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Chief Compliance Officer, Americas and BSA Officer

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companiesfrom the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startupsuse 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the Team

Stripe is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Americas Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and BSA Officer (BSAO) to lead our regulatory compliance and financial crimes program for the US, Canada and Latin America. This role reports to the Global Head of Compliance Officers & MLROs and sits within the Financial Crime, Compliance & Risk Oversight (FinCRO) organization. You will be the principal decisionmaker and strategic lead on regulatory compliance and financial crime risk management decisions, serving a critical role in ensuring Stripes continued safe growth and success in the region. You will also be the public face of the compliance team in the region. The ideal candidate will have deep subject matter expertise in regulatory compliance and financial crimes and a proven track record building and evolving techforward compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a robust and effective compliance strategy for the Americas, aligning with global FinCRO objectives and business goals.
• BSA/AML Program Oversight: Act as the BSA Officer, owning and enhancing the companys BSA/AML program and supporting the MLROs/AML Officers in Canada and LATAM. Ensure the program is designed to efficiently and effectively prevent, detect, and report money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
• Regulatory Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for financial regulators and an ambassador to the industry in the region. Serve as a thought leader for supporting and driving technologyfocused compliance solutions with regulators.
• Partner and Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with key financial partners, including banks, payment networks, and other thirdparty providers. Serve as the senior point of contact for compliancerelated matters, inquiries, and audits from these partners, ensuring a high level of trust and operational alignment.
• Advisory and Consultation: Ensure Stripes global regulatory compliance and financial crimes frameworks, policies and programs and controls (e.g., KYC, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, risk assessment, training, testing) are fit for purpose for local requirements. Provide expert advice to key stakeholders on market expansion and product development, and operational changes to ensure compliance by design.
• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and inspire a highperforming team of compliance and financial crimes professionals located across the Americas. Foster a culture of compliance, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements

• Experience: 10+years of experience in compliance and financial crime, with a significant focus on financial services, fintech, or payments.
• Leadership: Extensive people management experience, including leading geographically dispersed teams through organizational changes.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep and current knowledge of BSA/AML, regulatory compliance and other relevant financial services laws and regulations across the US, Canada, and Latin America.
• Communication: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex regulatory concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think strategically and translate complex regulatory requirements into practical business solutions.
• ProblemSolving: Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with a datadriven approach to decision making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese to support our LATAM operations.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization.

Hybrid Work

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+km from a Stripe office). Inoffice expectations: Officeassigned Stripe employees spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. Working remotely: A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 km) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for meetings, onsites, 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.

Pay and Benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $197,100 $295,600. For sales roles, the range provided is the roles On Target Earnings (OTE) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/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 candidates experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants located outside the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

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