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$180,000–$200,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Build and own the first-line risk and control framework across MoonPay, including governance, assessments, and issue management.
  • Embed regulatory and supervisory expectations into practical controls for fiduciary, custody, and regulated financial services.
  • Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit to strengthen first-line ownership and scale the control environment.

Risk Management Internal Controls Operational Risk Stakeholder Management

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$89,000–$133,400/yr
US

  • Investigate complex, high-risk user business cases applying deep risk judgment and tailored solutions.
  • Navigate ambiguity to develop evidence-based recommendations where standard frameworks do not apply.
  • Collaborate across Risk Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Product to build holistic risk mitigation strategies.

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, enabling millions of companies to accept payments and grow revenue. With a mission to increase the GDP of the internet, it fosters a culture of innovation and tackling ambitious challenges.

$171,000–$202,000/yr
US

  • Define and own Engine's risk tolerance framework, including delinquency rate guardrails, fraud rate targets, and escalation thresholds.
  • Establish second-line governance and stand up the Risk Committee to keep leadership informed.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Legal to embed risk standards into the product and enable growth.

Engine is the AI-native platform for intelligent travel, building the technology and supply behind modern business travel. Serving over 38,000 customers and nearly 2 million travelers, Engine is recognized as a best workplace for innovators.

US

  • Assist in risk and control consultation for new, existing, and changed processes.
  • Identify and monitor operational and strategic risks along with associated key risk indicators.
  • Translate control deficiencies into action plans and support internal/external audit requests.

Pathward is a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. It is a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate differences and embrace the voices of employees, customers, partners, and the communities they serve.

Europe

  • Own the Payments & Finance product domain, accountable for credit lines, financial exposure, risk, and complex payment flows across the Stays business.
  • Move fast with little red tape: test ideas quickly, define success, and decide with your team what to prioritize, build, and trade off.
  • Tackle hard financial infrastructure problems—ledgers, risk management, and partner-specific payment requirements—as transaction volumes scale toward €10B.

Nuitée builds API-first infrastructure for the global travel industry, enabling seamless connectivity between hotels, OTAs, fintechs, and super-apps. The company has grown into a global provider trusted by industry leaders, backed by Accel and investors from Booking.com, Stripe, and Shopify, with a startup culture that values speed and autonomy.

US

  • Own and scale payments risk management across Phoenix's growing portfolio of live merchants, monitoring transaction activity and emerging risks.
  • Investigate unusual patterns in transaction data, chargebacks, and fraud, independently driving investigations from signal to resolution.
  • Collaborate with Payments leadership and cross-functional teams to improve risk monitoring, mitigation strategies, and processes.

Phoenix is the Autonomous Commerce Platform for DTC founders, unifying storefronts, checkout, payments, and operations with AI agents. We're a fast-growing team with 8-figure ARR, backed by experienced operators and investors.

$53,100–$71,600/yr
North America

  • Serve as the first point of contact for customers impacted by risk actions.
  • Manage inbound email inquiries related to account restrictions, address updates, and business structure changes.
  • Collaborate with internal Risk teams to ensure accurate and empathetic customer support.

Mercury builds a complete finance stack for startups, offering banking and financial services. Since 2019, it has grown to over 300,000 startups and small businesses around the world.

$180,000–$270,000/yr
US

  • Own and drive the US and Canada regulatory and compliance strategy.
  • Lead licensing, regulatory exams, and audits while partnering with business and product teams.
  • Oversee AML/CTF and sanctions programs, ensuring compliant innovation across GoCardless products.

GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments, helping 100,000+ businesses send and collect payments via Direct Debit and open banking. With 806 employees globally, we process $130bn+ annually and foster a humble, integrity-driven culture.

Europe Latin America

  • Design and own the risk framework across market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational and protocol risk.
  • Build models and analytics including VaR, scenario analysis and stress testing for traditional and digital positions.
  • Lead counterparty and venue due diligence, review risk terms in legal documents, and design operational risk controls.

Rootstock Capital builds a BTC-denominated investment fund that lets Bitcoin holders earn yield and manage credit risk. It is part of RootstockLabs, a global, diverse team building Bitcoin's financial infrastructure with a community culture.

APAC

  • Serve as primary risk point of contact for card issuer side risk, including BIN fraud, transaction monitoring, and lifecycle risk control.
  • Design and deploy ATO risk control strategies across login, device, transaction, and account-change scenarios.
  • Collaborate with data and engineering teams to implement and tune risk models and rules.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Trusted by over 300 million users in 100+ countries, we are a remote-first, results-driven organization focused on increasing the freedom of money.

$101,473–$120,650/yr
UK

  • Provide ongoing oversight of credit risk across lending products and develop monitoring metrics.
  • Partner with first line teams to support credit strategy changes and new product launches.
  • Deliver deep insight and challenge on credit strategies using data-driven analysis and build strong stakeholder relationships.

Monzo is a digital bank on a mission to make money work for everyone, offering personal and business accounts, savings, investments, and credit cards. With a collaborative culture and a focus on diversity and inclusion, Monzo has grown significantly in the UK over the past 10 years.

$107,950–$146,050/yr
UK

  • Own the Controls Product Roadmap, defining vision and strategy for internal risk products.
  • Prototype and build automated workflows using SQL, Python, APIs, and low-code tools.
  • Champion AI adoption in risk management to transform manual controls into real-time intelligence.

Monzo is a digital bank on a mission to make money work for everyone, offering innovative banking, savings, investing, and pension products. With a decade of growth and a diverse, inclusive culture, they focus on solving problems and changing lives through financial technology.

Asia

  • Manage system capital flow logic and connect fiat channel access, including launch testing and process optimization.
  • Resolve customer capital issues daily by cooperating with customer service and making accurate, timely judgments.
  • Support marketing activity distribution, monitor fund data, and guide subordinates on reconciliation and system issues.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem and operates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Trusted by over 300 million people in more than 100 countries, it offers a wide range of digital-asset products while aiming to improve global financial access.

US UK Portugal South Africa Unlimited PTO

  • Support MoonPay's US Money Transmitter License portfolio, including renewals, amendments, and state regulatory correspondence.
  • Coordinate state regulatory exams, prepare NMLS filings, and support partner due diligence reviews.
  • Monitor US regulatory developments and update compliance policies and procedures.

MoonPay builds the operating system for value movement, enabling fund, tokenize, trade, and spend across crypto and stablecoins. With 30M+ customers and 500+ partners, it is a high-standards, high-velocity company where AI is the default operating mode.

Europe

  • Own the e-money and payments regulatory pipeline, including EMI workstreams in the EEA and UK and the safeguarding framework.
  • Produce regulatory drafting and analysis—governance narratives, policies, gap analyses, and regulator responses—that withstand regulatory challenge.
  • Manage post-authorisation obligations for the EU Payment Institution licence and verify that approved controls operate in practice.

Global fintech operating at the intersection of crypto and traditional payments, building products for buying, selling, and exchanging cryptocurrency for millions of customers across 180+ countries. Self-funded and stable, with a distributed team across Europe, Ukraine, and the US, and a culture of high autonomy and minimal micromanagement.

North America

  • Lead Bank Charter Readiness and regulatory programs across Fraud, Disputes, and Risk UX, translating expectations into work plans.
  • Own goal tracking, reporting, and operational quality reviews for Fraud and Disputes, including OKRs and dashboards.
  • Use data and AI to drive continuous improvement and build durable programs from zero to one.

Mercury is a fintech company building a complete financial stack for startups. It values diversity and belonging and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

UK

  • Lead the development and integration of vulnerability, accessibility, inclusion, and bereavement (VAIB) strategies across Monzo's products and operations.
  • Transform regulatory requirements and customer insight into clear roadmaps, outcomes, and measurable improvements for customers.
  • Act as a senior subject matter expert, building VAIB capability by coaching colleagues and influencing stakeholders.

Monzo is a digital bank on a mission to make money work for everyone, offering personal and business accounts, savings, investments, and pensions. With over 10 years of growth in the UK, they value inclusivity, diversity, and flexible working, and are known for award-winning customer service.

Brazil

  • Own PSP and banking strategy, sourcing and managing providers across markets.
  • Optimize payment routing, approval rates, and costs while ensuring compliance.
  • Lead the payments team and collaborate with key stakeholders on initiatives.

The company is a fast-growing international FX and CFD brokerage offering a remote-first environment. With a senior leadership team, it focuses on PSP and banking strategies across multiple markets to drive revenue and client experience.

$115,400–$129,800/yr
US Canada

  • Lead and develop a customer support team focused on risk-related support.
  • Partner with risk teams to improve processes and customer experience.
  • Scope and manage BPO partnerships and scale new programs like proactive outreach.

We build a complete finance stack for startups. Since our launch in 2019, we have grown to serve over 300,000 startups and small businesses worldwide.

US APAC

  • Own relationships with Bastion's largest enterprise customers from contract through launch and growth.
  • Act as single point of accountability, coordinating stakeholders across customer and internal teams.
  • Drive programs through security review, approvals, and compliance while turning customer needs into product input.

Bastion provides regulated infrastructure for businesses to hold, move, and issue stablecoins, offering custodial wallets, payment orchestration, and stablecoin issuance. We are a fast-paced startup focused on compliance and risk controls, with a small, high-stakes book of enterprise customers.

$116,000–$216,000/yr
US

  • Lead end-to-end AI risk assessments and governance activities across business lines and risk functions.
  • Own business requirements and enhancements for the AI risk management workflow within an enterprise GRC platform.
  • Implement and align AI risk management frameworks to enterprise processes, controls, and reporting.

KeyBank is a financial services company providing banking and investment solutions. With over 200 years of history, it offers a flexible, inclusive work environment with supportive teammates and accessible leaders.