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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.
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the team Stripe is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to lead our regulatory compliance, financial crimes and enterprise risk officers and program across Asia-Pacific. This role reports to the Global Head of Compliance Officers & MLROs and sits within the Financial Crime, Compliance & Risk Oversight (FinCRO) organization. You will also serve as the formal CCO for Stripe's Singapore-regulated entity. You will be the principal decision-maker and strategic lead on regulatory compliance, financial crime and enterprise risk management for APAC, serving a critical role in ensuring Stripe's continued safe growth in the region. You will be the public face of the compliance team across APAC and a primary point of contact with regulators, financial partners, and internal stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have deep subject matter expertise in regulatory compliance, financial crimes and ERM across APAC markets, and a proven track record building and evolving tech-forward compliance programs in a regulated financial services or payments environment. Key
Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a robust and scalable compliance strategy for APAC, aligning with global FinCRO objectives and business goals. Drive a culture of compliance and sound regulatory risk management across the region as Stripe expands its product offerings in existing markets and enters new ones. AML/Financial Crimes Program Oversight: Own and enhance the regional AML, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) programs for APAC, working closely with AML Officers in the region. While this role does not carry a BSAO designation, you will provide strategic direction and oversight to the BSAOs and AML Officers operating across APAC jurisdictions, ensuring programs are designed to efficiently and effectively prevent, detect, and report financial crime. Regulatory Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for financial regulators across APAC and an ambassador to the industry in the region. Lead regulatory engagement including license applications, new regulatory consultations, and ongoing supervisory relationships. Engage with regulatory bodies on Stripe's behalf and serve as a thought leader for technology-focused compliance solutions. Partner and Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with key financial partners, including banks, payment networks, and other third-party providers. Serve as the senior compliance point of contact for partner inquiries, audits, and ongoing operational alignment across the region. Advisory and Consultation: Ensure Stripe's global regulatory compliance, financial crimes and ERM frameworks, policies, and controls (e.g., KYC, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, risk assessment, training, testing) are fit for purpose for local
requirements across APAC. Monitor product launches and business model changes to ensure regional compliance programs reflect new developments, including timely regulatory notifications. Provide expert guidance to business stakeholders on market expansion, product development, and operational changes to ensure compliance by design. Governance and Reporting: Oversee drafting and implementation of local policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure licensing commitments and legal conditions are met. Manage production of regulatory compliance performance reports for APAC management and Boards. Oversee timely preparation and submission of regulatory filings and reports. Audit and Issue Management: Lead responses to audits and regulatory assessments. Own remediation of findings and develop corrective action plans in partnership with relevant business owners. Team Management: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of compliance and financial crimes professionals across APAC. Hire and develop compliance talent in APAC markets. Foster a culture of compliance, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a geographically distributed team.
Qualifications: Experience: 12+ years of experience in compliance and financial crime, with significant focus on financial services, fintech, or payments, including direct experience in a senior compliance role in APAC. Leadership: Extensive people management experience, including leading geographically dispersed teams through organizational and regulatory change. Regulatory Knowledge: Deep and current knowledge of regulatory compliance and AML/financial crime
requirements across key APAC markets, with particular expertise in Singapore (MAS) and Australia. Regulatory Engagement: Demonstrated experience interacting directly with financial regulators in APAC, including managing supervisory relationships, license applications, and regulatory change processes. Communication: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex regulatory concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to represent Stripe externally with credibility and authority. Strategic Mindset: Ability to think strategically and translate complex regulatory
requirements into practical, scalable business solutions in a fast-moving environment. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making and a comfort operating in ambiguity. Nice to Haves: Certifications: CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or other relevant professional certifications are a plus. Experience working in a global, matrixed organization spanning multiple regulatory regimes. Proficiency in an APAC regional language to support local regulatory and stakeholder engagement. Note: This role has been identified as a Senior Manager of Stripe SG under the Guidelines on Individual Accountability and Conduct, issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. SPSPL must therefore be satisfied on reasonable grounds that
the role holder complies with the fitness and probity standards. Applicants agree to permit SPSPL (or its agents) to conduct due diligence as necessary to satisfy itself on reasonable grounds that you comply with the fitness and probity standards. In-office expectations Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance
requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible. Pay and
benefits The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is S$268,000 - S$402,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is
the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales 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 candidate’s experience,
qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process. Specific
benefits and details about what
compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process.
Benefits/additional
compensation for this role may include: equity, company
bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health
Launched out of Y Combinator’s 2009 Summer batch, Stripe is a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to accept payments and manage their businesses online Stripe is a proud partner of YC companies—from Airbnb (S09) to Defog (W23)—to help them grow their businesses and increase the GDP of the internet.
