Stripe. 

Responsibilities

• Conduct third party reassessments while facilitating the process through closure. 
• Conduct risk domain reviews owned by TPRM including reputation, financial, anti-bribery and corruption, and sanctions risk.
• Maintain the offboarding and terminations process. 
• Point of contact and subject matter expert for all process areas of the Third Party Risk Framework (Risk Assessment, Issue Management, Risk Acceptance, Reassessment, Offboarding / Terminations). 
• Responsible for ensuring accurate testing and implementation of TPRM system requirements within existing tools.
• Responsible for the integrity and maintenance of the third party risk inventory including reconciliation to other internal data sets.
• Prepare and continuously improve third party risk reporting for senior leaders, relevant stakeholders, and governance groups.

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

• 5+ years of relevant experience in risk and compliance which could include third party, operational, enterprise, or other areas of risk and compliance management
• Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive, organized, and exceptionally detail oriented
• An extremely responsive and collaborative team-player
• User first mindset and are energized by the challenge of solving difficult problems
• Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
• Humble and have a proven track record for working well across teams
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• A proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
• The ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done
• The ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
• Independently analyze and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
• Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
• Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results

You will also likely have (not required):

• Strong knowledge of gSuite tools, Tableau and other data reporting tools including experience working with/analyzing data sets.
• Knowledge in the fintech industry
• The ability to be flexible and comfortable with changing requirements
• A builder's mindset and a willingness to question assumptions and conventional wisdom
• A passion for creating new systems and solving problems via infrastructure and automation
• Eagerness to stay updated on emerging trends, regulations, and industry standards related to third party risk management and integrate them into Stripe's program