Risk Partnerships Manager – Banks & Treasury

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with essential banking partners across the UK, Europe, and Stripe’s worldwide partner network.

• Create and implement solutions that bolster Stripe’s Global Payments and Treasury Network.

• Provide support for domestic and international payments, secure fund storage, yield on funds, and multi-currency fund flows.

• Drive initiatives that improve risk management interactions between Stripe and its partners.

• Oversee key components of partner relationships and implement high-impact initiatives.

• Align objectives, priorities, and execution with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Work in conjunction with Product, Engineering, Risk, Fraud, Financial Crime & Supportability, Operations, Legal, and Finance teams.

• Collaborate with partners’ Risk & Compliance teams, including senior leadership.

• Spearhead risk-focused initiatives involving banks, networks, and payment methods.

• Cultivate new business opportunities and user verticals.

• Innovate shared risk methodologies while ensuring compliance with established risk appetites.

• Monitor and maintain the health of relationships with key risk counterparts at partner banks.

• Design and oversee risk-related projects and initiatives.

• Provide business and policy recommendations that inform Stripe’s risk posture.

• Represent and advocate for Stripe’s risk approach in negotiations with banking partners.

• Enhance existing and create new partner-facing risk management capabilities.

• Direct risk-related partnership and product discussions.

• Identify and capitalize on business opportunities through innovative, risk-aware solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in a risk-related position within a bank or fintech.

• Proven experience with products and services that facilitate domestic and international payments, secure fund storage, yield on funds, and multi-currency fund flows.

• Extensive knowledge and experience with bank payment schemes and networks, including FPS, BACS, SEPA, ACH, and local equivalents.

• In-depth understanding of risk and compliance issues.

• Direct experience in risk management within a banking or fintech environment.

• Capability to represent Stripe on risk, compliance, and product matters with banking partners.

• Excellent organizational, planning, and both written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong stakeholder management abilities, including negotiating timelines and influencing stakeholders across organizations and borders.

• A curious and partnership-oriented mindset aimed at improving processes and scaling solutions.

• Self-driven and proactive, with the ability to excel in uncertain and ambiguous situations.

• Preferred: Experience with financial crime programs, including KYC/B, AML, sanctions, and terrorist financing.

• Preferred: Practical knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations.

• Preferred: Comprehensive understanding of domestic and international payment schemes, including FPS, CHAPS, BACS, SEPA, ACH, and wire.

• Preferred: Awareness of cross-border payment risks and high-risk sectors.

• Preferred: Market experience in the UK and Europe, including the implications of current and future regulations.

• Preferred: Experience in leveraging technology to develop and implement scalable risk and operational processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• No benefits, perks, or compensation extras specified in the posting.