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

Stripe builds the most powerful and flexible tools for running an internet business. We handle hundreds of billions of dollars each year and enable millions of users around the world to scale faster and more efficiently by building their businesses on Stripe. To further this important mission, Stripe is building a world class Internal Audit (IA) team. Our IA mission is to make the business better as it grows. We are consumed with the goal of being agile with the business, powered by technology and an accelerator to the speed of controls integration and compliance adoption.

What you’ll do

Our IA team is responsible for providing objective feedback and insights across the company in relation to the design and effectiveness of Stripe’s business processes, its compliance with laws and regulations and its risk management framework. Unique in our purpose is a cross-functional mandate that invites viewing through a wide lens and collaborating across the business. To enable this engagement, we must build and scale in a rapid-growth, high-volume environment. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing Data Analytics team within audit and work on providing data driven insights across the IA lifecycle. Our DA EMEA Lead will drive the effective use of data analytics techniques to support audits across our Technology, FinOps and Regulatory pillars. They will partner primarily with audit leads based in Dublin to embed data analytics in audit planning, fieldwork, and reporting through active participation in ideation and execution. The DA lead will be responsible for developing analytics to support regulatory requirements for Stripe’s Europe legal entity as well as providing support for local audits. The DA lead will also help with the development of repeatable tools that help our business partners drive better decision-making and achieve improved risk management. Our DA lead will be a key member of the IA team who will help us elevate the ambitions of Stripe. 

This position will be based in Dublin.

Responsibilities Lead the development of the data analytics/audit programs in collaboration with the IA team. Originate data analytics ideas, models and dashboards for management reporting.  Drive the integration of data analytics into IA projects. Enhance reporting by incorporating relevant data profiling and visualizations. Identify opportunities for continuous monitoring and process automation for IA and stakeholders.  Develop and maintain continuous monitoring queries and related documentation. Document the data analytics and model validation testing results in work papers. 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 7+ years of professional experience. Expertise with SQL query, schema and ETL design, and data pipeline development/maintenance (e.g. Airflow). Familiarity with scripting/programming for data mining and modeling (R, Python) and ETL development (Python). Experience with and intermediate knowledge of machine learning techniques.  Experience with reporting and visualization platforms (e.g. Tableau). Exquisite attention to detail. A passion for building unreasonably good products and for driving defining impact. Versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job. High tolerance for rapid change and ability to navigate ambiguity. Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify and share succinctly.  Strong project management skills to multitask, thrive and succeed in a fast-paced environment. Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field. Experience working with basic git commands. Preferred qualifications Model validation experience  Experience in audit or risk management analytics  Previous experience in a high volume transactional payment environment Experience working with unstructured data (NLP)