Company Description
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Job Description
The Compliance Governance and Reporting (CGR) team manages key components of Block's Compliance Risk Management Framework and is part of Global Policy and Governance (GPG) within Block Compliance. The CGR team has responsibility for the following functions: Policy Governance, Risk Assessment, Compliance Training, Compliance Risk Assessments, Third Party Risk Management, and Board Reporting.
As a Risk Assessment Manager you will join a team that provides comprehensive management of compliance risk assessments, defining and creating risk methodology, developing new or expanding product risk analysis and customer risk programs across all Block markets. You will support the development and maintenance of standards, processes, and tools to enable scalability and growth of the function, and produce a high quality work product.
Flexibility to travel and work across time zones is required.
You will:

• Assist in managing the ongoing compliance risk assessment program for domestic and international activities and contribute to product-specific compliance risk analysis
• Execute on the risk assessment life cycle, including identifying key risks, assessing risks and controls, calculating residual risk, identifying areas for improvement, and working with control owners on any necessary remediation plans
• Identify and implement quantitative and qualitative techniques to enhance the compliance risk assessment program
• Analyze complex compliance risk topics and tailor to leadership audiences such as boards of directors, executives, and senior managers
• Build and document new risk assessment processes in a sustainable and scalable manner
• Help identify compliance risk issues and provide input to the design of policies, programs, procedures, and other controls.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compliance risk assessment experience within a regulated financial services environment
• Experience identifying useful quantitative risk metrics, working cross-functionally to acquire underlying data, and applying it to risk assessment activities in a meaningful way
• Experience in at least one of the following subject-matter areas: BSA/AML/sanctions, consumer lending, consumer protection, or payments
• Contributed to the development of compliance programs, strategies, or work processes
• Supported the end-to-end implementation of assigned action plans
• Built relationships and credibility with business leads, external partners, and/or regulators through collaborative and independent programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compliance risk assessment experience within a regulated financial services environment
• Experience identifying useful quantitative risk metrics, working cross-functionally to acquire underlying data, and applying it to risk assessment activities in a meaningful way
• Experience in at least one of the following subject-matter areas: BSA/AML/sanctions, consumer lending, consumer protection, or payments
• Contributed to the development of compliance programs, strategies, or work processes
• Supported the end-to-end implementation of assigned action plans
• Built relationships and credibility with business leads, external partners, and/or regulators through collaborative and independent programs