Location
Central London (office-based) or Dublin, Ireland

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform used by millions of companies worldwide to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, offering an unprecedented opportunity to impact the global economy.

We are building a world-class Internal Audit (IA) team to strengthen Stripe’s ability to create, protect, and sustain value by providing independent, risk-based, and objective assurance, advice, insight, and foresight to the board and management. The IA team moves as fast as the business, is powered by technology, and focuses on increasing the maturity of Stripe’s controls where it matters most.

As a member of the EMEA IA team, you will help execute a comprehensive, risk-based internal audit strategy that anticipates emerging risks and aligns with management priorities and regulatory requirements. You will apply your expertise in governance, risk management, and internal controls to produce assessments that enable the Board, Audit Committee, and senior leadership to make informed decisions.

Responsibilities include developing and contributing to a risk-based internal audit strategy, evaluating and testing governance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, financial reporting, and operational processes, producing timely and objective reports, engaging with internal partners and regulators, communicating complex risks clearly to senior stakeholders, collaborating on remediation plans, and staying current on regulatory requirements and emerging trends.

Experience
- 8+ years in internal auditing, risk management, or compliance within financial services
- Experience auditing treasury operations, liquidity risk frameworks, stress testing, protection of customer funds including segregation, reconciliations, and custody controls
- Strong experience in risk-based audit planning, execution, and reporting across governance, compliance, financial reporting, and operational controls
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional remediation efforts and track corrective action closure
- Expertise in auditing financial controls and operations with knowledge of regulatory compliance
- Strong analytical skills, including use of data analytics and continuous monitoring tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex issues to non-technical senior stakeholders

About you
- High degree of integrity, independence, and professional scepticism
- Ability to build and sustain business relationships to support ongoing audit planning and execution
- Proactive in understanding the business to identify areas of need and opportunities to advise
- Comfortable engaging with regulators and preparing audit evidence and findings
- Enthusiastic about continuous learning and staying current on regulatory requirements and best practices

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
- Professional certification such as CIA, CPA, CAMS, CRCM, or equivalent (candidates actively pursuing certification will also be considered)

Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, MBA, or related advanced degree
- Prior experience in regulated financial institutions or networks with complex partner relationships
- Experience in banking or financial services sector
- Familiarity with audit management software, automation platforms, and advanced data analytics
- Demonstrated track record of building continuous audit and monitoring programmes