Capital & Liquidity Risk Lead

Who we are 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 The Team

About Stripe and Stripe Treasury At its core, Stripe is a treasury company. We fulfill our mission of growing the online economy by empowering our users to move money to and from their own user constituents, and to understand and optimize these flows. In this way, our treasury is inextricably intertwined with our products.

In order to continue to build novel and powerful products for our users, our own treasury capabilities, including financial risk management acumen, must be excellent. Treasury’s Capital & Financial Risk Management team The Capital and Financial Risk Management (CFRM) team sets Stripe’s financial risk strategy and develops analytical tools to promote risk-aware allocation of our resources, ensuring that Stripe has sufficient capital and liquidity to support our users in all operating conditions.

Within CFRM, Capital & Liquidity Risk Management (CLRM) also works closely with product and other finance teams to define capital and liquidity requirements for new or prospective licenses, as well as to optimize efficiency of how capital and liquidity are managed across our global subsidiaries. We are looking for someone to join us to lead this function, working alongside our dynamic team, business partners, and world-class engineers.

What you’ll do To support Stripe’s growth, we're looking for a seasoned capital and liquidity professional to lead our global CLRM team. The CLRM global lead is responsible for delivering Stripe’s capital plan at both the consolidated and legal entity levels, communicating results to our global boards of directors and leading interactions with regulatory and financial partner audiences on Stripe’s broader capital and liquidity management program.

Additionally, the lead will work closely with our data science and engineering teams to shape Stripe’s industry-leading capital and liquidity risk modeling and analytics. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of and experience with implementing Basel III and U.S. banking regulatory frameworks, strong familiarity with financial risks and GAAP accounting, facility with financial and operational risk modeling techniques, and top-notch interpersonal skills to underpin collaboration with product, risk, partnerships, data science, and engineering teams.

The lead will steer a data-driven, risk-aware approach to capital and liquidity risk management, tailored for Stripe’s unique business model and global market position.  If you are experienced with and passionate about risk-centered financial analysis and are ready to innovate on Stripe’s next generation of capital and liquidity management in our fast-paced, dynamic business context, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Assume primary responsibility for a sophisticated existing capital and liquidity risk management program, anchored in a continuously updated capital plan  Develop detailed knowledge of Stripe’s financial and operational risk profile, as well as of the corresponding models that feed our capital plan Become a spokesperson for Stripe’s credit profile, leading interactions with regulators, financial partners, insurers, and other external stakeholders interested in Stripe’s financial strength Partner with product, finance & strategy, and global partnerships teams to evaluate capital and liquidity implications of new license initiatives Collaborate with tax, accounting, and regulatory legal teams to optimize capital and liquidity efficiency of Stripe’s global operating entities Expand contingency funding plan, establishing programmatic early warning indicators and regular tabletop testing, as well as partnering with capital markets team to align on funding playbooks Work with data science and engineering teams to develop tooling, data management, observability, and analytics to support these efforts 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 10+ years of experience in capital and liquidity management in a regulated banking context, with direct ownership of key components of Basel III-driven capital planning  Deep knowledge of U.S. banking regulations and their application A proven ability to integrate fundamental analysis with applied risk management foundations, either in an accounting or finance discipline Demonstrated familiarity with applied statistical techniques and financial modelling principles Experience collaborating with data science/engineering teams and facility with large data sets  Strong written and verbal communications, and comfort leading high-profile presentations Track record of strong self-management and ability to handle both high-velocity, short-term deliverables while also progressing longer-term strategic objectives  Demonstrated curiosity, resilience, problem-solving skills, and desire to contribute to a high-functioning team operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment Preferred qualifications An enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” and get things done mindset The ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment An inclination to solve problems systematically via infrastructure, automation, and repeatable frameworks A builder's mindset with a willingness to question assumptions and conventional wisdom Experience with SQL/Python or a willingness to learn is a strong plus

Founded in 2009 by brothers John and Patrick Collison, Stripe is a technology company dedicated to building the economic infrastructure of the Internet. As a leading platform for commercial finance, Stripe empowers millions of businesses—from global enterprises to ambitious startups—to process payments, drive revenue, and unlock new growth opportunities.

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